TSBF would like to invite anyone who had an ancestor present at the battle to send us any information you might have on that individual. Period photographs or other pictorial representations of those individuals are highly desirable. Our intention is to create a web page dedicated to the men and women who were directly involved or affected by this battle. Please contact and/or send your information to

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   Enlisted at Waterford, Michigan on August 16, 1862,age of seventeen. 5’7”, 145 lbs., brown hair, light complexion, and gray eyes. Part of the Michigan Cavalry Brigade under George Armstrong Custer. Mustered in on August 26, 1862, and saw action in crucial fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. He was wounded on July 8, 1863 at the Battle of Boonsboro, Maryland when he was struck in the right side by piece of enemy shell.

   Campaigns included Brandy Station,the Wilderness and Trevillian Station. Captured at the Battle of Trevillian Station. Confined at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia on June 20, 1864 and sent to Andersonville prison on June 21, 1864. Paroled February 26, 1865 and was returned to Federal authorities on March 10, 1865. Honorably discharged at Tripler Hospital on May 25, 1865. 

   For a more complete biography we recommend going to http://daughterof24thmichigan.blogspot.com (as featured by the CWT)

Thanks to

Kristina Austin Scarcelli

   Great Great Granddaughter of Abner D. Austin, Private, Company I, 24th Michigan Infantry of the Iron Brigade of the West

   Great (3x) Niece of Charles W. Austin, Private, Company A, 5th Michigan Cavalry of the Michigan Brigade

Richard Samuel Baylis (my great grandfather)

John and David Coleman, Co. A 6th Regiment, Butler's Brigade, S.C.

   My great great great grandfather John Coleman and his brother David were in Co. A 6th Regiment, Butler's Brigade. John Coleman was killed 11 June, 1864, the first day of the Battle of Trevilian Station. David Coleman was in that battle but lived. 

   John Coleman  was born in Feb.1, 1822,.  At the time of The War between the States, he lived near Fountain Inn, S. C. His family home built about 1849 is still there. He left a wife, Anna Babb Coleman and seven children. The oldest was Robert, a lad of 13, when his father went to war. Here are his written words telling of those times:

   "I think in the fall of '62 there was a call for men up to 45. So my father had to go down on the coast. Next spring they let him come home to make a crop. I recollect I had oats sowed when he came home. That fall he had to go off again. There was a man at home by the name of Arnold Sullivan. He was making up a cavalry company. So my father and a great many of the neighbors joined that company. My father took Old Dick- that was the name of a horse he had had even since he was married-back down to the coast on John's Island. They stayed there that winter. In the spring they were ordered to Virginia- so he sent Old Dick home. He had bought a mighty pretty bay mare before he went off. He took the bay mare to Virginia in the spring of '64. So he was there til in June. Then the 11th of June the battle of Trevilian Station began. He got killed the first day. Dr. Knight told me, he saw him lying on the field next day and he took his comb and pocketbook and gave them to Uncle Dave. Barnett Babb said he got a citizen to bury him.

   A monument to John Coleman is in the Rabun Creek Baptist Church Cemetary, in Laurens County, S.C.

   David Coleman went on to fight and was captured at Chapin's Farm, Virginia. He was a prisoner of war, at Federal prison at Point Lookout, Md. He was paroled when the war was over and returned to S.C.

David Coleman (photo sent by his great granddaughter  Martha Coleman Bearden

Charles Conway

   Private Charles Conway was part of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co. F and fought at The Battle of Trevilian Station with that unit.He was born in Ireland in 1823 and immigrated to the United States during the late 1840's. He became a naturalized citizen on September 28, 1854. He married Ellen Breckenridge of Maryland and raised his family in Philadelphia, PA. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1864. He was injured in the battle and admitted to a hospital in Washington, D.C. He was discharged on September 2, 1865, returning to Philadelphia. He died at the Soldier's Home in Erie, PA on January 17,1894 and is buried in Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.

Submitted by great-grandaughter Maureen Conway Cook

Charles Danne, Jr.

   Buried at Trevilians, VA with wife, parents, son. Tombstone has: One of "Mosby's Men Co. F. 43rd BN. VA. Cavalry C.S.A."

From "ROSTER of the 43rd BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY" - Company F - Charles Danne -- Resided at Trevilians after the war.

John Dunovant

Submitted by Scott Coleman chestercannon@hotmail.com

Courtesy of the Chester News and Reporter

Who was Gen. John Dunovant
by Scott Coleman, Special to the News & Reporter Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 8:56 pm (Updated: April 29, 6:18 am)

      Note: There has been much discussion about the resting place of Brigadier General John Dunovant, C.S.A., which is located next to a proposed rock quarry being considered by Luck Stone. Local historian Scott Coleman wrote this essay to answer the question: Who was John Dunovant?
      Author’s note: This cemetery (located next to the proposed rock quarry) is the resting place of Brigadier General John Dunovant, Chester County’s only Confederate General. The following is an account of the General’s life and legacy.
      According to the Palmetto Patriots, Settlers, Natives and Heroes excellent website and a few other online sources, John Dunovant was born on March 5,1825, in Chester, S.C. and was a brigadier general with temporary rank in the Confederate States Army during the War Between the States. He was the son of John Dunovant and Margaret Sloan Quay. He was the brother of Richard Dunovant, a South Carolina militia brigadier general, colonel of the 12th South Carolina Infantry Regiment from September 1, 1861 to April 2, 1862, a South Carolina legislator and planter.
      John Dunovant was a sergeant in the Palmetto Regiment of South Carolina volunteers in the Mexican American War. He was wounded at the Battle of Chapultepec. Dunovant was mustered out of the volunteers on December 7, 1847. As a Mexican American War veteran, he was also a captain in the U.S. Army from March 3, 1855 to December 29, 1860 when he promptly resigned and joined his native state in the army of the Confederate States of America.
      Dunovant held the rank of major of infantry in the South Carolina militia during the initial Confederate operations at Fort Sumter. During the bombardment of Fort Sumter, he was present and active at Fort Moultrie. On July 22, 1861, he became colonel of the 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment and was stationed for some time on Sullivan's Island and at Fort Moultrie.
      One very interesting aspect is that Dunovant was cashiered and dismissed from the service for drunkenness on November 8, 1862 but on July 28, 1863 he was given another chance to command the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. He served the State in this capacity, until ordered to Virginia on May 18, 1864. There he and his regiment were under the brigade command of Brigadier General Matthew C. Butler, in Major General Wade Hampton's division of Major General Jeb Stuart's cavalry corps, which was commanded by Major General Wade Hampton after Stuart's death at the Battle of Yellow Tavern.
      Brigadier General Matt Whitaker Ransom reported the regiment under his leadership did admirable service at the Second Battle of Drewry's Bluff, or Second Battle of Fort Darling, on May 16, 1864, and subsequently in the encounters with Union General Philip Sheridan's cavalry. He provided gallant services with Butler's brigade at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Battle of Trevilian Station and other engagements in the Overland Campaign and early Siege of Petersburg, thereby redeeming his reputation. He was wounded in the left hand at the Battle of Haw's Shop on May 28, 1864.
      On August 2, 1864, President Jefferson Davis suggested to General Robert E. Lee, Dunovant's promotion to brigadier general with temporary rank, and Davis so appointed him on August 22, 1864. In September 1864, Dunovant jeopardized his reputation again while leading a regiment on a night patrol. Challenged by pickets that his officers realized were Union soldiers, Dunovant insisted that the pickets allow his men to pass. He sent a captain ahead to identify his command. It was only after the captain was taken prisoner and the Union pickets began to fire into the darkness that Dunovant could be convinced of his mistake.
      Dunovant remained a brigade commander under General Hampton until his death six weeks later. Dunovant was killed October 1, 1864 in the fighting north of the James River, following the capture of Fort Harrison at the Battle of Vaughan Road, part of the overall Battle of Peebles' Farm. He was shot down while leading a charge against the Union position. Major General Matthew Butler wanted to turn the Union flank and initially rejected Dunovant's insistence on a frontal charge. Butler finally allowed the persistent Dunovant to lead his reluctant troops in a charge. When Dunovant was promptly shot down, his troops quickly retreated. Union Sergeant James T. Clancy of the 1st New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry was credited with firing the shot that killed General Dunovant.
      Historians have suggested that Dunovant's rash action was motivated by his continuing effort to redeem his reputation. Immediately after being informed of Dunovant’s fate General Hampton sent his corps Medical Director, Dr. John B. Fontaine, to try and treat the brigadier general. However, just as Fontaine was on his way to perhaps bring aid to Dunovant a shell accidently burst over his head, mortally wounding him as well.
      On receipt of news of the death of the gallant soldier, General Lee replied to General Hampton: “I grieve with you at the loss of General Dunovant and Dr. Fontaine, two officers whom it will be difficult to replace.”
      In retrospect, other historians have suggested that Dunovant's desire to lead a frontal assault might have worked if General Butler had given him permission to do so when he first asked.
      Subsequently, John Dunovant’s body was brought back to Chester and buried in a family burial plot three miles southeast of Chester, South Carolina.
      In closing, I have been interested in Chester’s only Confederate general for many years now after first hearing about Dunovant and his resting place 30 years ago from Dennis Todd, a very knowledgeable SCV history friend, from Cayce/West Columbia. I also recently asked a local Chester artist Lois “Dede” Brice Hall paint a portrait for me of the general in uniform for me and to keep the Dunovant name in the forefront at least in my home I even named my male “gray” cat “Dunovant” after the Confederate general.
      A few of my friends and members of my family have encouraged me to perhaps write a book about General John Dunovant and I may yet attempt to do this. However, the whole Dunovant family and not just John Dunovant distinguished thems the whole Dunovant family and not just John Dunovant distinguished themselves during their lifetime. Perhaps a book about the entire Dunovant family is in order instead?

Shubal Dutton

   Submitted by 'sweetpeaandmetoo@yahoo.com'
This was my ggg Grandfather, looking into any photos that may show him. He was a Blacksmith
Birth: 1824
Death: Nov. 1, 1864
Andersonville (Sumter County), Georgia, USA

Shubal Dutton enlisted in Co.C.6th Michigan Cavalry as a Blacksmith on Sept.3,1862 at St.Clair, Mich.
He was taken prisoner at Trevillian Station,Va. on June 11,1864 and died at Andersonville 5 months later. Burial:
Andersonville National Cemetery
Andersonville (Sumter County), Georgia, USA
Plot: GRAVE 11753 Sec.H

James “Jack” Harris (1831 – 1872)

1st Sergeant Co. D 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment

   During the battle he received a deep saber wound to the thigh and his horse was killed. He was in the military hospital in Charlottesville from June 13th thru July 7th. Returned to command and served till the end of the war. After the war he returned home to find it destroyed due to it being in the middle of the battle of Dallas, Georgia, fight (Atlanta Campaign.) He rebuilt and returned to farming.

   Unit history: February 18, 1864, the 7th Georgia Cavalry Regiment was organized at Rome, Georgia, by combining the 21st and 24th Georgia Cavalry Battalions with McAllister’s Hardwick Mounted Rifles under the command of Colonel William P. White, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph L. McAllister and Major Edward C. Anderson, Jr. Assigned to the 4th Military District of South Carolina, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In May the battalions gathered at Augusta, then moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where they joined with the brigade. By late May they were moved to Richmond. Assigned to Young’s Brigade, Hampton’s-Butler’s Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
Thank you for the work you have done!
Submitted by: Jason Harris

Abraham Gibson and Nealy Marion Grant

Click here to read the interview

   Abraham Gibson and Nealy Marion Grant, both of the 4th SC Cav., were SC Confederate Veterans from Chester County South Carolina who were present at the Battle of Trevilian Station.
   Gibson is the one being interviewed in the article and when he is asked about his participation in the War Between the States, he praises the Hero of the Battle of Trevilian Station, Sgt. Nealy Marion Grant. Please note that without Sgt. Grant's heroic efforts, the Confederates might have lost the battle!

Submitted by: Scott Coleman, Chester, S.C.

Charles A Jackson and his Uncle Sgt Alonzo Foster

   My great,great,great uncle Corporal Charles A Jackson and his Uncle Sgt Alonzo Foster fought with the 6^th New York Veteran Volunteer Cavalry at Trevilian Station under the command of Sheridan. I have a book written for the men of the 6^th by Alonzo which documents the events of the battle in his own words. He lost his best friend Corporal Milton Bennett of Amagansett New York, who is buried somewhere on the battle field.

 Reminiscences and record of the 6th New York v.v. cavalry, by Alonzo Foster, late Sergeant Co. F.

With our thanks, Submitted by  Henry Huecker

Pierce Heath, Pvt.

My great grandfather was wounded June 11, 1864 with the 9th New York Cavalry at Trevilian Station, Pierce Heath Pvt. Taken to a prison camp, I believe in Georgia. Mustered out 4/8/1865. Elmira N.Y.
I am his Great Grand Son, Mark Betcher, Lansing MI.

Alexander Hendrix

   I am trying to locate Confederate military records regarding my gr-gr-grandfather Alexander Hendrix (Hendricks) of Candler, Bulloch and Emanuel counties in GA. He enlisted in a Georgia Cavalry unit known as “Miller’s Rangers,” probably in Savannah. It was called or part of the 2d GA CAV, I believe. The unit subsequently was reorganized several times as the 7th and the 21st, from what I gather, but I haven’t been able to find verification, copies of orders or muster rosters regarding his tenure. According to family oral history, he was “wounded,” “had a horse shot out from under him,” and became a “POW.” There should be some record of these events.

   I do have a copy of his discharge (1862), and a copy of some medical records when he was in a military hospital, and another document where he was separated/repatriated with a safe conduct through the lines (circa 1864), as a POW. So he evidently reenlisted at some time—because he was discharged from Co. K, 38th Georgia Inf Regt according to the DAR records!

   His separation/repatriation paper work gave his physical description as 5’10”, dark hair and black eyes, and described him as a “miller and a farmer,” stated that he must take the oath and agree to never take up arms against the United States again, and to return to his home in Georgia. However, there is a humongous gap in data and I can find nothing on it at NARA.

   I understand many of the papers pertaining to Confederates were acquired by the federal government and placed in their archives—but can’t be located. If my great-grandmother’s sister hadn’t kept some of his personal papers, we would have nothing about any of this.

   Is there a center where those wounded and captured as POWs could be found? A letter to his unit commander (mentioned in his hospital record) was addressed to a Capt Miller, wherein the doctor recommended he not be continued in the cavalry...but there is another big blank of time thereafter, with no unit designation.

   His original unit’s commander, Capt. Robert(?) Miller, was one of those men among the 600 officers and men who were captured, placed in a compound, and used as human shields by the Union commander, to protect his soldiers against Confederate artillery. Capt. Miller was captured at Trevilian Station—so I am assuming I that my gr-gr-grandfather may have been captured there as well. Later, Capt. Miller was transferred to a northern Union prison, but was finally released to return back to his home in Georgia.

   Alexander Hendrix’s (Hendricks’) brother James was captured also, became a POW, and died in a Union prison...possibly the one at Point Lookout, MD. I don’t have records on that either...just sketchy information about what the family was told. They were not military oriented, and did not understand its organization or function, or administrative procedures.

   I would be grateful for any assistance in locating documents confirming these data. Thank you.
P.S. Davis, San Antonio, TX

Calvin Farnham Johnson

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

Keating, Michael Wayne

Nankin, Michigan.  Enlisted in Company E, Seventh Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1862, at Scio, for 3 years, age 31.

Mustered Jan. 23, 1863.

Taken prisoner at Trevilian Station, Va, June 11 1864.

Died of disease at Andersonville, GA, Aug. 29, 1864.

Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville, GA.

Grave No. 7164

Thanks to   Andrew L. Roberts for this submission

Joseph McAllister

 From "THE CIVIL WAR PICKET" Click to see:  Priceless Items Belonging to Joseph McAllister - a Georgia Cavalry Officer.

John and Thomas McCullough

   My first cousins 3 times removed, Pvt John and Cpl Thomas McCullough of Fairfield County, SC, enlisted together on 20 Jan 20 1862, in the 4th Cavalry, Company B, known as Rutledge;s Regiment. In June 1864, the 4th Cav Rgt was with Hampton's Legion of the Army of Northern Virginia. Lt Gen Wade Hampton, commanding. An interesting note is that the brothers were enlisted at Camp Hampton which was located on Wade Hamptons plantation a few miles outside of Columbia SC. According to the military records, both were captured on 11 June at Louisa Court House. They were at Fortress Monroe by 20 June and arrived at Elmyra NY POW camp on 25 July 1864. There is no record of how they arrived, but with the length of time between capture and arrival at Elmira, it could be assumed that they were marched. Both died within 3 weeks: John died 15 Aug and Thomas on 18 Aug. Their names appear on the Woodlawn National Cemetery Register of Deceased Confederate Soldiers. An obelisk at Mt Olivet Presbyterian Cemetery, Fairfield County, SC is inscribed: " In memory of two brothers, lying in one grave, who died prisoners of war at Elmyra NY".

Thank you for this wonderful site.

Mrs. Curry Walker, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

James McGrainer / McGranor

My great great grandfather James McGrainer  (McGranor), born in 1824 in Ireland, was shot through the right thigh at the Battle of Trevillian Station, on June 11, 1864. He was in Co. E, 4th Penna. Cavalry.  He was initially taken to the hospital in Washington D.C., then to Summit Hospital in Philadelphia, then onto the U.S. Army General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he stayed until October 28, 1864, when he was discharged. He had problems with the gunshot never healing properly for the rest of his life and died on November 22, 1885 and is buried in a small military cemetery outside of Penfield, Pennsylvania.  His wife, Mary Ann Dailey McGranor, went on to become one of the first licensed female physicians in the state of Pennsylvania.

Thank you so much for all you do.

Submitted by:  Virginia O’Connor Heywood

James McGranor

   served in US Army during the Civil War. He enlisted in the first unit, 13th Regt. Union Infantry, Co. I, for 3 months and when that enlistment was up he joined the 4th Union Cavalry, 64th Regt., Company E, out of Pittsburgh, Penna. and served in that unit August 16, 1861 - October 28, 1864 with the rank of Private. He was shot in the right thigh, during a Cavalry battle at the Battle of Trevellian Station, Virginia on June 11, 1864. When he was discharged from the Hospital in Pittsburgh, his personal description is as follows: Age, 23 years; height, 5 feet 10 inches; weight, 151 lbs.; complexion, Dark; hair, Black; eyes, blue-grey.

   He applied for a Disability Pension from the US Army on December 29, 1879 and had difficulty securing it due to the different spellings of his name in Army records. When he had originally joined the Army the name was spelled McGranner, by the time he joined the 4th Cavalry, the spelling had changed to McGrainer, and when he applied for his pension it had been changed to McGranor. After he passed away Mary Ann continued the fight for Pension from the U.S. Govt. finally getting it July 23, 1890.

   (From the Official Records of the Sixty-Fourth Regiment, 4th Cavalry

Trevilian Station

   Sheridan's second raid, the objective point of which was Lynchburg, on account of the delay, as in the first, culminated at Trevilian Station. In the early part of the engagement, the Fourth and Second regiments coming upon the rear of a body of the enemy's troops which had cut off Custar's command, by a vigorous charge of dismounted men scattered the foe, stampeding their horses, and giving them an easy prey to Custar.

   Immediately after, the Fourth was separated in the thick woods; one squadron under Colonel Covode taking the right of the First Division, the remainder under Major Biddle, moving to the centre of the brigade and holding the line near the railroad, where it successfully held the enemy at bay.

   At four P. M., the regiment being again united, a charge was ordered. With a yell the squadrons advanced at a run, losing forty-five men in passing a distance of one hundred yards, but bearing down all before them. Driven from his first position, the enemy took shelter behind the railroad embankment. For a few minutes the contest raged with great fury, and it seemed doubtful whether the position could be held, when Captain Martin, with the reserve squadron, arrived most timely upon the left rear of the enemy's line, attacking it in flank. His line wavered and the Fourth with renewed energy pushed forward to the railroad, driving his forces in rout and confusion. The following day was given to the destruction of the railroad. The enemy appearing in too great force to warrant further advance, Sheridan retired.

    (From obituary for Mary Ann Dailey McGranor) James was a Dispatch Carrier for General George Armstrong Custer during the Civil War.

   (James and Mary Ann must have moved to Pittsburgh, Penna. shortly after the 1860 Federal Census was done, as he joined the Army in Pittsburgh n 1861) VAH

Thanks to Pat Parris for this submission.

Joseph Moreau, 7th Michigan Cavalry

   My great great grandfather, Joseph Moreau, was born in Ontario, Canada May 26, 1820. While a resident of Eaton Rapids, Michigan he mustered in the 7th Michigan Cavalry on August 13, 1862 under Captain Geo. Armstrong Custer. He was 41 at the time of his enlistment. In the battle at Trevilian Station on June 11, 1864 he was shot in the chest by a musket ball and fell from his horse. He was taken prisoner by the enemy and carried to Andersonville Prison, Georgia. He remained there 4 months. He was paroled and exchanged by the Rebels at Savannah, Georgia on the 26th of November 1864. Getting on a train car at Andersonville, a spark from the locomotive burned his eye and produced blindness. He arrived home on Christmas Day 1864. He was honorably discharged in August 1865 by the U.S. War Dept. One of the Affidavits sworn as evidence of his character in order to receive a pension stated "Moreau was known as a credible, upright man of strict temperate habits." Moreau later moved to Polk County, Missouri. He died January 16, 1879 at Halfway (Polk County), Missouri and is buried there in the Schofield Missionary Baptist Church cemetery.

Submitted by Ann Robey, great great grandaughter of Joseph Moreau.

Fredrick Ogden

   My great great uncle Lt. Fredrick Ogden was serving as adjutant of the 1st U.S. Cavalry regiment under Custer and was killed at Trevilian Station. I have the letter signed by Captain Augustus Reno announcing his death. Reno as a major was the officer who failed Custer at the Little Bighorn; 100 years later I served with the same regiment in Vietnam.

With our thanks, submitted by
Peter Boylston Adams

John Baker 'Texas Jack' Omohundro

  'Texas Jack' Omohundro, a scout for the Confederate army, fought and was wounded at the Battle of Trevillian Station. After the war, he moved west where he met William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and they created the first Wild West Show.

 Click to see:  Historical Marker, Palmyra, VA - HMdb.org

 Click to see:  Biography at Wikipedia.org - Wikipedia.org

Kimball Pearsons

Corporal in Co. L, 10th Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers was mortally wounded near the Nederland Tavern on June 11, 1864. Click here to see more information, letters, pictures.

Nathaniel Perkins

of Fluvanna County , 15th Va Cavalry
Commanders: Lunsford Lomax and Fitzhugh Lee
 
   Nathaniel enlisted Febuary 15th 1864 at Orange Courthouse. According to his muster record, he was " never paid " and died of wounds received in battle.
To quote an article in the Richmond Sentinel Febuary 10, 1865 :
   "Among the gallant young men who fell in the battle of Trevilians, was Nathaniel Perkins of Fluvanna County, Va, age 24 years. He was wounded in the lung and died 8 or 10 days later. "
   Nathaniel was the son of my father's g-aunt. I have no record of his burial. I found the family cemetery, and Nathan is not there, so I'm guessing he was buried on the battlefield or in the little cemetery by the railroad track (Oakland Cemetery, Town of Louisa, VA).

Submitted by Judith Johnson Metz
Bon Air, Virginia

G.W. Perkins & Andrew J. Perkins

Submitted by Larry Perkins

   The 1^st pic is of G.W. Perkins (his nickname was Wash this is the 1^st email I sent & obviously taken much later in life). I was able to locate more info as his brother was in the same unit. Listed as A.J. Perkins his name was really Andrew J Perkins (2^nd pic in his confederate uniform…attached ): A.J. Perkins enlisted June 23, 1863 at Charleston with Capt. Miller. Pvt. Perkins was with the 21st Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, Co. C until, through consolidation of units, he was transferred to Co. B, 7th Regiment, Georgia Cavalry.  On June 11, '64 Pvt. Perkins lost his horse during the Battle of Trevillian Station, Va. Records show that Pvt. A.J. Perkins was present on all roll calls through December.

James Oscar Sheppard    Also see:  PDF for James Oscar Sheppard

   Attached is information about my Great Uncle James Oscar Sheppard. He died at the Battle of Trevilian Station on June 12, 1864.

   The way my Great Grandparents knew that he had died was that his horse came home without him. My Great Uncle Oscar was an accomplished musician, and I have a violin that belonged to him. I believe he had it with him when he went to the war.

   One day, I am going to come to Trevilian Station to pay homage to my Great Uncle Oscar and the sacrifice he made. Although I was born and raised a "Yankee", my Confederate roots run deep, and I am proud of my Southern heritage.

Mary Ann Beck, Omaha, Nebraska

Anthony Shriver, Company K, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

June 22, 1864

   "I have been requested by the 6th Sergeant of Company K, 6th Cavalry to send to you the enclosed money which was taken from Anthony Shriver, who I understand is a relative of yours. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Trevillians Station on the 12th, last and fell into the hands of the enemy. Our men were unable to bring him off, but saved this money which I now send to you"    PDF of Document

   Anthony Shriver was a Prussian immigrant drafted in to Union Service. He apparently succumbed to wounds and died on June 12.

Submitted by Patrick Hourigan.

John C. Snyder, Co. E. 13th Reg Cavalry

   My ancestor who fought there was John C. Snyder. He is my great great grandfather. He lived from 1835-1899. He was from Hill Valley, Pennsylvania and served in Co. E. 13th Reg Cavalry. My aunt, Helen "Tudy" Snyder Howard, his great granddaughter (who is copied here) researched and compiled our family history. She obtained the information about John C. Snyder from John's son, John M. Snyder (her grandfather), who had John C's discharge papers. His discharge papers state that "John C. is 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes."

John C. Snyder fought at Travillian Station from June 10-12, 1864. "At the engagement of Travillian Station, John C. Snyder had his horse shot from under him, and he as well as many others had to go overland route on foot. The Union army being on "retreat". Every ambulance and supply wagon filled with wounded and one hundred and fifty wounded left on the battlefield under flag of truce." (This account is a copy of the original written by John M. Snyder, John C's son.)

   In addition to John C. Snyder, his cousin, David S. Snyder (1843 - 1917) also fought at Travilian Station. The 2 boys enlisted together in Huntingdon, Pa on the same day. David enlisted in Company F, 13th Pennsylvania Volunteers. My aunt Helen "Tudy" Snyder Howard, came into possession of accounts written by David S. Snyder, by way of her uncle Jack Snyder (Jack was John C. Snyder's grandson).
"On June 10th, 1864, David S. Snyder, at the engagement of Travilian Station was wounded and became a prisoner of war.".
Tudy also is in possession of poems that were written by David S. Snyder while fighting in the Civil War. (not necessarily at the battle of Travilian Station).

"Great Ruler of Earth and Skies,
a word of thine almighty breath can sink the world or bid it rise,
when angry nations rush to arms thy sovereign eye looks calmly down
and makes their course and bends their power.
Thy law the angry nation own and noise and war are heard no more.
Then peace returns with balmy wings thy kind protection still implore.
Time speeds away, away, away, like torrents in a stormy day,
it undermines the stately tower and robs from us our dearest friend,
The friend we loved the friend, That Blessed and leaves us weeping on the shore
where they cannot return no more."
"No North, No South, no alien name, firm for one cause, one flag we stand,
Hearts melted into sacred flame for God and Home and native land.
Another hand thy sword shall wield,
another hand the standard wave,
till from the trumpets mouth is pealed
the blast of triumph o'er the grave."

   Thank you all for keeping up the website of the battle. It is too bad the battlefield had not been preserved for such a long time, but it seems (from your website) your efforts are producing some good results.

-Bridgette Snyder Pfeufer, Rockville, MD
-Helen "Tudy" Snyder Howard, Greensburg, PA

John F. Spooner

4th South Carolina Volunteer Cavalry, Company I , Private

From the Georgetown District of S.C.     Killed In Action 11 June 164, aged 18

Thanks to Jamie Dozier

Henry Hill Sprouse

   I had another great great grandfather Henry Hill Sprouse, born Nov. 26, 1826, also from near Fountain Inn,S. C. who was in the same regiment and company as John Coleman. Henry Hill Sprouse and his wife Mary Caroline Hopkins Sprouse set up house keeping in the Fairview Presbyterian Church community. A letter written by him on Aug. 21, 1863, from John's Island, S. C., to his brother William Washington Sprouse states his health was very "porley", but he had the best riding nag in the Confederacy and would not take a $1000 for her. He thought the War surely would be lost in less than a year.He also fought and was captured at the Battle of Treviian Station. He was taken as a prisoner to Pt. Lookout, Md. where he died on April 25, 1865, just as the war was ending. His name appears on the monument located on Md. Route 5 at the site where the remains of most of the Confederate prisoners were reinterred in the 1870's. He is listed at H.H. Sprouse, Co.A, 6 S.C.Cav. His widow was 35, left with 5 children, the oldest nine. Her house soon burned. She died in 1869, and her grave is in Fairview Cemetary. The five children were scattered and raised among relatives.

   Respectfully submitted by Caroline Smith Sherman

Christian Edward Zipperer  Lowndes County, Georgia

   (b. Jan 18, 1824 in Lowndes County, GA – d. April 21, 1914 in Coleman, FL –Sumter County) enlisted in Captain Bird’s Mounted Company on Sept 7, 1861 at Savannah, GA. He was discharged by venture of the Conscription Act on May 6, 1862. He enlisted in Bank’s Company of Partisan Rangers on Nov 10, 1862, at Savannah, GA. This unit became Company B, 21 Battalion, GA Cavalry on Feb 11, 1863. He was elected 3^rd Lieutenant on Mar 20, 1863 & was promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant in July 1863. He was transferred to Company E, 7^th Regiment, GA Cavalry on Feb 13, 1864. He was captured at the Trevilian Station, VA battle on June 11, 1864 & was sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware. He took the oath of allegiance to the US government & was released on June 4, 1865.

Thanks to Connie Sands for this submission 

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