Olin M. Dantzler, Class of 1846

Olin Miller Dantzler was a wealthy planter serving in the S.C. legislature at the outbreak of the war. Though he strongly opposed the war and had proposed several compromise measures in the legislature, he enlisted  on April 11, 1861 as a private. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 20th South Carolina Infantry on Jan. 11, 1862. Dantzler was promoted to Colonel of the 22nd SC Infantry in April, 1864 shortly before he was killed on June 2, 1864 while leading his men in an effort to take Fort Dutton during the Bermuda Hundred campaign. A promotion to brigadier general did not reach  him before his death. He is buried in South Carolina at Tabernacle Cemetery in Saint Matthews, Calhoun County.

The earthworks at Battery Dantzler (originally called Fort Howlett), the battery located on the northern end of the Howlett Line named for him on June 13, 1864, are preserved in a Chesterfield County park (see map and directions at http://www.chesterfield.gov/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=16243).

Abel T. Ashby, Student 1858-1861

Abel Thomas Ashby of Northumberland County, VA, enlisted on June 22, 1861 at Franktown, VA as a private in Company C of the 39th VA Infantry. He was taken prisoner of war on November 15, 1861 on the Eastern Shore of VA. After the war, Ashby became a prominent citizen in Northumberland County until his death on October 5, 1901, including serving on the first Board of Directors of the Eastern Shore Historical Society organized in 1890. He is buried in Belle Haven Cemetery in Accomack County, VA.

Joseph D. Arnold, Class of 1860

Joseph David Arnold, one of 3 sons of Methodist minister Hartwell Arnold to attend Randolph-Macon College (see Benjamin W. and Peterson H. Arnold), was a teacher when he joined his brother in enlisting in Company G of the 14th Virginia Infantry on May 9, 1861.  Arnold was wounded at Malvern Hill, VA on June 1, 1862 and his right arm was amputated. He was discharged on April 23, 1864. He became a Methodist minister after the war and died in 1920 in Waynesville, NC. he is buried in Walnut Grove Union Church Cemetary in Bedford, County, VA.

Benjamin W. Arnold, Class of 1860 (A.M.)

Benjamin W. Arnold was the older brother of Peterson H. Arnold and a son of Methodist minister Hartwell Arnold. He enlisted on May 12, 1861, as a private in Co. E of the 14th VA Infantry. Arnold was promoted to Adjutant on September 10, 1863 and to 1st Lieutenant on December 14, 1863. His record indicates a numebr of absences due to illness in 1862 and 1863. he was wounded at Drewry's Bluff, VA, on May 16, 1864 and returned to his unit a month later. He was taken Prisoner of War at Sailor's Creek, VA, on April 6, 1865 and sent to Old Capitol Prison in Washington. He was transferred to Johnson's Island, OH, on April 17, 1865 where he remianed for two months until his release on June 17, 1865. he died in 1920 in and is buried in Walnut Grove Union Church Cemetary in Bedford, County, VA, where his tombstone indicates his final rank was major.

Peterson Hartwell. Arnold, Student 1859-1862

Arnold, son of a Methodist minister in Mecklenburg County, VA, joined the Boydton Cavalry, Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry, as a private in Winchester,VA on August 20, 1862. He was listed as missing on July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, PA and disappears from the historical record. The 1906 "Catalog of the Members of the Fraternity of Delta Psi" lists him as killed at Gettysburg. He was the younger brother of Benjamin W. Arnold and Joseph D. Arnold, all sons of Methodist minister Hartwell Arnold.

W. Townes Boyd, Student 1858-1860

W. Townes Boyd, born in 1844 into the Boyd family of Boydton, enlisted as a private in company A of the 3rd Virginia Cavalry, the "Boydton Cavalry," on August 8, 1862 in Hanover County, VA.  On August 6, 1864, he transferred to the 1st Company Virginia Howitzers Light Artillery, where he remained until he took the oath of allegiance at Farmville, VA, on April 14, 1865.

After the war, W. Townes Boyd moved to Covington, TN, where he was the longtime publisher of the Tipton Weekly Record newspaper.He died June 2, 1932 and is buried in Munford Cemetery in Covington, Tipton County, TN.

W. Townes should not be confused with a second cousin with the same name (Captain William Townes Boyd, 1837-1916) who joined the Boydton Cavalry in 1861 and also moved to Covington, TN after the war.

James Land Hite, student 1842-1843

James L. Hite enlisted as a private in Company C of the 20th Virginia Infantry in May, 1861. He transferred to Company G of the 9th Virginia Cavalry on September 1, 1863. His two nephews, Robert M. and William O. Hite were in Company A of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He is listed as absent due to illness on July 7, 1864 and died of typhoid fever a month later on August 15, 1864. He is buried near his nephew William O. Hite, who died a few months earlier, in the Edmund Mitchell Hite family cemetery in Mecklenburg County.

William Olin Hite, student 1858-1861

William O. Hite was a student at Randolph-Macon when he and his older brother, Robert M. Hite, enlisted in Boydton, VA on May 14, 1861 as privates in Company A of the 3^rdVirginia Cavalry. William did not survive the war and died May 15, 1864, and is buried in the Edmund Mitchell Hite family cemetery in Mecklenburg County.

Robert M. Hite, student 1858-1861

Robert M. Hite was a student when he and his younger brother, William O. Hite, enlisted in Boydton, VA on May 14, 1861 as privates in Company A of the 3^rd Virginia Cavalry. He was promoted to sergeant in July 1863 and to 2^nd lieutenant in December 1864. He was apparently pretty lucky – he had two horses killed, one at Sharpsburg, MD (Antietam) on Sept. 17, 1862 and the other in Jan. 1865. There are no indications he was wounded and he did survive the war.

Otis Allan Glazebrook, student 1860-1861

Otis Allan Glazebrook left Randolph-Macon in 1861 after the college trustees had announced the school would close for the duration of the war. Although that decision was reversed and R-MC reopened in the fall of 1861, Glazebrook had joined the student cadet corps at the Virginia Military Institute. He was part of the VMI cadet corps that distinguished itself at the Battle of New Market. He graduated from VMI in 1866, co-founded the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, and served a number of years as an Episcopalian minister before entering the U.S. Consular Service in 1914.