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NPS-CWS&SS shows two "William Sutphin" soldiers from Virginia:

William Sutphin
Regiment Name 24th Virginia Infantry
Side Confederate
Company A - Floyd Riflemen, Floyd County; organized 4/28/1860, riflemen; enlisted 5/14/1861, for 1 year; mustered into service 5/16/1861; reorganized 5/10/1862 - Captains: Calohill M. Stigleman, Jno. W. Shelton, John William Headen
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 54

24th Regiment, Virginia Infantry
24th Infantry Regiment was assembled in June, 1861, with men from Floyd, Franklin, Carroll, Giles, Pulaski, Mercer, and Henry Counties. It served under Early at First Manassas, then was assigned to Early's, Kemper's, and W.R. Terry's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 24th participated in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached to Suffolk with Longstreet. Later it was involved in the engagements at Plymouth and Drewry's Bluff, the Petersburg siege north of the James River, and the Appomattox operations. The regiment contained 740 men in April, 1862, and reported 189 casualties at Williamsburg and 107 at Seven Pines. It lost 4 killed, 61 wounded, and 14 missing at Frayser's Farm, had 8 wounded at Fredericksburg, and had about forty percent of the 395 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. Many were lost at Sayler's Creek with no officers and 22 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Jubal A. Early and William A. Terry; Lieutenant Colonels Peter Hairston, Jr. and Richard L. Maury; and Majors William W. Bentley, Joseph A. Hambrick, and J.P. Hammet.

Also in this unit were:

Sutphin, Floyd Co C Private Private

Sutphin, John W. Co A Private Private

Sutphin, Leyburn G. Co C Private Private

Co C - Carroll Boys, Carroll County; organized 4/28/1861; mustered in at Lynchburg 5/24/1861; reorganized 5/10/1862
Captains: William R. Jennings, Abner W. C. Nowlin, Martin V.B. Shockley, William Hamilton Southerland, Branson Elliott Coltrane

William Sutphin
Regiment Name 1st Cav. Virginia State Line
Side Confederate
Company B
Soldier's Rank_In Private
Soldier's Rank_Out Private
Film Number M382 roll 54

The 1st Virginia State Line was organized with ten companies in the latter part of 1862. Most of its men came from Logan County, Virginia. Several members of this regiment were former members of the 36th Virginia Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Beckley and two captains of the 1st Virginia State Line had previously served in the 36th Virginia Infantry, as had Major James A. Nighbert. According to the Ainsworth papers, this regiment consisted of infantry and cavalry companies. It was commanded for a short period by David Stuart Hounshell, according to the recollections of Noah B. Sutherland of the 2nd Virginia State Line. The 1st regiment was stationed at Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia, in January 1863. At that time the cavalry companies had 373 men and the infantry compa- nies had 365 men.

Officers of the 1st Virginia State Line were:
Richard Carlton Walker Radford, Colonel
Henry M. Beckley, Lieutenant Colonel
James A. Nighbert, Major
Blake Lynch Woodson, Captain and Acting Major
Louis Lechnert, AQM
John H. Etter, Adjutant.
Micajah Woods, Aide-de-Camp for the 1st Brigade
M. B. Langhorne, Adjutant for the 1st Brigade
G. M. Kent, 1st Lieutenant and Drill Instructor.

Company A - A cavalry company - Captain Green W. Taylor's Company. Part of this company enlisted on September 13, 1862, at Logan Court House. Its officers were commissioned on August 16, 1862. Several others enlisted on December 31, 1862, in Smyth County. Men of this command were from Wayne and Logan counties and several had served in Company D, 36th Virginia Infantry. Many of this unit later served in the 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry and a few enlisted in or returned to the 36th Virginia Infantry. Officers for this company were: Captain Green W. Taylor, 1st Lieutenant T. R. Waller, and 2nd Lieutenant Ransom Lovins.

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