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.