List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with V Vacaro, Philip, capt., A. C. S. Army of Tennessee, July 10, 1863. Vaiden, Joseph C., asst. surg., at Richmond, December 10, 1863. Vanderford, Chas. F., C. O. to Gen. Cleburne, September 20, 1863 capt., C. O. to Lieut. Gen. L. […]
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with K Kay, George W., maj., in charge of civil affairs, staff of Col. John B. Magruder, June 20, 1861. Kean, R. G. H., capt., A. A. G. to Gen. G. W. Randolph, February 24, 1862 resigned, April 14, 1862. Kearney, William,
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with U Underhill, S. NI., lieut., V. A. D. C. to Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee, May 16, 1863, and 1864; lieut., drill master, staff of Maj. Gen. S. D. Lee; subsequently colonel regiment Alabama reserves. Upshaw, James It., maj., com’y to
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with L Labouisse, J. W., capt., A. I. G. to Col. R. L. Gibson, commanding Adams’ brigade, October 26, 1863; capt., A. I. G. to Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, July 3, 1864 A. A. G. to Lieut. Gen. Wheeler. Lacy, J. Horace,
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with W Waddell, Alfred, A. C. S. to Brig. Gen. John B. Clark, jr., 1864. Waddell, B. B., capt., V. A. D. C. to Gen. G. T. Beauregard, April 6, 1862. Waddell, John, maj., C. S. to Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton,
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with M Mackall, T. B., lieut., A. D. C. to Gen. Mackall, April 1, 1862; on Gen. Bragg’s staff June 10, August 31, 1863. Mackall, Wm. W., maj., A. A. G. to Gen. A. S. Johnston, September 21, 1861; lieut. col., A.
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with E Eads, B. F., asst. surg. (8th Mississippi Cavalry), District of the Gulf, October 23, 1864. Eakin, James H., maj., A. C. S. to Gen. Marmaduke. November, 1862. Eakins, J. J., maj., C. S. to Gen. R. M. Gano, 1864. Earle,
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with F Fackler, Calvin M., maj., C. S. to Brig. Gen. G. J. Pillow, August 16, 1891. Fackler, Wiley B., lieut., pro. mar. to J. S. Marmaduke, September 15, 1864. Fain, R. G., com. gen. State of Tennessee, June, 1861; staff of
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with G Gaenslen, J. J., M. D., to Gen. Benj. McCulloch, August 28, 1861; chief surgeon staff Maj. Gen. T. C. Hindman, March 4, 1863. Gage, Robert S., maj., com’y to Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, July, 1862; maj., C. S. to
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with I Inson, W. H., maj. and Q. M. to Gen. J. B. Grayson, September 11, 1861; maj., P. M. and Q. M.; staff of Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, October 11, 1861-November, 1862; maj., P. M. and Q. M.; staff of Brig.
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with D Dabney, Ed. H., capt., A. C. S. to Brig. Gen. Lewis Hebert, Maury’s division, Army of the West, Feb. 8, 1863. Dabney, Chiswell, lieut., A. D. C. to Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart Dec. 20, 1861; capt., A. A.
List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861-1865 Surnames that start with C Cabell, E. C., maj., P. M. to Maj. Gen. S. Price, July 13, 1863. Maj., Q. M. to same, March 8, 1864. Cabell, Henry C., col., C. A. to Maj. Gen. L. McLaws, October to December, 1862. Cabell, J. G.,
The Wallowa Valley is fifteen or twenty miles east of the Grande Ronde Valley in eastern Oregon, and had long been a bone of contention between the whites and a band of non-treaty Nez Percé Indians under Chief Joseph. The whites claimed the right of settlement under the United States Land Acts, and while no
David Shelton, son of Lewis Shelton and Nancy Gladdin, his wife, and grandson of Roderick Shelton and Usley Willard, his wife, of Virginia, was born in Buncombe County, Virginia, Sept. 15, 1812, migrating with his parents to Missouri territory in 1819. He married Frances Willson, born in Kentucky, May 30, 1837, and removed in 1838
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The 2d regiment of Washington volunteers was officered, so far as the official correspondence shows, as follows: Company A, Capt. Edward Lander; 1st Lieut A. A. Denny. Vice H. H. Peixotto resigned; 2d Lieut D. A. Neely; H. A. Smith surgeon; Strength 33 rank and file. Non-com officers, John Henning, C. D. Biven, J. Ross,
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