Randolph Shinalt
Regiment Name 51 Virginia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 50

51st Regiment, Virginia Infantry
51st Infantry Regiment was formed in August, 1861, with eleven companies. Company L was later assigned to the 23rd Battalion. Its members were recruited in the counties of Wythe, Nelson, Bland, Floyd, and Grayson. During the war it started in General Floyd's and G.C. Wharton's Brigade. The 51st served in the Army of the Kanawha, moved to Tennessee, and after fighting at Fort Donelson marched to Nashville with 274 men. Later it was sent to western Virginia, saw action at Carnifax Ferry, then returned to Tennessee where it was involved in the Knoxville Campaign. The unit went on to fight in numerous conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley and sometime around April 15, 1865, disbanded. It reported 9 killed, 43 wounded, and 5 missing at Fort Donelson, and 3 killed and 16 wounded at Fayetteville. Only a handful remained after the Battle of Waynesborough. The field officers were Colonels Augustus Forsberg and Gabriel C. Wharton; Lieutenant Colonels George A. Cunningham, James W. Massie, and John P. Wolfe; and Majors William T. Akers, Stephen M. Dickey, D.P. Graham, D.S. Hounshell, and William A. Yonce.

Two others in this unit were:

Shinalt, Calvin Co B Private Private

Shinalt, William Co B Private Private

Co B = Wharton Grays; formerly called Co H; enlisted 07/31/1861, for 1 year; joined regt 08/14/1861; reorganized 05/06/1862
Captains: David Pierce Graham [to Major, 1863], William Hanson Tate [KIA 05/15/1864], David S. Allison [died in service]

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I don't believe there was actually a POW Camp at Waynesboro but the battle there really destroyed Early's command and many POW's were taken. From what you've written it would appear that he was held at Fort Delaware.