Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-30
SHARE OF MECKlENBURG
COUNTY IN CIVIL WAR
interesting Datn ns to Various COM
nnnirs .ai>cd and Their
Comma ndcrS

Editor Of The Times Dispatch 4
nave hccu requested rs II. T.. IIutche-
son. oar clerk TO get up a hes, |
could tho number ~ companies which
left this county during tho civil War
who their captains We're. when they
loft aud when thcN returned
HAY" written To several Of tho old
boys. hut the only information could
get was from .X-tudGc Henry Wood
~ IlarkSvill" Fiftv-iivc years is a
long time TO 90 back and yet things
corrnct The first three companies
that left the county. all. ! think. about
the same date. were the Boydtcn Cav
airy. 'la!SsVillc Blues ard the Cham
bliSs GrayS The Eoydton Cavalry left
with Thomas r Good. rs the captain
st the reorganization u" was promoted
10 colonel. and GEORGE White was
uud no. ~ for service. William Boyd
Vas made captain, and remained as
such until the surrender.
The C,arksvillc Blues werc COM
iuandcd by George " Finley when
they left \; his resignation think
George l. Dohbs was elected captain.
tie resigned, and T.. y Williams was
until the surrender.
The Chambliss Grays left Clarllsville
the same time with the Blues, and
We're commanded 10y Dr Il. u. BaSk.r-
Vile. He resigned. and John Farrar
was made captain. and was killed on
tn. line between Petersburg and Rich
moud. Then stephen l.. Reed was
made captain. and remained :" until
tho surrender.
These two compa mics, F. and r, be-
lonEcd 10 the Fourteenth Virginia
Regiment. Armistcads Brigade, com
nauded by Gregory e. Hodges
The next company was raised prin
lin i,b
called the Davis Company, commanded
hy George Davis Al the reorGaniza
tiou. J. ". Jones was made captain.
and remained as such until the sur
render Ills company belonged 10 the
rifty-sixth Virginia Regiment Armis-
tead Brigade.
The next company from The lower
cnd was gotten up by J. T. Alexander.
He resigned, and Z. g Jackson was
the fall back from Gettysburg, and
nut on Johnson Island. Lieutenant w.
a. Rice. I think, was in command Al
the surrender. This company belonged
to tho Twenty second Virginia Bat
talon
William Towncs. of cusconvillc,
raised company and got some men
from the lower end He resigned after
the first battle OF Manassas. and
If there are any OF his company living
don't know them.
X. 4. OVERLY raised n company
around Clarksvillc, known as Company
q. attached to the Fifty-ninth Virginia
regiment. At the reorganization Judge
Henry s Wood was made captain. and
remained AS such until the surrender.
Taylor Pe;tus and James Oliver both
raised companies in the nciGhborhood
able to learn anything about. Whether
there were any changes or whether
surrender don't know. Their com
panies We're attached To the Fourth
Virginia Regiment.
John :. Wood raised company on
the other side Of the river from Clarks-
vile. lie was wounded. and John :.
Field became captain, who was sue
ceedcd by ". w. Wood. and | do not
know who followed him after he was
promoted to colonel. This company
was known as Company +. and be-
!omged TO the Thirty-eishth Virginia
Regiment.
Thomas $. Boswell raised COM
pany in Blue stone. At the reorgan-
ization John r. McPhail was elected
captain. ! do not know who was in
command after McPhail was promote ed
or what regiment IL was attached TO.
Should any OF the old boys" from
81 TO 81 sec any mistakes in this
letter ! would he thankful for cor
rcction. p II. HUBBARD.