Category: 51st Regiment, Virginia Infantry, United States Civil War

Categories: Virginia, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War

51st Regiment, Virginia Infantry formed in August, 1861, with eleven companies. Company L was later assigned to the 23rd Battalion. Its members were recruited in the counties of Wythe, Nelson, Bland, Floyd, and Grayson. During the war it started in General Floyd's and G C Wharton's Brigade. It reported 9 killed, 43 wounded, and 5 missing at Fort Donelson, and 3 killed and 16 wounded at Fayetteville. Only a handful remained after the Battle of Waynesborough.

Officers: Colonels Augustus Forsberg and Gabriel C Wharton; Lieutenant Colonels George A Cunningham, James W Massie, and John P Wolfe; and Majors William T Akers, Stephen M Dickey, D P Graham, D S Hounshell, and William A Yonce.

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Person Profiles (37)

A

Isaac Alford 23 Sep 1826 Virginia, United States - 27 Aug 1879

B

William Black 18 Jun 1844 - 09 Mar 1865

William Blanton abt 1799 Lee, Virginia, United States - abt 1871

C

John Carnahan May 1837 Wythe, Virginia, United States - abt 10 Mar 1910

Edward Collins 29 Dec 1838 - 16 Jun 1863

William Cooper 12 Apr 1846 Wythe, Virginia, United States - 21 Dec 1922

John Cruise 21 Jul 1837 Medows of Dan, Patrick, Virginia - 05 Mar 1900

D

Robert Dehart abt 1831 Patrick, Virginia, United States

F

James French 14 Sep 1834 Boyd Place, Giles County, Virginia, United States of America - 03 Jan 1916

H

Henry Haga 01 Sep 1840 Grayson, Virginia, United States - 09 Jan 1907

Elijah Hall Apr 1846 Meadows of Dan, Patrick, Virginia, United States - 29 Apr 1927

Eden Hatcher 24 Jul 1845 Patrick County, Virginia USA - 21 Dec 1898

William (Heldrith) Heldreth abt 1829 Wythe County, Virginia, United States - abt 1911

H cont.

Benjamin Higginbotham 21 Aug 1818 Amherst, Virginia, United States - 03 May 1903

Burton Highley Sep 1839 Wythe, Virginia, United States - 15 Mar 1904

Charles H. Hoback Jun 1834 Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States - 17 Apr 1905

Jonathan Hubbard 12 Apr 1836 Patrick, Virginia, United States - 07 Jun 1890

Jonathan Hubbard abt 1821 Patrick, Virginia - abt 1866

J

Peyton Jefferson Aug 1837 Patrick County, Virginia, USA - 1911

M

Archibald Magann 19 Nov 1837 Bedford, Virginia, United States - 04 Mar 1919

John Manser 21 May 1822 Monterey, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA - 17 Sep 1886

Thomas McLaughlin - 05 Feb 1865

Jesse Moss 16 Nov 1829 Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States - 16 May 1864

P

Ferguson Perdue 1826 Giles, Virginia, United States - 1900

R

Thomas Rakes abt 06 Nov 1844 Patrick, Virginia, United States - abt 03 Jan 1939

R cont.

Fleming Reed 15 Jun 1834 Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States - 03 Dec 1864

John Richardson 1838 Wythe, Virginia, United States - 15 Aug 1890

David Rittenhouse 08 Apr 1844 Albemarle, Virginia, United States - 22 Jul 1897

Edward Rose - 24 Jan 1865

S

Edward Sauls 1836 Tennessee, United States

Thomas Sayers 09 Dec 1837 Carroll, Virginia, United States - 10 Jun 1906

John Simmerman 26 Sep 1806 Wythe County, Virginia, USA - 26 Jan 1880

Josiah Smoot 07 Dec 1831 Alexandria, District of Columbia, United States - 08 Jan 1888

Andrew Spurlin 30 Jun 1817 Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States of America - 19 Feb 1923

Solon Stevens 15 Sep 1839 Amherst, Virginia, United States - 10 Apr 1908

T

Joseph Tate 12 Aug 1837 Virginia - 29 Oct 1923

W

Gabriel Wharton 23 Jul 1824 Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia - 12 May 1906

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