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ROSTER of the 43rd BATTALION VIRGINIA CAVALRY
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Confederate States of America
"Mosby's Confederacy" geographically defined as running from Snickersville,
along the Blue Ridge Mountains to Linden; thence to Salem (now called Marshall);
to The Plains; thence along the Bull Run Mountains to Aldie; and thence along
the turnpike to the place of beginning, Snickersville. Beginning June 22nd,
1864, Mosby allowed no member to leave these bounds without permission Roll
call was kept at each meeting, and any man absent for two successive meetings,
without satisfactory reason, was to be sent back to the regular service.
COMPANY G, organized 1864
At the outbreak of the war, Richards left Washington City, where he was a student in Columbia College, enlisting first in the 8th Virginia Infantry, and afterwards serving in the 7th Virginia Cavalry. He joined Mosby, and in the fight on May 3rd, 1863, at Warrenton Junction, was wounded and taken prisoner, he returned to his command after an imprisonment of 12 months. On July 6th, 1864, Thomas received a savage cut on his shoulder from the sabre of Federal Captain Forbes. Thomas able to make Forbes his prisoner.
After the war, perhaps Thomas led the way for those Hollywood real estate brokers, leaving ole' Virginia, earning a living as a real estate agent and broker in Los Angeles, California.
John first enlisted in the 9th Virginia Cavalry, in which regiment he was promoted to Captain of Company C. Owing to poor health, he was kept away from his company, and being unwilling to deprive his officers of the promotion they merited by continual service, he resigned. On recovering his health, a captain's commission was given him to recruit a company in the Northern Neck. Facing the same difficulties that T.W.T. Richards had in recruiting, he joined him in forming Company G.
After the war, Mr. Murphy, as attorney at law, practiced law, at Machodoc, Virginia.
After the war, Lieutenant Smith became a prominent physician, residing at Saluda, Virginia.
Early on the morning of November 19th, 1864, as he and McDonough were scouting near Kabletown, they ran into a party of Captain Blazer's Independent Scouts in the fog and Puryear was captured.
COMPANY G Privates
He was paroled on April 22, 1865 at Winchester, VA. After the war, he resided in Markham, Virginia, where he died in 1923.
After the war, he moved to the Northern Neck, Virginia, where he was gainfully employed as a Baptist Minister.
After the war, he resided at Slate Mills, Virginia.
Tom was captured in Loudoun County, February, 1865, near Mount Gilead.
After the war, he resided at Washington, D.C.
After the war, he resided at Herndon, Virginia.
After the war, he resided at Alexandria, Virginia.
Charles was a veteran in the regular service. He had been wounded on three different occasions; 1st at Manassas, then at Kernstown, and again, with General Rosser, in West Virginia. The last was a disabling wound, and he was retired. When he joined Mosby, he came with one crutch, which he broke over the head of a Federal cavalryman on the Valley turnpike while on scout. On March 30th, 1865, after Mosby told Charles he would make him a lieutenant in the new Company to be organized in his command, Company H, he was pursued by the 13th Massachusetts Cavalry to a stable near Berryville where he was mortally wounded. He lingered until the 4th of April, 1865, when he passed on to the next life.