Rufus F. Hurst
Regiment Name 51st Virginia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Rufus/Hurst
Film Number M382 roll 28
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.
James M. Hurst
Regiment Name 51st Virginia Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Munroe/Hursh
Film Number M382 roll 28
Co B = Wharton Grays, formerly Co H; enlisted 07/31/1861, for 1 year; joined regt 08/14/1861; reorganized 05/06/1862
Rufus Hurst
Regiment Name 22nd Virginia Cavalry. (Bowen's Reg't Va. Mounted Riflemen.)
Side Confederate
Company G
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Alternate Name Rufus F./Hurst
Film Number M382 roll 28
22nd Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Bowen's Virginia Mounted Riflemen)
22nd Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1863. The unit served in W.L. Jackson's and McCausland's Brigade and confronted the Federals in Tennessee, western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley. During April, 1865, it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Henry S. Bowen, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Radford, and Major Henry F. Kendrick.
J.M.Hurst - aka Munroe Hurst also served in Co G.
Co G = Capt William O. Moore's Co; organized 08/01/1863