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Ah!, not so fast. We'd both thought we had this thing solved. Not so.

All the men you listed served in the 14th Virginia Cavalry, and among the 118 men of the regiment captured in Greenbrier County, WV Nov. 26, 1862.
See the info on J. J. Nottingham below. How Black and Brown were commingled as with the 53th Alabama is a mystery. Neither show up in the CSR roster for the regiment.

I suspect there was a clerical error made at Alton prison camp.

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On September 5, 1862 by Special Order Number 208, Adjutant & Inspector General's Office the 14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment was organized.

Brigade Commander - General Albert Jenkins
Regimental Commander - Colonel Charles E. Thorburn
Lt Colonel - R. Augustus Bailey
Adjutant - Lt Breckinridge C Bouldin
Quartermaster - Captain Richard T. Crouch
Commissary of Subsistence - Captian Theodore B. Fitzhugh

The Regiment was very active throughout the the war. There were many skirmishes, but two engagements stand out from the rest, and they were the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3 1863, and what was to be known as "The Final Cavalry Charge at Appomattox", April 9, 1865, prior to Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Captain Edwin E. Bouldin of Co. B is quoted giving a most fitting epitaph to the 14th Virginia Cavalry:

"It gives me the greatest pleasure to testify to the gallantry of the men and officers of our old company [and regiment] in many hard-fought battles. Even when hope was gone, and all looked dark, they were willing to do their duty as soldiers, and led one of the most desperate charges ever made, with such spirit as to overcome every obstacle."
http://www.14thvirginiacavalry.org/regiment_history.htm

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14th Virginia Cavalry Engagements

1862

November 25, 26 1862, - Lewis Mill, Greenbrier Co. Federal Cavalry routed Companies C, H, I, M, N.

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Jacob Jasper Nottingham

Residence Braxton County WV; a 24 year-old Farmhand.
Enlisted on 10/4/1862 at Little Birch, VA as a Private.
On 10/4/1862 he mustered into "L" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
He died of disease on 1/29/1863 at Alton, IL
He was listed as:
* POW 11/26/1862 Greenbrier County, WV
* Confined 11/29/1862 Wheeling, WV (Estimated day)
* Confined 12/5/1862 Camp Chase, OH (Estimated day)
* Confined 1/25/1863 Alton, IL (Estimated day)
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 10.0", dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair
Other Information:
born in 1838
Buried: Alton, IL
(Brother of John S. Nottingham.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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