Benjamin G. Boisseau, student 1859-1860

Boisseau enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 12th VA Infantry on April 23, 1861. He was discharged for disability on May 1, 1861.  A later service record indicates he joined Co. I of the 3rd VA Cavalry, but no further details have been verified.

After the war, he is listed as a farmer in the 1870 and 1880 censuses in Dinwiddie County, VA.  Boisseau died of a stroke on July 17, 1897 and is buried in a family cemetery in Dinwiddie County, VA

William Hayes Cheek, Class of 1854

In 1861, Cheek was a lawyer in North Carolina serving in the legislature. He resigned his legislative seat in order to raise a military company, Company E of the First NC Cavalry. Cheek was commissioned as captain on May 16, 1861. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 28, 1863 and then to colonel on October 17, 1863. Cheek was wounded at Goodall's Tavern, NC on May 11, 1864, and was sick in hospital in Richmond, VA in August 1864. He was captured at Burkesville Junction in Nottoway County, VA in April 1865 and sent first to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC and then to the POW camp at Johnson's Island, OH, where he was released July 25, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.

After the war, he returned to the family farm in North Carolina, then became a businessman in Norfolk, VA, and settled in 1882 in Henderson, NC, where he returned to practicing law. Cheek died March 23, 1901.

William Carter Stubbs, student 1861-1862

Stubbs attended Randolph-Macon during the time the military curriculum had been instituted. In September 1862 he joined Clopton's Partisan Rangers as corporal, a unit that later that became Co. D of the 24th VA Cavalry and the 40th Battalion VA Cavalry. He became sergeant March 21, 1864. He was hospitalized at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond VA in later July and early August 1864 with a fever. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

After the war, Stubbs entered the University of Virginia.  He taught in colleges in Alabama before becoming state chemist. Stubbs moved to Louisiana, where he taught at LSU and became the director of the State Experiment Stations and state chemist. He became a recognized expert on sugar cane and sugar manufacturing. He died Died July 7 1924 and is buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.

Jordan P. Ware, student 1857-1860

Ware enlisted in the 47th VA Infantry, Co. K, as a private on July 23, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on November 11, 1861 and to captain on April 30, 1862,  Ware was wounded on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg. He was killed in action on October 1, 1864 at Petersburg, VA.

Thaddeus Luther Howard Young, Class of 1854 (A.B.) and 1857 (A.M.)

Thaddeus Luther Howard Young joined Co. E of the 19th VA Battalion Heavy Artillery as a private on an unknown date. Company E was formerly Co. E of the 44th VA Infantry, moving to the 19th in September 1862. On September 1, 1862, Young provided Patrick Burke as a substitute.

Young is listed as a trustee of Southern Female College in the act to incorporate the school which passed in the Confederate legislature in January 1863, so it is likely he returned to Petersburg after his service. Although no record of further service is known for Young, it is highly likely he joined in the defense of Petersburg as did many of the other men involved with the school, although specific service records for only a few of them survive.

Young was a businessman in Petersburg for many years after the war. He eventually moved to North Carolina. He died July 9, 1911 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn, NC.

Benjamin Boisseau Weisiger, student 1851-1852

Weisiger enlisted May 1, 1861 as a sergeant in Co. I of the 16th VA Infantry. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on Jan. 4, 1862. On Dec. 15, 1862, he was transferred to Weisiger's (VA) Light Artillery and then on April 13, 1863 to the 6th VA infantry. In early 1863, he was seeking a clerical position in the Confederate government; it is unknown whether he suffered from a wound or illness. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 with the Powhatan Light Artillery.

Weisiger is listed as a railroad clerk in Manchester, VA (later incorporated into Richmond) in the 1880 census, and was serving as Manchester postmaster in 1900.  He died in 1905 and is buried in Maury Cemetery in Richmond, VA.

Henry E. Peyton, student 1852-1853

Henry E. Peyton enlisted as a lieutenant colonel on July 21, 1861, serving as a staff oficer to General Beauregard from 1861 to 1862. He was appointed Major and Assistant Adjutant General on May 10, 1862. He served as major and Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General to Robert E. Lee from Oct. 6, 1862 through Sept. 20, 1864, when he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, still serving as Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General to Lee. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.

He lived in a variety of places after the war, including Texas, Missouri, Baltimore, and Virginia. He died indigent on September 14, 1900 in St. Louis, Missouri and was buried in an unknown pauper's grave.

William H. Talman, student 1859-1861

Talman, whose name is also recorded as Tallman, enlisted as a corporal in Co. D of the 3rd VA Cavalry on May 18, 1861. He was officially discharged due to disability for ill health on February 6, 1863. Upon recovery, he joined the 24th VA Cavalry.

After the war, he served as a policeman in Richmond, chief of police in Newport News (VA),  and inspector at the port of Newport News.

Adolphus E. Richards, student 1859-1861

Adolphus E. "Dolly" Richards joined Co. B of Mosby's Partisan Rangers, the 43rd VA Cavalry Battalion, as a private. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant in Co. C on Dec. 7, 1863. Richards became captain in April 1864, and was again promoted to major on Dec. 7, 1864 for "valor and bravery." At the time of his parole in Winchester, VA on May 17, 1865, Richards was just 21 years of age.

He attended the University of Virginia and the University of Louisville after the war, and is listed in the 1870-1920 censuses as a lawyer in Louisville, KY, also serving as a judge during the 1880s and City Attorney.  Richards died Feb. 20, 1920 and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville.

Richards wrote an account of his war experiences entitled Mosby's "Partizan Rangers" for the book Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War published in 1893 by The Century Co. The Richards family home in Loudoun County, VA, Greengarden Farm, was used by Mosby's Rangers as a safe house.

Lewis M. Shumate, student 1856-1857

Shumate enlisted in the 8th VA Infantry, Co. C, on July 15, 1861. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on June 18, 1862.  Shumate was taken prisoner on April 6, 1865 at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA and sent to the prison at Johnson's Island OH, where he was released after taking the oath of allegiance on June 20, 1865.

After the war, he returned to his home in Loudon County, VA, where his occupation was farmer on the 1870-1920 censuses. He died on April 27, 1925 and is buried in Union Cemetery in Leesburg, VA