Hello All, You also have to consider the fact that some Bedford men may have enlisted in (or transferred into) other units that were organized in other counties. For example, one of my Bedford County ancestors, James N. Thomas, served in Fry's Battery of the Orange Light Artillery. Just a thought. Bobby Thomas, Wake Forest, NC -----Original Message----- >From: Flo <flocox@carolina.rr.com> >Sent: May 1, 2008 10:25 AM >To: vabedfor@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [VABEDFOR] Civil War companies from Bedford County > >Freddie, Thank you so much. You always exceed my expectations. YOU ROCK. Blessings, Flo > > > >---- Freddie Spradlin <fspradlin@earthlink.net> wrote: >There's no such page there, that I remember (or could find) ... I >looked, but couldn't find Jeff Weaver's page that would be >equivalent. > >Remnants of War, by Ann Chilton has rosters for >Co A, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment >Co D, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment >Co F, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment >Co G, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment >Co B, 10th VA Battalion, Heavy Artillery >Co H, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co G, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co E, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co I, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co I, 58th VA Infantry Regiment >Co A, 58th VA Infantry Regiment >Co C, 42nd VA Infantry >Old Dominion Rifles (This was the 1st Co C, 28th Infantry Regt) >Bedford Light Artillery (Capt John Donnell Smith's Co) >Rifle Grays, later Co B, 14th VA Infantry Regiment >Co F, 28th VA Infantry Regiment >Co G, 28th VA Infantry Regiment >some men listed in >Co A, 28th VA Infantry >Co C 28th VA Infantry >Co G 35th VA Infantry (these same men are listed in Co G, 34th VA >Infantry) > > >According to "A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations >1861-1865" > >Co A, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment, were the "Clay Dragoons", Bedford >Co, entrolled at Liberty May 11, 1861, mustered into service at >Lynchburg May 11, 1861, for one year, reorganized Apr 24, 1862 > >Co D, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment, were the "Franklin Rangers", >Franklin Co, enrolled at Franklin May 20, 1861 and mustered into >service at Lynchburg on May 22, 1861, for one year > >Co F, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment, were the "Bedford Southside >Dragoons", Bedford Co, entrolled at Davis Mills May 28, 1861, and >mustered into service at Lynchburg on May 3, 1861, reorganized >Apr 24, 1862 > >Co G, 2nd VA Cavalry Regiment, were the "Radford Rangers" Bedford >Co, enrolled at Forest Depot May 28, 1861, and mustered into >service at Lynchburg May 29, 1861, for one year, reorganized Apr >25, 1862 > >Co B, 10th VA Battalion, Heavy Artillery, were Capt. James O. >Hensley's Co, appointed Mar 10, 1862. On Mar 19, 1862, 27 members >of the 91st Regiment (Bedford Co) Militia were recruited into >this company by the Secretary of war > >Co H, 34th VA Infantry Regiment, the "Guide" lists a 34th >Regiment but there are only five companies, and was formerly the >4th Regiment VA Heavy Artillery. The captains listed in >"Remnants" do not match thoseof the "Guide" >Co G, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co E, 34th VA Infantry Regiment >Co I, 34th VA Infantry Regiment > >Co I, 58th VA Infantry Regiment, were the "Staunton Yeomanry", >Bedford Co, formerly Co E, enlisted and organized Jul 24, 1861, >mustered Sep 9, 1862, for one year, reorganized May 1, 1862 > >Co A, 58th VA Infantry Regiment, were the "Walker Guards" Bedford >Co, formerly Co G, enrolled Jul 25, 1861, mustered Sep 30, 1861, >for one year, reorganized May 1, 1862. > >Co C, 42nd VA Infantry, were the "Buford Grays", Bedford Co, >enlisted at Lisbon, May 18, 1861, for one year, reorganized Apr >21, 1862 > >Old Dominion Rifles (This was the 1st Co C, 28th Infantry Regt), >light infantry, enlisted and mustered May 16, 1861, for one year, >transferred to artillery Aug 1861. Also known as Capt Thomas M. >Bowyers Co, VA Light artillery. Reorganized on Apr 12, as Capt. >John R. Johnson's Co, VA Light Artillery. Disbanded Oct 4, 1862, >dividing the men between Co D, 38th Battalion VA Light Artillery >& Cayce's (then Pegram's) Co VA Light Artillery > >Bedford Light Artillery (Capt John Donnell Smith's Co), formerly >Capt Tyler Calhoun Jordan's Co VA Light Artillery, organized Jan >22, 1861, reorganized 1862. Smith & 45 men transferred into this >Co Oct 1862. > >Rifle Grays, later Co B, 14th VA Infantry Regiment, were "Bedford >Rifle Grays", Liberty, Bedford Co, enlisted Apr 24, 1861 at Fancy >Grove, for one year Reorganized May 6, 1862 > >Co F, 28th VA Infantry Regiment, were the "Bedford Grays", >foprmerly called Co G, until after Aug 31, muster, when the 1st >Co C ("Old Dominion Rifles" above) trnsferred to artillery. >Enlisted Apr 26, 1861, for one year, reogranized Apr 27, 1862 > >Co G, 28th VA Infantry Regiment, were the "Patty Layne Rifles", >Chesnut Fork, Bedford Co, formerly Co H, see just above, enlisted >Apr 27, 1861 for one year, reorganized May 1, 1862. > >some men listed in >Co A, 28th VA Infantry , the "Blue Ridge Rifles" Botetourt Co >Co C 28th VA Infantry, probably the 1st Co C ??? > >Co G 35th VA Infantry, the "Guide" does not list the 35th >Regiment (or Battalion) of Infantry > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Flo Cox" <flocox@carolina.rr.com> > > >Hi Freddie, >Is there a list of all the companies from Bedford County in the >Civil War listed on your site? Someone told me there was but I >did not see it. Thanks and keep up the good work :) >Blessings, Flo > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com >To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To post to the list, email: VABEDFOR@rootsweb.com >To contact the list admin, email: VABEDFOR-admin@rootsweb.com > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VABEDFOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message