Christopher West

Residence Gloucester County VA; a 20 year-old Waterman.
Enlisted on 4/20/1861 at Rowe's Store, VA as a Private.
On 4/20/1861 he mustered into "I" Co. VA 26th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Deserted 12/14/1864 Petersburg, VA (Deserted to the enemy)
* Oath Allegiance 1/22/1865 Fort Monroe, VA
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 5.0", dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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Christopher West, 20, Private, Captain P. R. Page’s Company,* enlisted April 20, 1861 at Rowe’s Store, by P. R. Page for 12 months, re-enlisted February 26, 1862 for the war, receipted for an issue of clothing May 3, 1864, signs by an ‘X’, “his mark,” deserted from trenches near Petersburg December 14, 1864, received at U. S. A. Camp Distribution, Camp Hamilton, Va. December 30, 1864, forwarded January 5, 1865 to Yorktown, Va., resident of Gloucester, Va., hazel eyes, black hair, dark complexion, 5’ 5”, swore allegiance to the United States January 20, 1865 at Fort Monroe, Va., Rebel deserter, came into Federal lines at Yorktown,

* This company was successively designated as Captain Page’s Company, Captain Perrin’s Company (Gloucester Invincibles), and Company F, 26th Regiment Virginia Cavalry

M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia