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    1. [VABEDFOR] Civil War Companies from Bedford Co.
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    3. George Washington Cundiff , Spicer Cundiff, and Spicer's son Nathaniel J. Cundiff, all of Bedford, were in the Va 10th Battalion, Co.B, Heavy Artillery. (Hensley's Company) They were stationed in Richmond. Spicer died of typhoid. Nathaniel survived the war, lived in later years at the Old Soldiers Home in Richmond, and is buried at the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond in the Confederate Soldier section, grave #383. George was captured 4/6/1865 in Burkeville Jct. during Lees Retreat. He was sent to POW Camp Butler, in Newport News, a camp for 3,490 Confederate prisoners who were captured near the end of the war. George died there of disease. He is buried at the Greenlawn Memorial Park in Newport News with others who died in the camp, and there is a monument honoring those men.

    04/27/2008 11:07:25