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Re: Richmond Howitzers 1st VA Light Artillery Batt

Thank you so much, so interesting! How about any of these guys:
1. Capt Peachy Gilmer Breckinridge (Sep 15, 1835 – May 24, 1864), Co K 28th VA Inf, CSA, killed at Battle of Kennon’s Landing. From The Fincastle Herald, November 4, 1909, article on the destruction of Grove Hill, "Major Breckinridge raised and equipped a company of Infantry, and was made Captain of Riflemen, 121st Regiment of 26th Brigade, 5th Division, Virginia Militia, 25 May 1861." In re-election of the company, he was ousted April 28, 1862. He then joined the State Line, recruited a company for it and was promoted to the rank of Major, March 13, 1 863. When the State Line was disbanded, he joined his brother's company, the Second Virginia Cavalry April 21, 1863 and served as Color Sergeant from May 1863. He was appointed Acting Captain of Company B in May 1864. He was killed in action at Kennon's Landing on the James River May 24, 1864. His body was never recovered.
2. Robert Edwin Allen (13 Feb. 1836-1883). During the Civil War he enlisted in May 1861 and served the Confederacy as a captain in Company A of the 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment. He surrendered at Appomattox.
3. Capt Walter Gwynn Turpin (Oct 3, 1828 – June 21, 1874), service with the Confederate States Army Engineer Corps at Lambert's Point in Norfolk and in Isle of Wight County, Va

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