The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-04
~ j. II. GILDERsLEEvE. VI. n,
In the univerrity Of Sirsinin Alumni

t hNtTaCt from chairman OF Faculty
Journal University OF Virginia. April
l6. 1861.
The Governor OF Virginia having,
as was represented. authorized the
volunteer compa MES at charlottesville,
In concert With companies from Staun
ton and other p!aces. 10 march to
lIarrcr's Ferry. with the view OF cap
turing itand securing the arms and
machinery at that place To the use Of
I Virginia III the attitude Of resistance
4 she liz about to assume toward the
wicked government at Washington, an
Invitation was extended hy Captain
Duke. Of the Aihcmaric Rifles 10 the
two volunteer companies OF students
TO Join in the expedition. The nyi-
cation Was received with so much
4 enthusiasm, by the ITnivcrsity Voiin-
Z 'eers that tho chairman, the faculty
.roncnrring. deemed It incNper,ient TO
orpose an official interdict TO its ac-
I ocptancc. II was deemed best under
the circumstances TO give the pro-
ccdurc the form Of regularity. by
granting leave of absence for week
to4such as applied with tho view OF
going on the expedition. At the same
time all under twenty-onc years or
ngc were earnestly advised not 10
The following arc The rolls of the
companies as they marched from the
+ university on the evening OF the nth
OF .hprii. Those marked obtained
leave of absence for wcck--the rest
from want OF time and other reasons
dtd not amply for It. Some members
or each company were unprcpared
when the unexpected and sudden order
came "a march; others were absent
aud some were sick; but a number OF
those not answering roll cali when
the companies loft Oh tho 1Tth re-
ported afterwards at Iarpcr's Ferry.
We loft on box cars for S,rasb,irs.
then on foot 10 Winchester. and on
cars to ifarner's Ferry. arriving there
en- the morning OF the 10Th of APRIL.
1861. We performed military service
for week or ten days. we're then
ordetcd back by Governor Letcher and
6sbandcd. Too much tnicnt in one
BODY" he lHconically said.
In tho list which follows: /. indl-
Gates dead 's killed or died in SER
vice: obtained leave of absence
from faculty: IL did not answer roll
call. Aprl, l5;? incomplete record. All
military terms refer 10 Confederate
States service unless otherwise indi-
Gated.
Tic Southern Gurrd.
Officers.
captain Edward S. Hnttcr. Lynch
burg. Va. Major City Attorney anu
lawyer. LynchbnrE. Va.
lH First Lieutenant George Ross. Gull
reper county, Va Surgeon, G. S. a.
Physician. Richmond.
Second Lieutenant Frank Carter.
ST. Louis. Mo. Aidcde-camp. Law
ser. CT. Louis, No.
Third Lieutenant John NJ. Payne
I.ynchburE, VI. Captain. Attorney
Mt law. LynchburE, Va.
xtEirst tOrdcrly) Sergeant p Lewis
Rurwell Frederick county. Va. C.. s.
a. Blind. Physician.
+ SSccond Sergeant r. F.. Lee. Jr
Alexandria. Va. Captain and aide dc.
camp. Farmer. Romancoke, Wa. ia
x'Third Sergeant William y. Well
ford. Jr., Culpeper county. Va Ser
Ecant,
Fourth Sergeant James Elliott
Heath, Eastvillc, Va. Judge county
court. Northanpton county, Va.
First CORPORAL John II. Lewis,
Lynchburg. Va. Captain.
''Secnnd Corporal William a. Ross.
culpeper county. Va. Lieutenant.
Wounded and died May 30, 1861.
third Corporal Wright G. Schaum-
burg. St. Louis. Mo. Lieutenant Col
cncl and aide dc-camp. Chief clerk.
AUDITORS Office. st. Louis. Mo.
xFourth Corporal Walter Weir,
Prince william county. Va. Captain.
Attorney at law, HlnnaSSaS, va, lr'
Privates
Baldwin. Robert r., Winchester VA
Physician to Western l.unatic Asylum,
Stanton. Va.
Barbour, Phil r.. Gordonsvlllc. Va
\ Quartermaster. Attorney law, Cor
louisville. Va.
KS Isarton. David r.. Winchester. va.
Lieutenant Of artillery. Foil Dcccm-
Der, 1862, Fredericksburg, Va
y r,r T, ~ 1, io,.
county, Va. Orderly sergeant Farm
4 CT. Mccklenburg, VII.
nBolton, Charming Moore. Richmond
Va. Lieutenant Engineer Corps. Civil
engineer, charlottesville. Va.
S'Boyd, Il. Holmes, Winchester, Va
Lieutenant Of artillery Attorney-nt-
Inv, Winchester Va.
?Brown. William, northumberland
( county, Va. Private G. S. a.
SCarr, John o.. Kanawha c. H., w
Va. Captain. Houston, TEX.
n9yChapman. G. b., Union, Monroe
county. w Va. Captain Of artillery
Wounded at Winchester. Died s;eptem-
her, 1854. at hospital in Charlottes.
+ willie, Ma. &
l Chapman. william H., Page county
= Vn. Licutenant-colonel Agent Orange
4 and Alexandria Railroad
lk X<FCoicman, Charles L., Dallas. NIadi-
son Parish. In. Captain of artillery
EEL May IL, 1854 spottsylvania c. H..
davidson, Charles A., Lexington
va. lieutenant -colonel. Attorney at
law, Lexington, Va.
s peClonct.l Paul H.. ST. Martinsville
Ia Lieutenant, Farmer. st. Martins
viltof Parish. la.
Doak. y. ". Lexington, Ten Ser
geon. c,S. =. Physician. I.cxing ton
Leo county, Ten.
ssElliott l'crcyal Savannah Ga
Sergeant. Wounded on the retreat
hrril 1863 Died May 81. 1865, !; in
hospitaiat Washington, D. C.
y ILL., Fa irfaX, Randolph, Alexandria Va.