The other Godwins in Company K must be kin folk.
Robert S. Godwin
Residence Grafton WV;
Enlisted on 5/18/1861 at Meadowville, VA as a Captain.
On 5/18/1861 he was commissioned into "121361" Co. VA 31st Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(No further record)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 12/13/1861 Camp Alleghany, WV
* On rolls 12/31/1861 (place not stated)
* On rolls 4/30/1862 (place not stated)
* Wounded 6/9/1862 Port Republic, VA
* Issued clothing 8/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Issued clothing 12/15/1863 (place not stated)
* Issued clothing 3/15/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 4/30/1864 (place not stated)
* POW 5/12/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA
* Confined 5/18/1864 Belle Plain, VA
* Confined 5/24/1864 Point Lookout, MD
* Confined 5/29/1864 Elmira, NY
* Oath Allegiance 6/27/1865 Elmira, NY
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 8", florid complexion, blue eyes, light hair
Other Information:
born in 1821 in Tucker County, VA
died in 1918
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Jacob Godwin, Jr
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/18/1861 at Meadowville, VA as a Private
On 5/18/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 31st Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 6/27/1862
(date and method of discharge not given)
(No further record)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 6/27/1862 Gaines' Mill, VA (Wounded in thigh)
* Absent, wounded 8/15/1862 (place not stated)
* On rolls 8/15/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/31/1863 (place not stated)
* Issued pay 4/30/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 8/31/1864 (place not stated) (No further record)
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Jacob B. Godwin
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/22/1861 at Laurel Hill, VA as a Private.
On 6/22/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 31st Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(No further record)
He was listed as:
* Missing 7/13/1861 Laurel Hill, WV (No further record)
Other Information:
born in 1821
died in 1921
Buried: Chennoweth Cem., Barbour Co, WV
After the War he lived in Godwin Hollow, VA
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Reubin H. Godwin
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/18/1861 at Sturm, VA as a Private.
On 5/18/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 31st Infantry
He died of wounds on 6/8/1864 at Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA
He was listed as:
* Missing 7/21/1861 Laurel Hill, VA
* Issued clothing 4/28/1863 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 11/30/1863 Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA (With debility)
* Returned 12/29/1863 (place not stated)
* Issued pay 12/31/1863 (place not stated)
* Issued clothing 3/31/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 4/30/1864 (place not stated)
* Wounded 6/1/1864 Cold Harbor, VA (Gunshot wound of spine)
* Hospitalized 6/4/1864 Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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Robert Godwin, Private, Company K, 31st Regiment Virginia Infantry, enlisted May 18, 1861 at Meadowville by H. Sturm for 12 months, re-enlisted April 16 at Camp Shenandoah, Conscript, 1862, wounded December 13, 1861 at the Battle of Alleghany Mts., W. Va., wounded June 9, 1862, advanced to 1st Corporal, n.d., captured at Mine Run, Va. May 5/12, 1864, arrived Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp May 18, transferred to Elmira, N. Y. prison camp July 30, arriving August 2, 1864, released on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States June 27, 1865, resident of Grafton, Va., florid complexion, light hair, blue eyes 5' 8", receipted for issues of clothing: August 22 and December 31, 1863, March 31 and April 20, 1864
M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
You may procure his records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above