What was your great grandfather's name?
According to John Chapla's book on the 50th Virginia Infantry, there was a private John R. Handy who served with Co. K of the 50th Va. The roster in the back of Chapla's book says that he was born in Patrick county, was shown as 17 years old in 1860 and enlisted with the Company at Rocky Gap, Bland Co. in 1862.