Felix Shelborne Dodson (1823 - 1876)

Born 15 Dec 1823 in Pittsylvania County, VA

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Margaret (Ferguson) Dodson — married 22 Oct 1850 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1876 at age 52 in Ringgold, Pittsylvania Co., VA

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Biography

Pvt Felix Dodson served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 14 Oct 1864
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 38th Virginia Infantry

Felix was born in 1823. He was the son of Joel Dodson and Nancy Clark. He passed away in 1876.

The census of 1850 for Pittsylvania, dated November 21, has Felix Shelbourne Dodson listed with siblings in the home of widowed mother Nancy. The last entry is for Elizabeth(Ferguson) Dodson, who Felix had just married a month prior; October 22, 1850, there in Pittsylvania:

Nancy Dodson F 50 Virginia

1. Felix Dodson M 27 Virginia
2. Joshua G Dodson M 25 Virginia
3. Elizabeth Dodson F 16 Virginia
4. Allison Dodson M 15 Virginia
5. Rebecca Dodson F 12 Virginia
6. William Dodson M 10 Virginia
7. Josiah Dodson M 7 Virginia

Elizabeth Dodson F 22 Virginia

In the 1860 census for Ringgold, in southern Pittsylvania County, Felix and wife were living on the property of aged William E. Clark(1798). Also with Felix , Elizabeth, and 5 children were Felix's brother Joshua, and two of Felix's sisters(Elizabeth and Rebecca):

Felix S Dodson M 36 Virginia Elizabeth M Dodson F 32 Virginia

1. Henry J Dodson M 9 Virginia
2. Fannie E Dodson F 7 Virginia
3. Sallie A Dodson F 5 Virginia
4. Robt H Dodson M 3 Virginia
5. Charles Dodson M 1 Virginia
6. Josiah Dodson M 16 Virginia

J G Dodson M 35 Virginia Elizabeth Y Dodson F 23 Virginia Rebecca A Dodson F 21 Virginia

Ringgold, Pittsylvania was near the recruiting area for Company A of the 38th Virginia Infantry. Felix enlisted in Company A on October 14, 1864. He was taken as a POW in the last week of the war; April 2, 1865, at Dinwiddie Courthouse. He was sent to one of the most despised prison camps, Point Lookout prison in southern Maryland. Though Appomattox was April 9, prisoners were kept for a couple months thereafter. In Felix's case, he was released on June 11th.

The Findagrave page for Felix notes he served in the Ringgold Artillery(prior to going to Company A of the 38th Virginia).

Two other men from Company A who were captured at Dinwiddie Courthouse and sent to Point Lookout were brothers Clark and Moses Barker. They remained after Felix was released. Moses died at the prison on June 23, 1865, and Clark Barker was released the following day.

Sources

• Find A Grave

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch : 24 August 2015), Virginia > Pittsylvania > Southern District > image 15 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. 17 year old Felix in the home of father, Joel, with brother's living nearby.

• 1850 census Pittsylvania, Virginia, Familysearch, FELIX DODSON
• Virginia marriage record, Familysearch, 22 Oct 1850, FELIX S DODSON, ELIZABETH M FERGUSON, Pittsylvania
• Familysearch, 1860 census Ringgold, Pittsylvania, Virginia, page 168, FELIX S DODSON
• Familysearch, United States Civil War Soldiers index, FELIX S DODSON, Private, Confederate, 38th Virginia Infantry, Company A
• Virginia Civil War Service record, FELIX S DODSON, 1864, Thirty-eighth Infantry
• Civil War papers of Pardons, FELIX S DODSON