Robert Whiting, student 1862-1863

Whiting was conscripted into the Confederate army, serving in an unknown capacity, and surrendered at Lynchburg, VA on April 14, 1865.

In 1871, he was a telegraph operator in Petersburg, VA. Whiting graduated  from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA On March 1, 1875 and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as an Assistant Surgeon. On December 17, 1878 he became Passed Assistant Surgeon, and he was promoted to Surgeon on December 15, 1891. Whiting retired due to disability in February 1897, and he died on March 5, 1897. He is buried in Asheville, NC in Riverside Cemetery. The Whiting River and Whiting Point in Alaska were named for him in 1888 while he served on a ship during an exploration voyage.

Jesse C. Mundy, student 1859-1861

Mundy, son of a wealthy farmer from Amherst County, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 11th VA Infantry on July 16, 1861. He was absent due to illness in early 1862. No further record has been found and his fate is unknown.

Thomas M. Crowder, student 1849-1850

After leaving R-MC, Crowder attended the University of Virginia from 1850-1853. In September of 1853, Crowder became editor of the Daily Southern Argus, a newspaper in Norfolk, VA, which he ran until May 1, 1855 . Sometime after this, he moved to Brunswick, MO, where he became a teacher and principal in Bluff High School, a school which he founded. Crowder served as 2nd lieutenant in the 3rd Infantry of the Missouri Confederate Volunteers.  In a history of the 1st and 2nd  Missouri Confederate brigades published in 1878, Crowder is listed as "died in Chariton Co. since war."

Robert Jefferson Jones, student 1857-1858

Jones, from Person County, NC, enlisted as a private on July 30, 1861 in Co. D of the 13th NC Infantry. He was taken prisoner on September 15, 1862 at Williamsport, MD and sent to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE. He was sent to Aiken's Landing, VA for exchange on October 2, 1862 and granted a medical furlough. Jones was wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA on May 1, 1863. He was paroled on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

After the war, he returned to Person County, NC. By 1880, he had moved to Pittsylvania County, VA. Jones died September 15, 1902 in Danville, VA. He is buried in Danville's Highland Burial Park.

James B. Young Jones, student 1850-1851

Jones, who appears in the R-MC matriculation record and the 1850 census as James B. Jones and later goes by James Y(oung) Jones (he was referred to by a former family slave and children's nurse as "Little Mass' Batt"), graduated in 1855 from Jefferson Medical College in Pennsylvania but did not practice medicine. In the late-1850s he visited Europe attempting unsuccessfully  to obtain a military commission in the French army during the Franco-Austrian War of 1859. At the start of the Civil War, Jones raised a company and became its captain, Co. E of the 1st Battalion VA Infantry, also known as the Irish Brigade. In February 1862, he was absent on sick leave. Jones was wounded in the face with both of his eyes and the bridge of his nose shot away on March 23, 1862 during the First Battle of Kernstown, VA, the first engagement in which his company was involved. He was left on the field and taken captive, dying in a Union field hospital in Winchester, VA on March 25, 1862. Jones was buried in Winchester, VA in Stonewall Confederate Cemetery. 

Atwell C. Jones, student 1850-1851

Jones was a farmer in Buckingham County, VA when he enlisted in 1862 in Co. E of the 3rd Regiment VA Light Artillery, regiment that was dissolved and the men reallocated to different regiments. It is likely he served in local defense. Although records of his service do not appear to have survived, his 1902 application for a pension and his widow's 1909 pension application both state that he served 3 years in Captain Henry Spencer's company until surrendering in Richmond, VA. The applications are supported by prominent citizens in Buckingham County, VA and by the local Confederate veterans organization.

He returned to farming in Buckingham County, VA after the war. Jones died in September, 1908.

Samuel Nicholson, student 1847-1848

NIcholson graduated from the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College (later the Medical College of Virginia) in 1851. He enlisted as 2nd lieutenant in Co. I of the 12th Virginia on February 22, 1862. Dr. Nicholson was court-martialed on February 23, 1863 for being AWOL  and allowed to resign his commission, stating that he had a frail constitution and had been ill from consumption and jaundice, and also that he was needed to care for his siblings and his deceased father's property. these reasons were not accepted; however, his offer to enroll a replacement allowed him to resign, and he furnished a substitute in March 1863.

After the war, he resided in Brunswick County, VA and Sussex County, VA, where he died in his native
Wakefield, VA on July 17, 1906.

Thomas Benjamin Moore Perkins, student 1856-1857

Perkins was a farmer in Nelson County, VA before the war. he enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 49th VA Infantry in June 1864. He was taken prisoner on March 25, 1865 during the Battle of Fort Stedman near Petersburg, VA and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD. Perkins was released on June 16, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.

He returned to Nelson County, VA, where he returned to farming and was a prominent citizen until his death in January 1913. In 1872, he was assistant principal in the Elmington Military and Classical School. He later served as postmaster, justice of the peace and magistrate in Nelson County. He is reported to be buried in the churchyard of Elmington Methodist Church in Nelson County, VA.

Algernon Epes Campbell, student 1845-1846

Campbell, who graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA in 1851, was a physician and weathy farmer in Nottoway, VA at the beginning of the war. Although he did not serve in the military, he was appointed in November 1859 to enlist volunteers for the county militia companies. Additionally, in November 1861, he was appointed as Nottoway County's Collector of Confederate War Tax. A July 1, 1864 article in the Richmond Examiner states that during a Yankee raid, Algernon Campbell's home in Nottoway County was plundered and everything taken. He apparently did not recover financially; in 1865, the family plantation home, Blendon, passed out of Campbell's hands. In an 1868 lawsuit, his wife indicated Campbell was "insolvent and has made no provision whatever for the maintenance of your complainant and her children three in number."  Campbell died on January 4, 1870.

Edwin Lyell, student 1849-1850

Lyell was a farmer in Richmond County, VA when he enlisted on September 23, 1861 as a private in Co. C of the 41st VA Infantry. He was discharged shortly afterwards by the medical board due to "feeble health" and exempted from further service.

Lyell returned to farming in Richmond County, VA where he died on Decemebr 12, 1907. He is buried in Richmond County, VA in the cemetery at Calvary United Methodist Church.

Benjamin Franklin Lockhart, student 1843-1844

Lockhart, who had served from 1852-1854 in the North Carolina General Assembly, was a wealthy farmer in Garysburg, Northampton County, NC when the war began. He enlisted in the 4th (Later 14th) NC Infantry on June 3, 1861, serving as quartermaster with the rank of 1st lieutenant. He was discharged on August 20, 1861 when his appointment as quartermaster was not confirmed. Legal documents indicate he probably remained in Northampton County, NC for the rest of the war.

Lockhart's 1867 application for a presidential pardon states that he served for 5 months. He was granted a pardon by President Andrew Johnson. At some point after 1870, he moved from Northampton County, NC to Weldon, Halifax County, NC where he died on Feb. 7, 1877 and is buried in Cedarwood Cemetery. Apoplexy was listed as the probable cause of death.

Edward Sanders, student 1847-1851

Sanders, a farmer in Johnston County, NC, enlisted as a private in February 1862 in Co. I of the 3rd NC Cavalry. He also served in Co. F of the 16th NC Cavalry Battalion, Co. F of the 4th NC Cavalry, Co. H of the 7th NC Cavalry, and finally Co. D of the 3rd NC Cavalry. In September of 1864, he was on horse detail as he had no horse, and he was declared absent without leave although he claimed to have been discharged by civil authority for a mail contract.

After the war, he returned to farming in Johnston County, NC, moving to Harnett County, NC by 1880. Sanders died on January 22, 1898 and is buried in Sardis Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Linden, NC.

Edward H. Toone, student 1853-54 and 1856-57

Toone, older brother of James T. Toone, attended RMC for one year, 1853-54 and appears to have left and then returned as he is listed in the 1856-57 catalog under the category of "irregulars." He graduated fromt he Medical College of Virginia in March 1860 and is listed in the 1860 Mecklenburg County, VA census as a doctor. Toone enlisted  on July 8, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant in Co. I of the 38th VA Infantry. In April, 1862 he was demoted to Jr. 2nd lieutenant when he failed to be reelected to his rank. In November 1861, he was granted leave due to the scarcity of physicians to attend "a very ill young lady" in Prince William County, VA.

During the war in 1864, brothers Edward H. and James T. Toone married two sisters, Ruth D. and Harriet(t) S. Sheppard in Richmond, VA. Edward H, Toone died sometime before 1872, when his widow remarried.

James Thomas Toone, student 1858-1859

Toone, younger brother of Edward H. Toone, enlisted on May 14, 1861 as a sergeant in the Boydton Cavalry, Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry. In February of 1862, he was granted a leave for the purpose of trying to recruit a company for the 14th VA Infantry, an attempt which appears to have been unsuccessful as he rejoined his company. In July and August, 1863, he was absent due to illness, and he was examined in September and granted a furlough due to dysentery and bowel problems.  From October 3, 1863 through 1864, he was detailed as a clerk in Richmond, VA in General Elzey's office, and he was hospitalized in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA from October 9-November 10, 1863.

After the war, he was a farmer in Chesterfield County, VA in 1870. Toone's widow, Harriet Sheppard Toone, listed on her application for a widow's pension that he died from "stomach trouble" in Richmond, VA on September 11, 1898.

Charles W. Spratley, student 1853-1854

Spratley, older brother of Eugene Spratley, was a merchant in Greensville County, VA when he enlisted on may 4, 1861 as a sergeant in the Greensville Guard, which became Co. F, 5th Battn. (Archer's) VA Infantry. He was elected 1st lieutenant on February 17, 1862. On June 12, 1862, he transferred as a private to Co. E of the 5th VA Cavalry, which later became Co. H of the 13th VA Cavalry. Spratley was wounded during the at Brandy Station, VA on October 11, 1863 and was sent to the hospital in Richmond, VA and then to Petersburg, VA. He did not return to his regiment until late spring 1864. He was detailed as regiment post master in the summer of 1864. No further record of him has been found and he did not surrender at Appomattox Court House with his regiment. He was listed as killed at Brandy Station in a January 11, 1898 letter to the editor published in the Richmond, VA Dispatch written by the company captain, William N. Blow. This may be an error or Spratley may have died later as a result of that wound or in a later engagement.

Charles Gibbon, student 1853-1854

Gibbon was a farmer in Brunswick County, VA when he enlisted on May 4, 1861 as a private in the 5th Battn. (Archer's) VA Infantry. In December 1861, he was transferred to the Dinwiddie Cavalry, 2nd Co. I of the 3rd VA Cavalry.


After the war, he returned to farming in Brunswick County, VA. In January 1871, Gibbon's 860 acre farm in Brunswick County was advertised for sale at a bankruptcy auction. By 1880, Gibbon was living in Petersburg, VA and was a salesman of agricultural implements. He died on October 11, 1898 in Petersburg, VA.

Henry Embry Merritt, Class of 1853

Merritt, brother of John Bennett Merritt and William Thomas Merritt, is listed in college records as "Embry" and attended the University of Virginia after graduating from R-MC. In the late 1850s until the outbreak of the war, he took care of family cotton plantations near Vicksburg MS and spent time in New Orleans as well. He enlisted as a private in Co C of the 28th MS Cavalry on Feb. 12, 1862, with his name variantly spelled Merrett in his records. In the autumn of 1862, he was granted a sick furlough. He was considered AWOL on December 31st, 1862 but later returned for duty with a valid excuse. Merritt is listed as having died in the hospital at Linnville (Lynnville), TN on May 17, 1863, with no cause given.

William Henry Jones, student 1835-1836

Jones, who attended medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1840s, was a druggist in Mecklenburg County, VA when he enlisted as a private on May 14, 1861 in the Boydton Cavalry, Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He was promoted to captain on September 15, 1861.He resigned on October 21, 1862 due to illness, chronic bronchitis and tonsilitis.

After the war, he remained in Mecklenburg County, where he farmed and practiced medicine. In the 1870s, he is listed in several advertisements for the waters of Buffalo Lithia Springs as the "resident physician." he is listed in the 1880 census as a physician.

William H. Judkins, student 1857-1861

Judkins enlisted in 1861 as a private in Co. H of the 5th VA Cavalry, which eventually became Co. A of the 13th VA Cavalry. Conflicting enlistment dates in his records of August, October, and November make it unclear as to his exact date of enrollment. He was hospitalized at Chimborazo in Richmond, VA in November 1862 with acute diarrhea, and was at Chimborazo again in December 1863 with pneumonia.

Judkins returned to Southampton County, VA where he died in mid-October 1874.

William H. Proctor, student 1851-1852

Proctor, son of a wealthy farmer in Prince George County, VA, attended the University of Virginia after leaving R-MC, graduating with an M.A. in 1857. He enlisted on April 20, 1861 as a private in the Prince George Cavalry, which was initially Co. F of the 5th VA Cavalry and in 1862 became Co. F of the 13th VA Cavalry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on April 29, 1862. Proctor was hospitalized from Feb-Sept. 1863 with "stricture urethra." Upon his return he was listed as commanding his company. He was wounded on May 31, 1864 and lost his leg. Proctor was promoted to captain on July 19, 1864. Proctor was retired to the Invalid Corps in December, 1864, at which time he requested to be assigned to the military court, although it is unknown if his request was granted.

After the war, he became a merchant in Petersburg, VA. Proctor died on October 22, 1894 and is buried in Petersburg's Blandford Cemetery.

Peter Puryear Wyles, student 1865-1868

Wyles enlisted as a private in Co. E of the 14th VA Infantry, the Clarksville Blues, on May 12, 1861. he was badly wounded on July 1, 1862 at the Battle of Malvern Hill, necessitating the amputation of his arm. Records indicate he was on disability furlough in Mecklenburg County, VA at least through the summer of 1864 when the records end.

A resident of Mecklenburg County, Wyles attended R-MC from 1865 until the college moved to Ashland, VA in the fall of 1868. Shortly after, he moved to Harrison County, KY, where he was a teacher until 1879. In 1878, he came the county school commissioner and he became a farmer after leaving teaching. Wyles died November 2, 1902 and is buried in Beaver Baptist Cemetery in Cynthiana, KY.

Henry Sinclair Williams, student 1846-1849

Williams was a merchant in Richmond, VA when he enlisted on April 21, 1861 as a sergeant in the Richmond Howitzers (1st Co, VA Howitzers Light Artillery). He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on November 1, 1862. In July of 1863 and again in December of 1863, he was granted a medical furlough due to chronic liver disease and hepatitis. Williams requested in February 1864 to be assigned to light duty. In June 1864, the medical examining board found that he had "enlargement of the liver and impeded aspiration of the right lung caused thereby." On June 22, 1864, he was assigned as enrolling officer in Pittsylvania County, VA. In September 1864, he was transferred to the Invalid Corps and assigned duty as enrolling officer in Danville, VA. On March 3, 1865, after an additional examination, the medical examining board rescinded the recommendation that he be retired; it is unknown whether he rejoined his company before the war ended.

By 1880, Williams was living in Aiken County, SC where he was a merchant. He moved to Martinsville, VA in 1886. Williams died on January 11, 1910 and is buried in Martinsville's Oakwood Cemetery.

Joseph B. Keeling, student 1865-1867

Keeling joined Co. A of the 1st VA Reserves as a private.  He participated in the Battle of Staunton River Bridge, also known as the the "battle of old men and young boys," under the command of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt, another Randolph-Macon alumnus.

A resident of Mecklenburg County, VA, he attended Randolph-Macon College from 1865-1867. His fate after this is unknown.

Royall Lockett, student 1865-1866

Lockett, son of a wealthy farmer, enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 56th VA Infantry on July 26, 1861. He was wounded in the right foot on June 30, 1862 at Frazier's Farm during the Seven Days Battles, and was commended for "courage and daring" in that battle. On January 14, 1863, he was discharged for disability due to "a gunshot wound of right foot with fracture of tarsal bones resulting in permanent lameness."

Lockett enrolled at R-MC in the fall of 1865, attending for one year. His matriculation record lists him as Royall Lockett, Jr., son of Col. Royall Lockett, Sr. of Oakley, VA, but he is the 3rd generation with the name. He died January 22, 1872 in Richmond, VA.

Henry Harvey Chambers, student 1859-1863

Chambers was the son of Boydton lawyer and judge Edward R. Chambers, who had been Professor of Law at RMC in 1842-1843 and was appointed to the college's Board of Trustees in 1842. He attended the preparatory department in 1859-1860 and matriculated into the college in 1860. Chambers joined Co C of the 1st Regiment VA Reserves on June 1 (presumably 1863) and was elected captain on April 20, 1864. There are discrepancies in his records, indicating he was ordered to Camp Lee on February 26, 1864 by General Kemper "to field forces" but this may have been 1865.

After the war, he attended the University of Virginia and became a lawyer in Mecklenburg County. He died of typhoid fever during a sea voyage on May 2, 1872.

John Wesley McAden, student 1845-1846

McAden was a farmer in Mecklenburg County, VA when he served as a private in Captain Featherstone's Company, Co. B of the 3rd REgimentVA Artillery (Local Defense) in 1862. This unit was in existence from March-May 1862 and was serving as a guard unit at Richmond's Libby Prison in April 1862.

McAden was still a farmer in Mecklenburg County in 1870, but had moved to Brunswick County by 1880. He died on February 13, 1890 and is buried in the McAden Family Cemetery near Diamond Grove in Brunswick County, VA.

J. (Jesse) Harper Shelton, student 1845-1846

Shelton, a lawyer in  Sussex County, VA in the 1860 census, operated a school at Coppahaunk Springs near Waverly, VA when he enlisted on May 24, 1861 as a private in the Sussex Sharpshooters, Co. A of the 41st VA Infantry. He spent much of his time in service detailed as a clerk in the Quarter Masters Dept., and refused to reenlist in the spring of 1862 when his original term of enlistment ended, claiming exemption due to age. He was discharged in march 1862, only to be drafted back into his company in april 1862. He remained in service until he was discharged on September 6, 1862 as overage under the Conscript Act.

In 1866, Shelton became justice of the Sussex County Court. Censuses from 1870-1900 list him as a farmer. He served on the county Board of Supervisors from 1880-1882 and also taught school sometime in the early 1880s. Shelton died on Dec. 14, 1909 and is buried in Montrose Cemetery in Littleton, Sussex County, VA.

Thomas P. Atkinson, student in the preparatory dept. 1847-1848

Atkinson, son of a wealthy planter in Baldwin County, AL, attended the preparatory school in 1847-1848. It is unknown whether he continued his schooling at R-MC or elsewhere before enrolling as a freshman at the University of Alabama in 1851, only attending for one year.  He was a planter/farmer in Baldwin county at the outbreak of the war. Atkinson enlisted on April 24, 1861 as a private in the Mobile Rifles, which became Co. K of the 3rd AL Infantry. It is unknown how long he served in this unit. By October 1864, he was serving as 1st lieutenant in Captain English's Co., an independent mounted infantry company that operated in the area near Mobile, AL.

After the war, Atkinson returned to Baldwin County, AL and farmed. He died on August 1, 1907 and is buried in Montgomery Hill Cemetery in Tensaw, Baldwin County, AL.

Thomas F. Owens, student 1833-1837

Owens was a dry goods merchant in Norfolk, VA at the beginning of the war when he enlisted on April 19, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant of Co. H of the 12th VA Infantry, the Norfolk Junior Volunteers. He was elected captain of the company on May 1, 1862. In early 1862, he was hospitalized in Richmond, VA due to illness and in late summer was on detached service and serving as the regiment's quarter master. Owens was captured at the Battle of Chancellorsville on April 30, 1863 and taken to Aquia, VA and then sent on to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC on May 1, 1863. Owens was paroled on May 18, 1863. He was again listed as on sick leave in Dec. 1863, but had returned to the company by the spring of 1864. In late summer 1864, he had extra duty as acting assistant quarter master. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on april 9, 1865.

He returned to Norfolk, VA, where he became a founding member and first master of a masonic lodge named after him, the Owens Lodge. In 1869, Owens became the Grand Master of Masons in Virginia. He died on May 17, 1878 and is buried in Norfolk, VA in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

William J. Carter, student 1858-1861

Carter enlisted in Co. G of the 38th VA Infantry on May 18, 1861 as a sergeant. In January 1862, he applied for a commission as lieutenant or captain. Carter indicated in his letter requesting promotion that "circumstances are so unpleasant as to utterly preclude the possibility of my reenlisting in my present company."  He remained with the company and was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on April 29, 1862 and to 1st lieutenant on November 15, 1863. In the late summer of 1864, he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA with onychia and paronychia, which are inflammation of the nail bed and surrounding area due to infection. He returned to duty in October, 1864. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 and is listed as commanding the company.


After the war, he returned to Mecklenburg County, VA where he was a druggist in the 1870 census. by 1880, he was a teacher and eventually became a principal in the county schools. He died September 25, 1897 and is buried in Boydton, VA in the Boydton Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Oliver Perry Williams, Class of 1841

Williams was a wealthy lawyer and planter in Colleton County, SC at the beginning of the war, and he had served in the South Carolina legislature. He served as captain of the local reserve unit, Co. K of the 11th Regiment South Carolina Reserves from Nov. 1, 1862 until its dissolution in February 1863. He requested on Jan. 24, 1864 to be appointed an agent for the Confederacy rather than serve in the army. Williams supplied significant amounts of goods to the Confederate army in 1863 and 1864.

After the war, he continued to practice law and to farm in Colleton County, SC, where he died on April 28, 1881. He is buried at Pon Pon Chapel Cemetery, also known as Burnt Church Burial Ground, in Colleton County, SC.

Christopher Dudley Hill, Class of 1838

Hill, a wealthy planter in Duplin County, NC,  is listed as colonel of the 31st regiment of the North Carolina Militia in an 1846 report by North Carolina's Adjuntant General, and appears as "Col. C. D. Hill" in numerous newspaper and directory publications during his entire life. Hill provided the Confederate Army with a large amount of supplies in 1863 and 1864, and in late 1864 was serving as the acting enrolling officer for Duplin County. Hill took the oath of allegiance on May 24, 1865. His application for presidential pardon, dated June 27, 1865, claims that he "was strongly opposed to the breaking up of the Union and gave no aid to the Confederate Government until in the fall of 1863..." when he was conscripted into the army, however, an April 25, 1861 article in the Wilmington Journal shows that he was elected one of three vice presidents of the newly formed States Rights Association for Duplin County.

Hill continued to be a prominent citizen of Duplin County, NC after the war, where he served as a trustee of Faison's high school, as county commissioner, and as a justice of the peace. He died on August 1, 1874.

John McKendree Jeffries, student 1856-1857

Jeffries (variantly spelled Jefferies), was the son of a wealthy farmer in Cumberland County, VA when he enlisted on May 14, 1861 as a private in Co. G of the 3rd VA Cavalry, the Cumberland Light Dragoons. He was promoted to corporal on March 20, 1862, and by July 1863, he is listed on company rolls as a sergeant. Jeffries was wounded in the hand and his horse was killed by artillery fire at Funkstown, MD on July 10, 1863. He was taken first to the General Hospital in Charlottesville, VA on July 15, 1863 and then sent to the General Hospital in Scottsville, VA, where he was admitted on July 16, 1863. He applied for an extension to his medical leave and was examined at the General Hospital in Farmville, VA on Jan. 2, 1864, but the extension was denied. On March 22, 1864, he applied for an examination for retirement and after examination was listed on April 4, 1864 as "fit for light duty in field." He was paroled on April 28, 1865 at Farmville, VA.

After the war, Jeffries returned to Cumberland County, VA, where he was a farmer in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. He died November 9, 1891.

William L. Skinner, student 1856-1857

Skinner was a student in Warren County, NC at the time of his enlistment as a private in Co. F of the 12th NC Infantry on April 18, 1861. On June 25, 1861 he was made commissary sergeant and then transferred into Co. K of the 14th NC Infantry. He transferred into and was promoted to ordnance sergeant for the 56th NC Infantry on September 15, 1862. On May 20, 1863, records indicate he was discharged for promotion but no further record of him has been found at this time, and he disappears from the historical record, with a younger brother inheriting the family plantation, Linden Hall, in Warren County, NC.

James E. Ballou, student 1857-1858

Ballou did not officially enlist in a military company but was killed while fighting in the Battle of Ball's Bluff near Leesburg, VA on October 21, 1861. Clement A. Evans writes in volume 3 of his Confederate Military History that Ballou "...was on business at Memphis, Tenn., when the war began, and on his way to Virginia fell in with a Mississippi regiment bound for Manassas, which he joined. At the battle of Ball's Bluff, his first encounter with the enemy, he was shot through the body and killed." The Mississippi regiment he fought with was the 13th MS Infantry.

Richard H. B. Day, student 1852-1853

Day was principal of Buckhannon Institure in Buckhannon, VA (now WV) in 1860. He enlisted on August 23, 1863 as a private in Co. B of the 46th Battalion VA Cavalry, which later became the 26th VA Cavalry. He was detailed as a nurse at the General Hospital in Charlottesville, VA on September 17, 1863. During his time in Charlottesville,Day attended medical school at the University of Virginia in 1864.

Dr. Day died of tuberculosis on Jan. 22, 1871 and is buried in Washington, D.C. in Congressional Cemetery.

Robert Stapleton Ellis, Jr., student 1857-1858

Ellis graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond on March 1, 1861with an M.D. He enlisted on July 9, 1861 as a 2nd lieutenant in Co. C of the 56th VA Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on May 3, 1862. Ellis was killed during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863.

Joseph H. Edmonson, student 1859-1860

Edmonson enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on August 14, 1861. He was wounded near Boonsboro, MD on July 8, 1863. Edmonson was wounded again when he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA on May 6, 1864 with a gunshot wound to the right leg.

After the war, Edmonson returned to Mecklenburg County, VA and farmed. He was a farmer in Dinwiddie County, VA in the 1880 census.  In 1885, he moved to Bedford County, PA.  By 1900, he was a coal miner in Bedford County, PA and in 1910, he was running a hotel in the town of Everett. In 1920 he was retired in living in Altoona, PA and in 1930, he was residing in Bedford County, PA. He died on Feb. 27, 1932 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Altoona, PA.

Owen A. Waddell, student 1854-1855

Waddell, who had attended the University of North Carolina prior to coming to R-MC, was an attorney in Warrensburg, MO at the beginning of the war. He joined Co. E of the 3rd Regiment of. the Missouri State Guards as a 3rd lieutenant on June 20, 1861. The company later became Co. A of the 1st Battn MO Infantry and Co. A of the 3rd MO Infantry, and Waddell was elected captain on Dec 2, 1861. He was promoted to major of the 5th MO Infantry on Sept. 1, 1862. Waddell was captured on July 4, 1863 at Vicksburg, MS and paroled on July 16, 1863 after taking the oath to lay down arms. He was exchanged near Mobile, AL on August, 1863.  returning to his regiment. Waddell was wounded in the stomach while leading a charge and waving the regimental flag in battle on October 5, 1864 at the Battle of Allatoona Pass in Bartow County, GA, and died the following day.

William Francis Jordan, student 1860-1861

Jordan, from Isle of Wight County, enlisted on Feb. 28, 1862 as a private in Co. E of the 5th VA Cavalry, later Co. G of the 13th VA Cavalry. He was hospitalized in Culpeper, VA on Oct. 27, 1862 with a fever. For most of November and December 1862, he was absent due to illness. After his return he was detailed in January 1863 as a courier for General Colston. His horse was killed during action at Brandy Station, VA in October 1863. Jordan was captured on August 16, 1864 on the Charles City Road during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, VA and sent from City Point, VA to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD on Aug. 22, 1864. He was paroled and exchanged at Aiken's Landing, VA on March 15, 1865. Jordan was admitted to General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, VA on March 18, 1865 and sent to Camp lee on March 19. He was paroled again on April 25, 1865 in Isle of Wight County, VA.

After the war, he remained in Isle of Wight County, VA where he was a wholesale grocer in 1870. He was a dry goods merchant in Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, VA when he died on Dec. 6, 1880. He is buried in Smithfield's Saint Luke's Cemetery.

Edward Trueblood Hardy, A.B. 1846 and A.M. 1849

Hardy practised law in Washington, D.C. in the late 1840s but was  a wealthy merchant in the 1850 and 1860 censuses living in Norfolk,VA.  Like his brother, Thomas J. Hardy, he was a member of Co. A of the 54th Regiment Virginia Militia. In January 1862, Hardy applied directly to General Henry A. Wise asking to be appointed quarter master of Roanoke Island, but by February 1862, Roanoke Island was in Union hands so no appointment was made.


He was licensed to practise law in New York City in November 1869, moving there from Accomac County, VA. He published at least five plays in New York in the early 1870s: Crowding the Season; Widow Freeheart, Or, The Woman Haters; Clarence Vernon; The Baron of the Crag; and Perplexed (The) Postmaster.  He is listed in the 1880 census as a councilor (lawyer) in Washington, D.C. Hardy died on March 30, 1893 and is buried in Norfolk, VA in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Thomas J. Hardy, student 1842-1843

Hardy entered Randolph-Macon with his brother Edward Trueblood Hardy (A.B. 1846, A.M. 1849). Son of a wealthy merchant in Norfolk, Hardy was a clerk in the 1850 census but in 1852, he received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He was a physician in Norfolk, VA at the beginning of the war. Hardy was a member of Co. A of the 54th Regiment Virginia Militia.

After the war, Hardy continued to practice medicine in Norfolk until his death on October 31, 1886. He is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.

William Cunningham Yancey, student 1840-1841

Yancey (variant spelling Yancy) was a teacher in Hart County, KY in 1850 and a farmer in Barren County, KY in 1860. He enlisted as a private in Co. C of 2nd KY Cavalry on October 11, 1861. He is listed as a deserter on April 30, 1863. Dates on the various records conflict, but he was taken prisoner in Simpson County, KY on June 25, 1863 and sent to Louisville, KY on July 16. He was moved to Camp Morton in Indiana on August 9, 1863, and then to Camp Douglas in Chicago, IL on August 18, 1863. On March 25, 1864, he took the oath of allegiance. Notes on this indicate he "believes the Jeff Davis Govt is a military despotism. Would rather remain in prison than go back. Wants to take the oath."

After the war, he moved to Tennessee where he was a farmer in Smith County in 1880. Yancey died on August 18, 1885 and is buried in the Roe-Wilson Cemetery in Rock City, TN.

Alfred Buckner Eldridge, student 1847-1848

Eldridge was a farmer in Washington County, TX at the beginning of the war, moving there from Halifax County, VA sometime in the 1850s. He served in Co. E of the 23rd Brigade of Texas State Troops, appearing on a muster roll in September 1863. Family sources state that he was wounded during the war. These sources also place his death in 1865 and his burial place as Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Washington County, TX.

Joseph H. Cook, student 1847-1848

Cook (variantly spelled Cooke) attended the medical school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1851-1852. although apparently did not complete his medical degree. He was appointed assistant surgeon of the 12th NC regiment on August 31, 1862. In January 1865, he was stationed near Petersburg, VA and assigned to the 30th NC regiment.

He was practicing medicine in his native town of Warrenton, NC in 1870, and by 1880 had moved to Durham, NC where he practiced until his death on Feb. 14, 1888. He is buried in Warrenton's Fairview Cemetery. A Warrenton history indicates he had lived in Alabama prior to 1870.

Edmund Coke Lindsey, student 1844-1845

Lindsey (older brother of Ambrose H. Lindsay, who used the variant spelling of the family name), was a wealthy merchant in Norfolk, VA in 1860. He left Norfolk in 1862 and moved to Burke County, NC. His application for a presidential pardon, dated July 14, 1865, states that he "...was firmly an(sic) earnestly opposed to Secession" and that "...he accepted the position of Commissary or purchasing agent of this [Burke] county" about twelve months earlier. In a letter dated March 8, 1865, Lindsey indicates that he was exempted from service as an agriculturalist, that he had fled from Norfolk rather than take the oath of allegiance to the federal government, and that he had been acting as an agent for nearly two years. He sold supplies to the Confederate army as early as the summer of 1861 through March of 1862 while still in Norfolk. It is also likely that he is the E. C. Lindsay that appears on an undated roll of Co. A of the 54th Regiment VA Militia, a Norfolk unit.

He returned to Norfolk after the war and was a real estate agent. Lindsey died on September 18, 1890 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.

Ambrose Harvey Lindsay, student 1850-1851

Lindsay (variantly spelled Lindsey; younger brother of Edmund Coke Lindsey) was a wealthy farmer living in Norfolk County, VA when he enlisted on August 8, 1861 as a 2nd lieutenant in the Wilson Guards, which eventually became Co. B of the 61st VA Infantry. He was released from service on January 20, 1862 and his letter of resignation, dated January 8th, states "...I have made extensive arrangements to boil salt on the coast of North Carolina and the business requires my personal attention."

Lindsay had extensive land holdings in both North Carolina and Virginia and continued to reside in Norfolk County, VA after the war, and continued to farm. By 1880, he was a merchant and farmer living in Portsmouth. He also served for many years as postmaster in Portsmouth. Lindsay died on January 29, 1906 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA.

Joseph T. Reese, A.B. 1842 and A.M. 1845

Reese was a physician in Newnan,  Coweta County, GA and operated a drug store at the beginning of the war. On December 29, 1863, he accepted a position as surgeon for the Georgia militia for the 36th Senatorial district. His name also appears on a muster role for the Newnan militia, Georgia's 646th military district.  A Confederate military hospital was established in Newnan in 1863, so Dr. Reese is likely to have treated some of the more than 10,000 military patients that were transported to the town.

After the war, Dr.Reese continued to run his drug store and was a prominent citizen in Newnan, building its first opera house. He died on July 31, 1897 and is believed to be buried with his wife in Newnan's Oak Hill Cemetery.

Joseph Ellett Maxey, student 1859-1861

Maxey enlisted on July 4, 1861 as a private in Co. A of the 1st Regiment Virginia Artillery (the company designation changed numerous times; later Co. K,1st VA Artillery; the 2nd Co., Richmond Howitzers, Virginia Howitzers Light Artillery; and Captain Jones' Co., Cutshaw's Battn. of Reserve Artillery). He was on sick leave at home in early 1862, returning to service in February. Maxey was detailed as a teamster, or wagon driver, for the quarter master for much of 1863. He was promoted to corporal on March 29, 1864. On July 4, 1864, he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA with a fever. Maxey was paroled on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

He returned home to Powhatan County, VA after the war, where he was a teacher in 1870. By 1880, he was farming and serving as the county surveyor. At the time of his death in June 1900, he was a merchant.

Thomas M. Newby, student 1842-1843

Thomas Mullin (variantly Mullen) Newby, brother of Joseph F. and Nathan, attended the University of North Carolina after leaving R-MC, graduating in 1846. Although there is no evidence that Thomas Newby had any military service, he was a casualty of the war. Newby was a wealthy farmer in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, NC at the beginning of the war. By 1862, he was living with his elderly father and mother in Perquimans County, NC, where newspaper accounts indicate Yankee soldiers landed from a gunboat on November 20, 1862, entered the home and shot and killed Newby, then beat his father and plundered and robbed the home.  

Joseph F. Newby, student 1841-1842

Newby, brother of Nathan and Thomas M. Newby, was a farmer in Perquimans, NC at the outbreak of the war. He served as an agent in the Commissary Department for the John Harvey Guards, Co. H of the 7th NC Infantry, in the summer and fall of 1861. His letter of request for a presidential pardon, dated Sept. 5, 1865, states that "he was an active sympathiser with the South, having furnished some supplies for its army and for a short period of time having served as Commissary of his county militia while called into the field." His pardon was issued on Feb. 1, 1866.

After the war, Newby farmed in Perquimans County, NC until his death on May 29, 1896.

Nathan Newby, student 1848-1849

Newby, brother of Joseph F. and Thomas M. Newby, attended the University of North Carolina after leaving R-MC, graduating in 1852. He was a wealthy farmer in Perquimans County, NC and serving in the state legislature at the beginning of the war, serving in the House of Commons from 1858-1862. Newby was a secessionist and identified with the Oppositionist Party. In his August 28, 1865 application for a presidential pardon, Newby states that he "was an active sympathiser with the South, and during the last years of its existence sold from time to time considerable amounts of supplies to its army agents, but had never received or exercised any agency himself," failing to disclose his service in the state's Confederate legislature or that he had provided supplies as early as Nov. 1861.  He received a presidential pardon on Feb. 1, 1866.

Newby continued to farm in Perquimans County, NC until his death on July 11, 1883. He is buried in Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford, NC.

Robert Ballard Fontaine, student 1859-1860

Fontaine (variantly spelled Fontain, Fountain and Fountaine) enlisted as a private in Co. D of the 38th VA Infantry on October 14, 1864. He was captured on April 1, 1865 at White Oak Road, VA and sent on April 5, 1865 from City Point, VA to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD. The hospital records indicate Fontaine died there of chronic diarrhea on May 22, 1865 and was buried in the prisoner of war graveyard. In 1870, the remains from the two prisoner graveyards were moved and placed in a mass grave at Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery.

Thomas W. Robeson, student 1853-1854

Robeson, variantly spelled Roberson, was a farmer and involved in manufacturing in Bladen County, NC when he enlisted on April 26, 1861 as a private in the Bladen Guards, Co. K of the 8th NC Infantry, later the 18th NC Infantry. He was promoted to sergeant on July 27, 1861 and to 2nd lieutenant on March 3, 1862. He was discharged on April 24, 1862 .

Robeson was a farmer in Bladen County in the 1870 census, but fails to appear in the 1880 census.

Edward M. Stratton, student 1861-1862

Prior to enrolling at Randolph-Macon College, Stratton had attended Hampden-Sydney College and had enlisted in Co. G of the 20th VA Infantry. He was captured at the Battle of Rich Mountain, VA (now WV) and was paroled at Beverly, VA on July 17, 1861 and discharged on September 6, 1861. He then attended R-MC in 1861-1862. Stratton enlisted as a sergeant in Co. E of the 25th Battalion VA Infantry on August 27, 1862. He was honorably discharged on December 9, 1862.

Stratton became a lawyer and was practicing law in Lynchburg, VA in 1870. He later served as a clerk for the Virginia legislature. He died in 1897.

Frederick S. Moore, student 1851-1852

Moore, a lawyer in Wilmington, NC in the 1860 census, enlisted on May 31, 1861 as a sergeant in Co. E of 1st NC Infantry. He was promoted to second lieutenant on December 6, 1861 and to first lieutenant on January 29, 1863. On June 29, 1863 he was promoted to captain and assumed command of the company on October1, 1863. He was wounded on June 26, 1862 at the Battle of Ellerson's Mill, VA, part of the Seven Days Battles near Richmond, VA.  He is reported to have been wounded slightly several more times, at Malvern Hill, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg. Moore was seriously wounded again at the Battle of Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863, with injuries to the head, breast, and thigh, and hospitalized first at General Hospital No. 4 in Richmond, VA and then was transferred to Raleigh, NC. In November 1863, he was again admitted to General Hospital No. 4 suffering from a fever and "tubercles of right lung" and was furloughed for recuperation, spending the time in North Carolina. In late September 1864, Moore was admitted to the CSA General Hospital in Charlottesville, with a diagnosis of debilitas, and then sent to Lynchburg, VA.


After the war, he operated a school in Charlotte, NC. He transferred the school to R.H. Pharr in January, 1868. His history after this is unknown.

Henry C. Tison, student 1841-1842

By 1850, Tison (variant spelling Tyson) was living in Eufala, AL and later moved to Henry County, AL. He enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 6th AL Infantry on June 4, 1861. He was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862. In his will, he left his estate to the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, which brought a lawsuit against the executor of the will that was heard in 1866 by the Alabama's Supreme Court.

John W. Magruder, student 1862-1863

Magruder attended Virginia Military Institute from February 8, 1862 until May 29, 1862 when he was furloughed. Rather than returning to VMI in the fall of 1862, he was enrolled in the Corps of Cadets at Randolph-Macon College until the college closed in early 1863. He is reported to have been a courier during the winter of 1863-1864 and then to have served in Co. C of the 7th VA Cavalry, although there are no records to support this.

After the war, he returned to Woodstock, VA when he farmer, was a bank cashier in the 1880 census, and by 1900 was a mill manager. He served for from 1893-1898 as an officer in the Virginia National Guard in Co. A of the 2nd VA Infantry. Magruder died on July 2, 1915 and is buried in Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock, VA

George W. Magruder, Class of 1854

Magruder was a doctor in Woodstock, VA when he enlisted in Co. F of the 10th VA Infantry on April 18, 1861. H was commissioned 2nd lieutenant on August 22, 1861. He later served as an Assistant Surgeon with the 146th VA Militia. He was assigned to the General Hospital in Staunton, VA and is listed in June 1862 as serving with the Army of the Valley. He had been sent to Greenwood Hospital on June 8, 1862. Further records have not yet been found.

After the war, he returned to Woodstock and practiced medicine. He moved to Fort Worth, TX in 1889, where he died on July 19, 1891. he is buried in Fort Worth's Pioneer's Rest Cemetery.

Benjamin P. Harrison, Jr., student 1855-1856

Harrison was a clerk in Petersburg, VA when he enlisted on July 29, 1861 as a private in Co. A of the 12th VA Infantry, the Petersburg City Guard. He was listed as sick in hospital in Richmond and in Petersburg  from June  until December 1862, when on Dec. 1, 1862 he was detailed for duty as a hospital steward. On February 18, 1863, he was promoted to the position of hospital steward at General Hospital No. 20, also know as Royster's Hospital, in Richmond, VA.

By 1880, Harrison was living in Wilmington, NC where he was a dealer in hats. He died on September 9, 1887 and is buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, NC.

Charles Wesley Wilson, student 1854-1855

Wilson attended the University of Virgina after leaving R-MC and studied law. He enlisted as 2nd lieutenant in Co. A of the 6th VA infantry on April 22, 1861. On May 1, 1862, he was promoted to 1st lieutenant, and on November 17, 1862, he became captain of the company. Wilson was captured at Turkey Ridge during the Battle of Cold Harbor (VA) on June 8, 1864 and sent from White House Landing on the Pamunkey River to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, and then transferred to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE. He remained there until he took the oath of allegiance on June 17, 1865 and was released.

After the war, he returned to Norfolk, where he operated a book and stationery store until 1874, when he sold it and became a farmer in Norfolk County. Wilson died on January 7, 1912 and is buried in Norfolk's Elmwood Cemetery.

John C. Walker, Class of 1843 (A.B.) and 1846 (A.M.)

Walker, a lawyer in Rockingham County, VA, enlisted on April 25, 1862 as a private in Co. I of the 10th VA Infantry. He served as company clerk and commissary clerk for several months. By late 1862, it appears he was no longer traveling with the company, and his later service is unknown, although he apparently was assigned the rank of major at some point, although this may have been either a rank from earlier militia service or an honorary title. As early as 1866, local newspapers refer to Walker as "Major John C. Walker," although military records recording that rank have not yet been found for verification, and all later references in reputable sources call him Major Walker. He was certainly not serving on active duty by 1864, as he served from 1864-1865 as the Rockingham County representative in the Virginia House of Delegates.

After the war, he returned to practicing law in Rockingham County and later moved to neighboring Page County. He remained a prominent citizen, and served as vice-president of Randolph-Macon College's Society of Alumni. He died in Page County, VA in mid-February 1887 and is buried near Elkton in Rockingham County, VA.

William Marshall Morris, student 1851-1852

Morris, who was in the VMI class of 1851, attended R-MC for a year in 1851-52 and then went to the University of Virginia for a year in 1852. He practiced law in Albemarle County, VA, although an article in the Virginia Law Register on the Albemarle Bar states about Morris and another colleague that "neither of these gentlemen ever did much practice in Albemarle or elsewhere and can hardly be counted as active practitioners." Morris was a pioneer member of the Albemarle Hunting Club in 1856. On September 10, 1862 he was commissioned 1st lieutenant in Co. G of the 46th VA Infantry. He submitted a letter of resignation on April 1, 1863 citing ill health and had been absent for the previous 4 months due to chronic nephritis and rheumatism.

After the war, he was a farmer in Washington County Missisippi in the 1870 and 1880 censuses. By 1900, he was living in Clearwater, FL.He died on May 24, 1923 in Clearwater and is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Charlottesville, VA.

William G. Jackson, student 1852-1853

Jackson enlisted on January 20, 1862 as a lieutenant in Co. D of the 2nd Regiment VA Artillery. This company later became Co. D of the 22nd Battalion VA Infantry, and on May 23, 1862, Jackson was elected captain of the company. He was taken prisoner on July 14, 1863 at Falling Waters, MD during the retreat from the Battle of Gettysburg. He was sent first to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. and in early August 1863 was sent to the prison camp for officers at Johnson's Island, OH. He was released on July 11, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.

After the war, he returned to farming in Mecklenburg County, VA. He died prior to 1880, when the census show his wife as a widow.

Samuel F. Jefferson, student 1855-1857

Jefferson enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 21st VA Infantry on June 20, 1861.  He was discharged for disability on July 17, 1861, with gonorrhea cited as the cause. He had suffered from this for several years. His occupation at enlistment was listed as merchant.

He is listed in the 1880 census as a farmer in Mecklenburg County, VA. Jefferson died on August 17, 1887.

Dennis Reid Parker, student 1856-1857

Parker studied medicine in Harnett, NC after leaving Randolph-Macon. On March 5, 1862, he was commissioned assistant surgeon with rank of lieutenant in the 25th NC Infantry.

After the war, he became a physician in Trinity, Randolph County, NC where he also served on the faculty of Trinity College (now Duke University). Parker served as a senator in the state legislature in the late 1890s and was also one of the founders and leaders of the North Carolina Farmer's Alliance, lecturing extensively on agricultural topics. He died on August 16, 1909 and is buried in Trinity Cemetery in Trinity, Randolph County, NC.

Charles W. Walker, student 1853-1854

Walker, who had attended the University of Virginia and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia after leaving R-MC, was a physician in Mecklenburg County, VA.  His date of enlistment is unknown; however,  \inMarch, 1862, he was ordered from Richmond to Rapidan Station, VA. On April 2, 1862, he was assigned temporarily to the Confederate General Hospital at Orange Court House, VA, and on April 17, 1862 was commissioned assistant surgeon and ordered to report to General Johnston.  Dr. Walker was assigned to the 32nd VA Infantry as assistant surgeon on September 29, 1862.  He was captured on April 6, 1865 in Amelia County, VA and sent to City Point, VA and then to Newport News, VA, where he took the oath of allegiance on July 1, 1865 and was released.

After the war, Walker practiced medicine in Mecklenburg County, VA. He died on August 21, 1899 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Chase City, VA.

Thomas Albert Walker, student 1857-1858

Walker enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on May 14, 1861. He was wounded in the right thigh and buttocks on July 16, 1863 at Leetown, VA and hospitalized in Richmond, VA.  The thigh wound became gangrenous, and he was given an extended furlough in Sepember 1863 to recuperate, and spent much time in hospitals. He was retired from military service on December 17, 1864. Walker was paroled on May 13, 1865.

He was a farmer until his death on August 16, 1876 in Mecklenburg County, VA, where he is buried in the Winn Family Cemetery.

Whitfield Wesley Wannamaker, student 1842-1843

Wannamaker, who had graduated from the Medical College of the State of South Carolina in Charleston (now the Medical University of South Carolina), was a farmer and physician in Orangeburg, S.C. when he enlisted on December 24, 1861 as a private in Co. B of the 14th Battalion SC Cavalry, later Co. A of the 5th Battalion. SC Cavalry. On January 18, 1862, he was elected 2nd Lieutenant and appointed as Quartermaster. He submitted a letter of resignation dated March 10, 1863, citing bladder and kidney disease. His resignation was accepted on March 22, 1863.

He returned to farming and medicine in Orangeburg, SC. Wannamaker died on August 16, 1886.

Robert Shands Eppes, student 1857-1858

Eppes, a farmer in Sussex County, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on November 1, 1861. By spring 1862, he was assigned to Co. I of the 3rd VA Cavalry.  He was wounded on May 8, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. His horse, worth $2700, was killed in mid-November, 1864 near Newtown, VA.

After the war, Eppes returned to farming in Sussex County. By 1871, he was bankrupt and 209 acres belonging to him and a brother in Sussex County were auctioned. He appears in the 1880 census as a merchant in Sussex County.

Melville M. Walker, student 1860-1861

Walker enlisted as a private in Co.C of the 21st VA Infantry on June 20, 1861. He was discharged for disability on December 15, 1861. His fate after this is unknown. although he may be the Melville M. Walker of Mecklenburg County, VA who later served in the 34th VA and is listed as age 33 in 1865, possibly an incorrect age.

William A. Jamieson, student 1860-1861

Jamieson's father, the Rev. James Jamieson, is one of three clergymen in a popular story concerning the selection of Boydton, VA as the original site of Randolph-Macon College. Jamieson enlisted on May 9, 1861 as a private in Co. A of the 18th VA Infantry. On May 3, 1862, he transferred to Co. C of the 5th VA Cavalry. He was promoted to lieutenant on July 2, 1864 and cited for his "valor and skill." On July 20, 1864, his horse, a bay mare worth $2700, was killed in Dinwiddie County, VA. He was taken prisoner on September 24, 1864 at Luray, VA while in command of the company, and sent to the prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, MD. On February 15, 1865, Jamieson was transferred to the camp at Fort Delaware, DE, from which he was released on June 17, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.

After the war, he moved to Mecklenburg County, VA and farmed. For many years, Jamieson served as clerk of the county court and was involved in local politics. Jamieson died on November 29, 1919.

Andrew Turner Harrison, student 1859-1860 and 1861-1862

Harrison, who attended Andrew College in Jackson, TN from 1860-1861 in between his two years at R-MC, enlisted on August 10, 1862 as a private in the Richmond "Parker" VA Light Artillery Battery.  He was paroled at Burkeville, VA in mid-April, 1865. 

Harrison graduated from Missouri University (later the University of Missouri at Columbia, MO) in 1873. From 1873-1874, he was a professor of mathematics at Franklin College in Clarksville, AR (Franklin College was a high school for girls sponsored by the Masonic Lodge from 1870-1876 in Franklin County). Harrison was married in MO in June 1874 at the end of the school year. By 1880, he had moved to Trinidad, CO, where he was a store clerk. The 1890 Veteran's Census places him in Socorro, NM and states that he had enlisted at Petersburg, VA. The 1894 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity directory indicates he was a merchant in Socorro,NM and the 1900 census lists his occupation as a lead & copper miner in Socorro, NM. The 1906 Phi Delta Theta Fraternity directory indicates he was involved in mining in El Paso, TX. By 1910, he had moved to Alameda County, CA, where he died on May 26, 1912. Harrison is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego, CA.

Benjamin Harrison, student 1859-1860

Harrison, brother of Joseph M. Harrison (student 1860-1861), enlisted as a private on March 5, 1862, in Captain Scott's Company of Burroughs' Battalion, designated as Co. D of the 14th Battalion VA Cavalry. He was later was assigned to Co. K of the 15th VA Cavalry when the cavalry was reorganized. He was captured in Suffolk, VA on July 18, 1863 and taken to Fort Monroe, VA, where he was paroled and exchanged on August 4, 1863. He is present at the final roll of the company in 1864. According to a family genealogy/history published in the 1970s, Benjamin was "stabbed to death on the way home from the Civil War."

Joseph M. Harrison, student 1860-1861

Harrison, brother of Benjamin Harrison (student 1859-1860), enlisted on April 21, 1861 as a private in Captain Cooper's Company of Burroughs' Battalion, designated as Co. A of the 14th Battalion VA Cavalry. He was later was assigned to Co. F of the 15th VA Cavalry when the cavalry was reorganized.Co. D.

After the war, he returned to Norfolk, VA and farmed. Harrison died in 1912 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, VA.

William Henry White, student 1862-1863

White entered R-MC under the military curriculum in place in 1862.  He was the son of Major William White of the 14th VA Infantry (later lieutenant colonel and then colonel of the regiment), and entered VMI as a member of the class of 1867 after Randolph-Macon closed for the duration of the war in early 1863. He served in Co. A of VMI's Corps of Cadets and fought at the Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864 just a month after his seventeenth birthday.

After the war, White became a lawyer in Norfolk, VA. He served as president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, & Potomac Railroad from 1907-1920, residing in Richmond, VA. White died on August 5, 1920 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.

Thomas Scott West, student 1860-1861

West enlisted as a private on May 22, 1861 in Co. A of the 2nd VA Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal on December 15, 1861 and to lieutenant on November 29, 1864. West surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on April 9, 1865.

After the war, he returned to Bedford, VA, where he farmed for the rest of his life. West died on November 4, 1923 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Bedford, VA.

Samuel A. West, student 1861-1862

West enlisted as a corporal in Co. C of the 25th Battalion VA Infantry on August 6, 1862. he was discharged on February 9, 1863 upon completion of his 6 months of service when the unit was reorganized and he became a lieutenant in Co. H of the battalion. West was captured at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA on April 6, 1865 and sent first to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. and then sent on April 21, 1865 to the prison camp at Johnson's Island, OH, where he remained until he took the oath of allegiance on June 20, 1865.

By 1880, West had moved to Bedford County, VA where he became a farmer. In the summer of 1916, he entered the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home in Richmond, VA. He was discharged from the home in December 1916 due to his deteriorating mental condition.

William Walter White, student 1857-1861

White enlisted as a private in Co. D of the 3rd VA Infantry on August 1, 1861. He was a corporal at the time of his election to the rank of junior second lieutenant on October 3, 1863. On May 12, 1863, he was promoted to second lieutenant.

He was hospitalized in May of 1862 with an unknown ailment and then again that year in late October and early November. White was wounded slightly and taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge. He was sent to the prison at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD and on July 7, 1863 was sent to the prison camp at Fort Delaware, DE.  On July 18, 1863, since he was an officer, White was sent to the prison camp at Johnson's Island, OH, where he remained from July 20, 1863 until March 21, 1865, when he was transferred to the prison at Point Lookout, MD. On April 28, 1865, he was sent again to Fort Delaware, where he was released on June 12, 1865 upon taking the oath of allegiance.

After the war, White was a teacher for 47 years in private schools and later in public schools. He was superintendent of the Southampton County public schools from 1905 until his retirement in 1913. White died from Bright's disease on May 2, 1918 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Courtland in Southampton County, VA.

Albert Burton Wooldridge, student 1861-1862

Wooldridge enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 9th VA Infantry on September 9, 1861, and is listed as a substitute for Edwin S. Wooldridge, who was his older brother. He was discharged on December 10, 1861 upon furnishing a substitute. He enlisted as a private in Parker's Virginia Battery of Huger's Artillery on August 24, 1863 and it is unclear when he reported for duty, although he was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 and his older brother Edwin was commanding the unit at that time.

After the war, he moved to Manchester, VA (now part of Richmond) and was a coal merchant in 1870 and a farmer in 1880. Wooldridge died in July 1896 and is buried in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery.

Robert T. Wilson, student 1841-1842

Wilson, a farmer in Norfolk county, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 5th VA Cavalry. he was discharged for disability on December 7, 1861. The surgeon's certificate states that he had suffered from chronic diarrhea and "is now suffering from 'anthrax' and will not be able to resume the active duties of a soldier..."

He returned to farming in Norfolk County. In the 1877 Norfolk city directory and in the 1880 census, he is listed as teaching school.

William Old, student 1856-1857

William, a farmer in St. Brides Parish, Norfolk County (now Chesapeake), VA, enlisted as a private on February 16, 1862, in Co. I of the 5th VA Cavalry, the company which his uncle John F. Old had also joined. This later became the 14th Battalion VA Cavalry and then Co. F of the 15th VA Cavalry, the St. Brides Cavalry.

In 1870, he had returned to farming in Norfolk County, VA. His fate after that is unknown at this time.

John F. Old, student 1842-1843

Old, a farmer in Norfolk, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. I of the 5th VA Cavalry on June 20, 1861. He was promoted to corporal on July 15, 1861. On April 5, 1862, he was transferred to the 14th Battalion VA Cavalry, where he appears on rolls as a sergeant. This later became Co. F of the 15th VA Cavalry, the St. Brides Cavalry. Old was wounded on December 13, 1862 near Fredericksburg, VA. He was hospitalized in Richmond, VA at Chimborazo Hospital with typhoid fever for most of the month of July 1863.

After the war, he returned to farming in Norfolk. He died sometime before 1880, when his wife is listed as a widow in the census.

Daniel McKendree Carmines, student 1852-1853

Carmines, known as Kenny, was a school teacher in York County, VA in the 1860 census. He joined Co. I of the 32nd VA Infantry as a private on January 28, 1862, transferring from Co. C of the 115th VA Militia, which he had joined on an unknown date. Carmines was promoted to corporal on January 1, 1863. In June of 1864, he spent a week in Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA suffering from dysentery. On April 10, 1865, he appears on a list of prisoners held by the Union Army at Libby Prison in Richmond, VA. His date of release is not known at this time.

In 1870, he was a merchant in Elizabeth City, VA. By 1880, he had returned to teaching in York County, VA. He died sometime around 1900.

James R. Carroll, student 1850-1851

Carroll was a farmer in Warren County, NC when he enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 12th NC Infantry on May 4, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on November 1, 1862. He applied to join the CS Signal Corps on October 31, 1862 and a letter supporting his application was written by the captain of his company, William S. Davis, R-MC Class of 1859.  On November 14, 1863, he joined Milligan's Independent Signal Corps as a private. On August 2, 1864, he was detailed to serve on a blockade runner out of Wilmington, NC. By April 10, 1865, he was back with his unit.

After the war, he returned to farming in Warren County, NC, where he resided at least through 1880. At the time of his death in 1899, he was living in Vance County, NC, where he is buried in the Hawkins-Carroll Family Cemetery in Middleburg.

William K. Woodson, student 1859-1861

Woodson enlisted as a private in Co. E of the 15th VA Infantry on June 14, 1861. He was wounded and taken prisoner on September 17, 1862 at Sharpsburg, MD during the Battle of Antietam. He was sent to Fort McHenry, MD, from which he was sent to Fort Monroe, VA for exchange in October.  Woodson was promoted to sergeant on May 17, 1864. He was taken prisoner at Farmville, VA on April 6, 1865 and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD. He was released on June 22, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.

Woodson had moved to Falls County, TX by 1880 where he was a clerk. He died on December 6, 1890 and is buried in Covington Cemetery in Falls County, TX.

Thomas R. Spencer, student 1835-1836

Spencer was a wealthy farmer in Greensville County, VA when the war began. In the 1850s, a classical school had been established in Spencer's home with RMC alumnus William Merritt as the first teacher.

He enlisted in July 1863 as a private in Co. A of the Greensville Home Guard, a local defense unit. He is listed on September 11, 1864 as exempted from further service due to his status as a farmer.He remained farming in Greensville County until his death in 1868.

Robert H. Spencer, student 1861-1862

Spencer, brother of Richard Parham Spencer 1861-1862 and son of Thomas R. Spencer 1835-1836, enlisted as a private in Epes' Co. of the Chesterfield (also Johnston) Artillery, a company in which his brother Richard also served. No further record of his service has been found after June 1863 and he disappears from the historical record.

Richard Parham Spencer, student 1861-1862

Spencer enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry on June 8, 1861. As he was only 16 years old, he was discharged on April 28, 1861 at the rank of corporal. He was then sent with his brother, Robert H. Spencer, to attend Randolph-Macon, which their father, Thomas R. Spencer, had attended from 1835-1836.  On March 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Epes' Co. of the Chesterfield (also Johnston) Artillery, a company in which his brother Robert also served. In December 1863, he was transferred to Major Mulligan's Co. of the C.S. Signal Corps. He was captured on January 25, 1864 at the signal station at Point Pleasant, VA and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, from which he was paroled and exchanged on September 18, 1864. He spent some time at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond VA, where his diagnosis was debilitas. Spencer surrendered with his company at Appomattox Court House, VA.

After the war, Spencer returned to Greensville County, VA, where he is listed in the 1870 census as farmer and physician. He died in 1876.

Jonathan C. Shearer, student 1852-1853

Shearer, brother of Peter A. Shearer who was also a student in 1852-1853, attended the University of Virginia in 1855-1856, and was a merchant in Lynchburg, VA in 1860. On February 16, 1864, he was drafted and was assigned on February 19, 1864 as a private to Co. B of the 2nd VA Cavalry. Shearer was wounded at the Battle of Meadow Bridge in Henrico County, VA on May 12, 1864. He died on May 14, 1864 at General Hospital No. 9 in Richmond, VA, the day after he was admitted. Shearer was buried in Campbell County, VA in the cemetery at the old Bethlehem Methodist Church at Concord Depot, VA.

Peter Akers Shearer, student 1852-1853

Shearer, brother of Jonathan C. Shearer who was also a student in 1852-1853, attended Emory and Henry College in 1854-1855 and was dismissed from that school. He then joined his brother Jonathan at the University of Virginia in 1856. He was a farmer in Appomattox County, VA in 1860. Shearer enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 2nd VA Cavalry on May 30, 1861 and was detailed to serve in Lynchburg but was listed as absent without leave by 1862 and may have never reported for duty. By 1864, several receipts from the CS Nitre and Mining Bureau indicate he was providing nails, horseshoes and other materials forged at Concord Deport in Campbell County, VA to the Confederate government.

After the war, Shearer was a hotel keeper in Lynchburg, VA in 1870. By 1880, he had moved to Tishomingo, MS where he is listed as an inventor and machinist. He died August 23, 1885 in Georgia.

Richard Henry Sharp, Jr., student 1861-1863

Sharp was drafted into the army and joined Co. G of the 59th VA Infantry on October 21, 1864.    In early 1865, he was detailed as a clerk in the paymaster's office. Sharp surrendered and was paroled on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.

Sharp attended the University of Virginia in 1867-1868, and received an M.A. from the university in 1879. He taught Latin at Wesleyan Female College in Murfreesboro, NC from 1873-1877, then became Professor of Ancient Languages at Emory and Henry College (VA) from 1879-1881. He taught Latin at Farmville College (VA) in 1881-1882, leaving to become Principal of Danville College for Young Ladies (VA), serving from 1883-1893. He then became Professor of Ancient Languages at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA, retiring in 1909. He died in 1917 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA.

Benjamin Hartwell Motley, studnet 1855-1857

Motley studied law at the University of VA after leaving R-MC. He was a lawyer in Danville, VA in 1860. In March of 1861, Motley raised an artillery company, Motley's Company of VA Light Artillery, also known as the Pittsylvania Artillery, and became captain.

After the war, he became a teacher in Pittsylvania County, VA in 1870.

James Williams Morton, student 1861-1863

Morton enlisted on March 24, 1863 as a private in Co. K of the 2nd VA Cavalry less than 2 months after the college trustees announced that the school would close for the duration of the war.  Morton's horse was killed near Aldie, VA, on June 17, 1863. He was wounded in the left arm at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House on May 8, 1864 and sent to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA. He recuperated in private quarters in Richmond, located at the corner of Grace St. near Fourth St., and returned to his regiment later that fall.

After the war, Morton studied medicine at the University of Virginia in 1866-1867. He practiced medicine in Culpeper County, VA, then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869, practicing in Culpeper Count, serving for several years as Commonwealth's Attorney. He moved to Orange County, VA, where he is listed in the 1880 census as a farmer.  Morton was elected to the VA House of Delegates in 1887, serving one term. In 1891, he was elected county court judge and served from 1892-1904. The 1900 census lists him as county judge, while the 1910 census states he is a lawyer. He died June 18, 1913 and is buried in Graham Cemetery in Orange, VA.

Emmet Mitchell, student 1860-1861

Mitchell enlisted as a private on March 9, 1862 in Co. K of the 5th VA Cavalry, later Co. D of the 13th VA Cavalry. He was killed on October 25, 1862 at Catlett Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad while on picket duty.

Henry M. Montgomery, student 1861-1863

Montgomery enlisted on November 1, 1863 as a private in Captain Epes' Company, Johnston Heavy Artillery (VA).

After the war, Montgomery returned to Brunswick County, living with his father, a Methodist minister and 1837 graduate of the college. He attended the University of Virginia in 1868-1869. His occupation in the 1870 census is farmer, but at the time of his death on November 27, 1874, he is listed as a lawyer in Brunswick County,, VA.

Richard A. Benson, student 1839-1840

Benson, a farmer in Bibb County, GA, enlisted as a private in Co. D of the 30th GA Infantry, the Huguenin Rifles, on September 25, 1861. He served as Acting Commissary Sergeant for the regiment during most of his time. Benson was discharged on September 26, 1862 when his one-year enlistment term was over.

After the war, he farmed in Bibb County until his death on October 10, 1877. Benson is buried in Macon, GA in Rose Hill Cemetery.

James G. Fanning, Class of 1844

Fanning was a teacher in Talbot County, GA 1850. By 1855, he was living in Union County, AR. Fanning, a farmer, enlisted as a corporal in Co. F of the 19th AR Infantry on an unknown date. Fanning was discharged on June 9, 1862 at Camp Priceville, MS. There is some indication that Fanning may have served as a recruiting officer.

After the war, he continued to farm in Union County, AR, where he also served as county surveyor from 1872-1874 and from 1878-1884. Family histories list that Fanning died in Ravenna, TX around 1885.

Robert Riddick Allen, student 1862-1863

Allen enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 13th VA Cavalry on March 1, 1864, the company in which his older brother Edward (RMC student 1861-1862) was serving. He was paroled at Lynchburg, VA on April 15, 1865.

After the war, Allen returned home to Suffolk, VA, where he became a merchant. Allen died November 15, 1920 and is buried in Suffolk, VA in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

John Conyers Allen, student 1858-1861

Allen, a native of Barnwell County, SC, enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 3rd SC Cavalry on July 15, 1862.  He likely had enlisted earlier when the company was an independent cavalry company, but no records supporting this have been found.  During 1864, he spent much of the year detailed to the Signal Corps.

After the war, he returned to farming in Barnwell and Hampton Counties, SC. Allen died on November 20, 1907 and is buried in the cemetery of Swallow Savannah Untied Methodist Church in Allendale, SC.

James Madison Anderson, student 1856-1857

Anderson, a Methodist minister, was appointed chaplain of the 40th VA Infantry on June 12, 1862. His letter of resignation, dated November 14, 1863 and accepted on November 20, 1863, states that while serving as chaplain, he had not  been able to study for and take the examinations required to continue as a Methodist minister.

Reverend Anderson did pass the examinations and remained a minister in the Virginia Conference for the rest of his life. He died on February 4, 1906. He is buried in the cemetery at White Stone United Methodist Church in White Stone, Lancaster County, VA.

Lawrence Frederick Battle, student 1853-1854

Battle, a farmer in Nash County, NC, enlisted as a private in Co. I of the 30th NC Infantry on January 1, 1862. he furnished a substitute on September 1, 1862 and returned to Nash County. He then served as the enrolling officer for Nash County, then Franklin County, and held the rank of second lieutenant. In April 1864 after being transferred to Franklin County, he attempted to resign so he could return to Nash County. In his letter he indicated he suffered from rheumatism, needed to oversee his property and slaves, and had been threatened by army deserters. The resignation was approved.

Battle was a farmer after the war and served one two-year term in the North Carolina legislature as senator in the 9th district from 1870-1872. He died sometime around 1900.

William Townes, Jr., student 1852-1853

Townes raised Co. G of the 38th VA Infantry, the Mecklenburg Rifles on May 18, 1861 and became captain.On April 16, 1862, he was hospitalized in Williamsburg, VA with diptheria and was given a sick furlough and was not present when the company was reorganized later that month.. He officially left the company on April 29, 1862 when he was not reelected as captain. In a letter dated January 21, 1864 to the bureau of conscription, he requests to be made enrolling officer on Mecklenburg County rather than be put back into service because ill health caused by typhoid fever had caused him to earlier leave the service and he had provided a substitute. No further war record has been found.

Townes remained in Mecklenburg County, VA where he was a farmer, miller and landlord. He died on April 26, 1910 and was originally buried in the Wimbush Family Cemetery, which is located on an island in Kerr Lake. His remains were reinterred in La Crosse Cemetery in Mecklenburg County.

William Hunt Townes, student 1850-1851

Townes was a farmer in Granville County, NC when he enlisted on April 2, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant in Co. B of the 12th North Carolina Infantry. He left the regiment on May 1, 1862 when he was defeated for reelection. On October 19, 1862, he mustered in as 2nd lieutenant of Co. D of the 55th NC Infantry. He was wounded on August 18, 1864 at the Battle of Globe Tavern, Virginia, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad. Townes died from his wounds on September 27, 1864 and is buried in Machpelah Cemetery in Townsville, NC.

Walter S. Tucker, student 1851-1852

Tucker was a merchant in Halifax County, VA when he enlisted on May 20, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant in Co. C of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He resigned on August 10, 1861 due to ill health.

After the war, he moved to Wake County, NC and farmed. He died December 18, 1879 after an accident with a cotton gin and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.

Felix H. G. Taylor, Class of 1843

Taylor was a wealthy planter with holdings in Louisiana and Arkansas before the war. During the war, he served in Louisiana's Confederate legislature as a senator. He also enlisted on March 8, 1862 as a private in Co. C of the Louisiana Confederate Guards, a militia regiment, serving until at least May 1862..

After the war, he remained a farmer in East Carroll Parish, LA He is listed in the 1880 as deputy sheriff and was postmaster in Providence, LA from 1885 until his death on February 7, 1898.

William B. Featherstone, student 1855-1856

Featherstone was a farmer in Lunenburg County, VA when he enlisted as a private in Captain Allen's Company of the Lunenburg Light Artillery on February 2, 1863. In late 1863 and early 1864, he was detailed as a nurse. He surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on April 9, 1865.

John S. Feild, student 1840-1841

Feild was a farmer in Mecklenburg County, VA when he enlisted on July 1, 1861 as 1st lieutenant of Co. I of the 38th VA Infantry. Feild also served as recruiting officer and did quartermaster duties for the company. He was not reelcted lieutenant and left the company in April 1862.

Feild returned to farming in Mecklenburg County after the war. He died on March 13, 1910 and is buried in Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery in Boydton, VA.

James L. Moss, student 1850-1851

Moss was a clerk and bookkeeper when he enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on May 14, 1861. On June 21, 1861, he was discharged for disability due to rheumatism. In November 1862, he applied for a clerk position in the war department, but by March 1863, Moss was serving in Co. B of the 4th Battalion Heavy Artillery. He again requested a clerk position, but it is unknown whether his request was granted.

After the war, he moved to Mississippi, where he was a farmer in Carroll in 1870 and a dry goods merchant in Winona in 1880. Moss died on September 26, 1883 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Winona, MS.

John Robert Moore, student 1861-1863

Moore enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 6th VA Cavalry on September 1, 1863. He was wounded during the Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA, on May 11, 1864. He is listed as absent without leave from December 1864 through March 1865, when he was officially declared a deserter and known to have returned to Rappahannock County. Moore was paroled at Winchester, VA on April 29, 1865.

After the war, he farmed in Rappahannock County, VA. Moore died December 8, 1896 and is buried in Rappahannock County in the Moore Family Cemetery.

Andrew Jackson Davis, student 1859-1861

Davis enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 56th VA Infantry on June 25, 1861. He was discharged on November 26, 1861 at the request of his older brother George, who was captain of the company, whose letter requesting Andrew's discharge indicates it is at the request of his mother so that Andrew could recover from typhoid fever and then resume his studies at R. M. College. As RMC closed for the duration of the war in January 1863, Davis went to VMI in February 1863 and joined Company C as a private. He fought at the Battle of New Market with an artillery unit. Davis left the cadets in February 1865 and is believed to have served in the Carolinas for the remained of the war.

After the war, he returned to Mecklenburg county and farmed. Davis died on October 15, 1915 and is buried in Mecklenburg County in the Davis Family Cemetery at Oakland.

William Norfleet Carter, Class of 1855

Carter is listed as a teacher in Mecklenburg County, VA in the R-MC Catalogs in the late 1850s. He enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry, the Boydton Cavalry, on June 28, 1861.  He was captured on July 10, 1862 and exchanged on august 5, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA.

After the war, he returned to Mecklenburg County, VA and served as agent for his father, a farmer, and later was a farmer himself. He applied for a pension in 1902. Carter died on August 10, 1920 and is buried in the Boydton Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Boydton, VA.

James B. Dugger, Jr., Class of 1855

Dugger was a clerk in Camden, Ouachita County, Arkansas when he enlisted as aprivate in Co. C of the 1st AR Infantry, the Camden Knights. He was discharged for disability on October 14, 1861. On May 8, 1862, he enlisted as a sergeant in Co. E of the 1st AR Infantry and was appointed quartermaster for the regiment in June 1862. This company later became Co. E of the 37th AR Infantry.  Dugger's fate after 1862 is unknown at this time.

John W. Wilkinson (a.k.a. Wilkerson), student 1856-1857

Wilkinson, whose name variantly appears as Wilkerson, enlisted as a sergeant in Co. C of the 20th VA Infantry on May 20, 186 and served until it was disbanded. On August 1, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry, serving until the end of the war.  He was captured and paroled on April 17, 1865 at Blacks and Whites, now Blackstone, in Nottoway County, VA.

After the war, Wilkinson returned to Lunenburg County, VA and farmed. He died on January 29, 1908 and is buried in Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lunenburg County, VA.

Edward Washington, student 1855-1856

Washington was a farmer in Hampshire County, VA (now WV), when he enlisted as a private in Co. K of the 13th VA Infantry, the Hampshire Guards, on May 18, 1861. He was hospitalized with pneumonia on December 31, 1861 in Danville, VA. On September 1, 1862 following the 2nd Battle of Manassas, he was wounded in the shoulder at Chantilly, VA. Washington was detailed as a courier on February 7, 1863 and was still listed as a courier in the spring of 1864.

After the war, he returned to Hampshire County, WV and farmed. Washington died on June 2, 1901 and is buried in Romney, WV in Indian Mound Cemetery.

David Prince, student 1860-1861

Prince enlisted as a private in the Huger Grays, Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry, on May 8, 1861. He was hospitalized on June 15, 1862 at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA with dysentery and then transferred tot he Confederate States Hospital in Petersburg, VA, where he deserted on September 19, 1862. He is listed as AWOL through the fall of 1862, but returned in November. Prince furnished a substitute on March 31, 1863 and was discharged.

After the war, he was a farmer in Greensville County, VA. Prince died in 1880.

Francis Asbury Pinckard, student 1860-1861

Pinckard enlisted as a sargeant on June 1, 1861 in Co. F of the 47th VA Infantry. By late 1864, his rank is listed on the rolls as private.

After the war, he attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore and graduated in 1867. He practiced medicine and farmed in Northumberland County, VA until his death in Pinckardsville, VA in November 1903.