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History of the Artillery Company of the 43rd BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
ARTILLERY COMPANY, authority granted Mosby by the Confederate States of America, Secretary of War, to organize this company, effective July 4, 1864
After the war, Peter moved to New York City, where he worked for the H.B. Clafflin Company.
Previous to joining Mosby, he commanded a battery of artillery at Yorktown. After the war, John removed to Raleigh, N.C., where he established a prosperous school known as the Raleigh Male Academy. He died December 23, 1884. God rest his soul.
After the war, Frank became a travelling salesman, based in Richmond, Virginia. It's a shame, he didn't keep a diary of his travels throughout the South, visiting old friends of the "Lost Cause" he rode with .... meeting new friends, old veterans the same...
Born April 18th, 1835, on October 15th, 1864, the 13th and 16th New York Cavalry, led by a Mosby deserter, John H. Lunzeford led them to Emory's, a secluded spot on Cobbler Mountain where Mosby was hiding his 2 howizters, capturing Babcock and his detachment guarding the weapons. They were all taken to prison, later they were put into a boxcar next to the locomotive, and sent up and down the railroad from Rectortown to Alexandria for five weeks, to deter Mosby from throwing trains off the track. He was given the nickname of "Big Guerrilla" while in the Alexandria Union prison. Not one of the longest living ex-Mosby vets, he died January 16th, 1894, but is buried in the grand old Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Click here for picture Portrait of Alex - click here
ARTILLERY COMPANY Privates
John was one of Sergeant Bacock's guard that was captured on October 15th, 1864, by the 13th and 16th New York Cavalry, at Emory's, a secluded spot on Cobbler Mountain. After the war, he resided in Marshall, Virginia.
After the war, he resided at Norman, Culpeper County, Virginia.
Nathaniel was one of Sergeant Bacock's guard that was captured on October 15th, 1864, on Cobbler Mountain.
David was
also one of Sergeant Bacock's guard that was captured on October 15th, 1864,
on Cobbler Mountain.
After the war, poor David became a resident at the Soldiers' Home, Richmond,
Virginia.
UPDATE: I was on your site looking at rosters. I found one of my ancesters, David L. Smith, who fought with Mosby, but the info you have for him is much different than what we have written in the family tree. We actually have copies of the Prisoner of War Register from when he was received at Old Capital Prison, Washington, D.C. after being captured on Cobbler Mountain (the register page we have the copy of says October 14, not October 15). Your website states that after the war he lived at the Old Soldiers Home in Richmond. Here is what our family tree says about him after the war: After the war, David L. Smith went to Abilene, Texas, to help drive cattle to the railroad terminal at Abilene, Kansas. When the cattle were finally in Abilene, Kansas, David drew his pay and returned to Virginia. In 1873 he married the young widow, Mrs. Thomas Colly (we have a copy of the Marriage License and it looks as though her first name was Nancy). She had just returned to Virginia from Missouri, after the deaths of her husband, her two small daughters, and her father. They lived in Washington County, Virginia until the Spring of 1883. They then moved to Henry County, Missouri, where they had a 40-acre farm along the Osage River near the Henry County-St. Clair County line. In 1912, David and Nancy moved to a small farm just south of Holliday, Kansas, where he was living at the time of his death on Christmas Day, 1914. Just thought I would pass this information along. Respectfully, Brandon T. Smith Thanks Brandon for the update!
Mr. Jones was one of Sergeant Bacock's guard that was captured on October 15th, 1864, on Cobbler Mountain. They were all taken to prison, later they were put into a boxcar next to the locomotive, and sent up and down the railroad from Rectortown to Alexandria for five weeks, to deter Mosby from throwing trains off the track.
Mr. Wharton was also captured by the 13th and 16th New York Cavalry on October 15th, 1864, at Cobbler Mountain.
