Maj. Raleigh Travers DANIEL, C.S.A.
Born: 26 Jul 1832, Virginia, USA
Died: 11 Feb 1918, Lexington, Rockbridge Co., VA, USA
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Raleigh Travers Daniel, C.S.A....
... entered the Confederate Army as Drill Master, 3rd Ala. Reg. Inf.; Commissioned Captain in 14th Ala; severely wounded while fighting with great gallantry in the battles around Richmond. Brig. Gen. Armistead, CSA, in his official report of the battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, says, "Lieut. R. T. Daniel, Jr., adjutant of the 5th Ky., reported to me on the 27th ult. as a volunteer aide; he rendered valuable service in a bold reconnaissance, and for his subsequent gallant conduct I have to refer you to the report of Maj. Cabell, 38th Va."
Wounded in the Battle of Malvern Hill (source: http://www.vahistorical.org/cwg/d.htm)
http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/1032.htm
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R. T. Daniel, Adjutant, F & S, 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, appointed October, 1861, AAG, promoted Gen Pegrasus[ap?] Staff, n.d., no other records
M319: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky
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Raleigh Travers Daniel
VMI Class Other Affiliation
1853
Biography & Genealogy
Raleigh Travers Daniel, Jr., Class of 1853 [VMI]: Genealogy: Born- ca. 1833. Father- Raleigh Travers Daniel; Mother- unknown. Grandparents- unknown. Marriage and Children- no info. Matriculated from Richmond, VA. At VMI 1 year, 9 months. Military Record: Helped organize and briefly served as Adjutant of 33d Virginia Militia in 1861; enlisted Apr. 18, 1861 in Richmond as a Private with Company A, 1st Virginia; commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant in the Provisional Army of Virginia on May 26, 1861 per the reccomendation of VMI Superintendent Francis H. Smith; assigned as Drillmaster for 2d (later 12th) North Carolina at Norfolk ("The efficiency of my regiment is due in a great measureto his valuable services," wrote the Regimental Commander); Commission vacated when the Provisional Army of Virginia was absorbed by the Confederacy; volunteered to help Colonel (later Brigadier General) J.S. Williams organize troops in eastern Kentucky; appointed 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, 5th Kentucky, on Nov. 16, 1861; later Adjutant on Williams'staff; possibly also on staff of Brigadier General H. Marshall in spring, 1862; in Richmond on leave (or official business, records differ)in June 1862 and volunteered to serve on staff of Brigadier General L. A. Armistead as Volunteer Aide-de-Camp; assigned on June 29 to command Company F, 38th Virginia (company then without officers); heroic service at Malvern Hill where he was wounded in action in the arm, chest, and thigh while carrying the Colors; appointed Captain in November of 1862; on staffs of Brigadier Generals J. Pegram and R. D. Lilley as Assistant Adjutant General and inspector; in hospital in Rome, Georgia during the fall of 1863; lost commission on June 14, 1864 when Confederate State Senate did not confirm appointment; reappointed Sep. 16, 1864 (date of rank is June 15); paroled at Appomattox as Captain, Inspector General on staff of Brigadier General J.A. Walker's 52d Brigade. Post War Career: Lawyer. Died- Feb. 11, 1919, in Richmond, VA., in Soldiers' Home.
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