Armstreet E. Fowlkes, Class of 1851 (A.B.) and 1854 (A.M.)

Armstreet E. Fowlkes enlisted as a private on June 7, 1861 in the Lunenburg Light Dragoons, Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry. he was promoted three times: to corporal on July 2, 1861; to sergeant on January 31, 1862; and to second lieutenant on April 28, 1862.  Fowlkes was killed on September 15, 1862 during a charge at Boonsboro, MD, part of the Battle of South Mountain, leaving his infant son orphaned. his enlistment information records his occupation as farmer. He was described as "an officer of fine abilities and extraordinary promise."