Residence was not listed; a 28 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 5/28/1861 at Davis Mills, VA as a 1st Sergeant.
On 5/28/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VA 2nd Cavalry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
He was listed as:
* Absent, leave 10/1/1861 (place not stated) (For 14 days)
* On rolls 12/31/1861 (place not stated) (Present)
* Signed 1/18/1862 (place not stated) (For Company Ammunition)
* Was paid 1/31/1862 (place not stated)
* Was paid 8/6/1862 (place not stated)
* Absent, sick 10/15/1862 At Home
* Detailed 1/2/1863 (place not stated) (To Courtmartial duty)
* Was paid 2/1/1863 Hanover Junction, VA
* Absent, leave 4/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Returned 5/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Detailed 4/28/1864 (place not stated) (To Courtmartial duty)
* Wounded 5/7/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA
* Wounded 6/24/1864 Nance's Shop, VA (Slightly)
* Hospitalized 7/4/1864 Richmond, VA (Wity dysentery)
* Returned 8/1/1864 (place not stated)
* Commanding Regiment 8/31/1864 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 8/31/1864 Liberty, VA
* Returned 9/21/1864 (place not stated)
* Was paid 10/18/1864 (place not stated)
* Commanding 3/28/1865 (place not stated) (Commanding 600 dismounted men)
Promotions:
* 2nd Lieut 8/1/1861
* Capt 9/17/1861
* Capt 4/24/1862 (Reelected)
* Major 12/7/1864
* Lt Col 4/1/1865
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 1/7/1865 from company F to Field & Staff
Other Information:
born 9/26/1832 in Pittsylvania County, VA
died 7/3/1923
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Roanoke, VA
(Postwar farmer and miller in Bedford County, VA. Member
VA Legislature. Deputy Sheriff Roanoke County,
VA.)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
You may procure his service records files at: http://history-sites.com/research/index.html
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John P. Graves
Residence was not listed; a 26 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 5/28/1861 at Davis Mills, VA as a 4th Sergt.
On 5/28/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VA 2nd Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On rolls 10/31/1861 (place not stated) (Present)
* Absent, sick 12/6/1861 (place not stated)
* Returned 1/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* On rolls 10/31/1862 (place not stated) (Present)
* On rolls 8/31/1863 (place not stated) (Present)
* On rolls 4/30/1864 (place not stated) (Present)
* Detailed 6/30/1864 Ambulance Corps (No further record)
Promotions:
* Priv 10/15/1861 (Estimated day reduced)
Other Information:
born 12/3/1834
died 3/13/1907
Buried: East Hill Cemetery, Salem, VA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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See also:
http://www.tarleton.edu/~kjones/CSva-wv.html#VA-Cav
This is not a regimental history, but a memoir of a child growing up in Clarke County, VA during the War. Father Major S.J.C. Moore of 2nd Va. Infantry, who became Early's Adjutant General. Has a great description of Mosby's attack on the wagon train at Berryville in 1864. Viewpoint is unusual, and gives good homefront info. Put out as a Clarke County Proceeding, by Clarke Co. Historical Assn., P.O. Box 306, Berryville, VA 22611 - paperback, c85 pages, indexed - $10.00. Thanks to Mary Morris - Archivist, CCHA mjmorris@rma.edu, for providing me with this information. http://www.mosocco.com/va.html
The following are the holdings of the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa in their unit bibliographies:
Title: 2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
U.S. Army Military History Institute
Collections Division
950 Soldiers Drive
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5021
13 Feb 2009
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Blackford, Susan L.C. Letters From Lee's Army: Or, Memoirs of Life in Virginia During the Civil War. NY: Scribner's, 1947. 312 p. E605B63.
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987. 1295 p. E484C65.1987v4. Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. E546C78. See p. 351 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Driver, Robert J., Jr., & Howard, H.E. 2nd Virginia Cavalry. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1995. 302 p. E581.6.2ndD75.
McCoy, Phil. "George Walker Gilmer, 2nd Virginia Cavalry." North South Trader's Civil War Vol. 32, No. 2: p. 24-30 (7 photocopied pages). Per.
Parker, Robert W. Lee's Last Casualty: The Life and Letters of Sgt. Robert W. Parker, Second Virginia Cavalry. Edited by Catherine M. Wright. Knoxville: U TN Pr, 2008. 231 p. E605P36.
Peck, Rufus H. Reminiscences of a Confederate Soldier of Co. C, 2nd Va. Cavalry. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1971. 73 p. E51l.6.2ndP4.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. NY: Facts on File, 1992. pp. 104-05 (1 photocopied page). E581S53. (Unit organizational history).
Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861-1865. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1986. pp. 41-42 (2 photocopied pages). E581.4W35. (Brief unit history).
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment p.2
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Bolling, John - CWTIColl
Brugh, Edward (Letter (BrakeColl
Dickinson, L. T. (Reminiscence) - BrakeColl
Isbell, Robert B. (Letters) - LeighColl BK 41: 100-108
Magruder, James W. (Letters) - LeighColl Bk 31: 56
Moore, Fletcher B. - CWTIColl-RAndersonColl
Mumford, Thomas T. (Letter) - BrakeColl
Pitzer Family - CWTIColl