James G. T. "Gray" Shell, student 1862-1863

Gray Shell, younger brother of John Robert Shell, joined the Captain Epes' Company of the Chesterfield (VA) Light Artillery on an unknown date. He is listed as receiving clothing in March, 1864 and for the 4th quarter of 1864. He is listed in Blackwell family genealogies as having died during the war in 1864 with no further information provided and disappears from the historical record.

John Robert Shell, student 1859-1860

Shell enlisted as a private in Co. G of the 9th Virginia Cavalry on an unknown date. Since he was a medical student at the time of his enlistment, he was assigned in 1862 as a hospital steward at the Huguenot Springs hospital near Richmond, where he served as an apothecary. He took the oath of allegiance and was paroled as a prisoner of war on May 10, 1865.

After the war, he returned to Lunenburg County, VA and was a farmer in 1870 and a horse trader in 1880. By 1900 he had moved to Brunswick County, VA where he was a farmer in 1900 and a dealer in 1910. Shell died on February 27, 1914 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Lawrenceville, VA

Hardy L. Fennell, student 1851-1852

Fennell enlisted as 1st lieutenant of Co. C of the 1st NC Infantry on May 16, 1861. In late 1861, he was commanding the company. He was shot in the hips on June 27, 1862 during the Battle of Gaines's Mill at Cold Harbor, VA, a very serious wound, and he was promoted to captain shortly after on July 8, 1862. Fennell was disabled by his wound and resigned on December 15, 1862, stating in his letter of resignation the the had "never sufficiently recovered so as to be able to walk." His service record indicates he died shortly afterwards, but does not indicate the date. One source indicates his death as September 3, 1863.

Robert H. Simmons, student 1858-1859

Simmons enlisted as a private in the the Boydton Cavalry, Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry, on May 14, 1861. He was killed on June 9, 1863 at the Battle of Brandy Station, VA.

James W. Buford, student 1857-1858

Buford, who attended the University of Virginia after leaving R-MC, enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 53rd VA Infantry on May 25, 1861. He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and was hospitalized at Chimborazo in Richmond and then in Petersburg, and is reported as "sick at home" for several months afterward. Buford is reported as having died in 1865.

James Colin Neal, student 1861-1862

After Randolph-Macon closed for the war, Neal attended VMI and then Washington College. According to his pension application dated May 22, 1918, he joined Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry in June 1864 and surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Neal was a faremr in Lunenburg County, VA in 1880 but by 1900 had moved to Petersburg, VA where he was a tobacco auctioneer. He died on August 9, 1927 and is buried in Petersburg's Blandford Cemetery.

William R. Oliver, student 1857-1858

Oliver, a retail merchant from Buchanan County, Missouri, served in the Union Army in Co. B of the 12th Missouri Cavalry. He was enrolled for duty September 23, 1863 and mustered in on November 3, 1863. He was assigned to enrolling recruits in St. Joseph, MO on December 18, 1863, where he was injured by an accidental gunshot wound to the hand on December 31, 1863 and was discharged for disability on April 28, 1864. He returned home to DeKalb. MO where he was a dry goods merchant in 1870. By 1880, he was a railroad agent. In 1872, he was awarded a monthly pension of $8.00 for his service disability. Oliver died on April 30, 1916 and is buried in Dearborn Community Cemetery in Dearborn, MO.

James Wiley Ferebee, student 1857-1858

Ferebee, who attended the University of North Carolina after leaving R-MC, joined Co. M of the 2nd NC Infantry on May 30, 1861 as a private. This regiment later became Co. B of the 32nd NC Infantry, and when it was reorganized in the spring of 1862, Ferebee was promoted to its captain on May 1, 1862 but would not serve long. He died of disease in Petersburg, VA on July 17, 1862.

Thomas Blackwell, student 1862-1863

Blackwell enlisted in Co. G of the 9th VA Cavalry on January 20, 1864. He died from typhoid fever at Gordonsville, VA on May 18, 1864 in the Gordonsville Receiving Hospital, also known as the Charity Hospital.

Nathaniel P. Boyd, student 1860-1861

Boyd enlisted as a private in Co. B of the 2nd MS Infantry on March 3, 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1, 1863.