Here's some information I brought up browsing around including some from their Compiled Service Record files.
I have the impression that many of these young bucks came from fairly affluent families and well educated.
George Martin
Samuel Bradford Brown, Jr
Residence Staunton VA; an 18 year-old Student.
Enlisted on 7/16/1861 at Staunton, VA as a 3rd Lieut.
On 7/16/1861 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 52nd Infantry
He Re-enlisted on 5/1/1862
He Resigned, disability on 2/23/1863
On 3/9/1863 he was commissioned into "C" Co. VA 39th Battn Cavalry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
(Elected Captain, "Lee's Body Guard")
He was listed as:
* Wounded 6/9/1862 Port Republic, VA (Wounded in foot)
* Absent, wounded 6/10/1862 (place not stated) (Until resigned for disability)
* On rolls 5/26/1863 Fredericksburg, VA (Present)
* On rolls 7/28/1863 Culpeper Court House, VA (Present)
* On rolls 8/31/1863 Orange County, VA (Present)
* On rolls 8/31/1864 (place not stated) (Present)
* On rolls 10/31/1864 (place not stated) (As present, sick)
* On rolls 12/31/1864 (place not stated) (Present)
* Commanding Battalion 4/9/1865 Appomattox Court House, VA (At surrender)
Promotions:
* Jr 2nd Lieut 5/1/1862 (As of Co. K, 52nd Inf)
* Capt 9/22/1862 (As of Co. C, 39th Cav Battn)
Other Information:
born in 1842 in Augusta County, VA
died 5/10/1903 in Fort Valley, GA
Buried: Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, GA
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
- Various Cemetery listings on the internet
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Field & Staff
John H. Richardson, Major
[H. Bland Kent, Major
George Griscum, 1st Lieutenant & Adjutant
Thomas Merriweather Marks, Assistant Surgeon
William Talbot Walke, appointed 1st Lieutenant & Adjutant April 5, 1864, paroled May 1865 at Greensboro, N. C., Druggist
Company A,
Captain Augustus P. Pifer, enrolled October 11, 1862, recorded as Commanding Battalion as of October 22, 1864, detailed[?] January 26, 1865, relieved from duty March 17, 1865,
Captain George R. Balthrope, resigned
1st Lieutenant William N. Green commanding 8/31/63-10/31/64 92-67 horses, in camp near Petersburg August 3, 1864
Enrolled as 1st Lieutenant in Captain A. P. Pifer's Company of Scouts, Guides
and Couriers, subsequently Company A, 39th Virginia Cavalry Battalion, paroled
at Appomattox April 9. 1865 with horse and equipment
2nd Lieutenant/Adjuant Joshua/Josiah L. Frank Lupton, paroled April 24, 1865 at Winchester, Virginia, age 23
Company B
Captain William F. Randolph, 2nd Corps. Headquarters, relieved from duty February 24, 1864
Thomas S. Turner, 1st Lieutenant, subsequently commanded company
Charles E. A. Mount, 2nd Lieutenant
George T. Redmond, 2nd Lieutenant, transferred out November 1, 1862
Company C
Captain Samuel Bradford Brown, Lee's Bodyguard
John Henry Lionberger, 1st Lieutenant, VMI 59-61
Robert Joseph Nichols, 1st Lieutenant
Frederick Mitchell, 2nd Lieutenant
Company D
Captain Page, Department of Henrico, Va., Brig. Gen. John H. Winder
Robert Gilliam Temple, 1st Lieutenant, died March 9, 1864 at Orange County
Court House, Virginia
John William Jackson, 2nd/1st Lieutenant
Thomas J. McKaig, Jr., 2nd/1st Lieutenant
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Two Interviews with Robert E. Lee
By W. W. Page, Reverend
Note: The following is taken from the November 1890 to April 1891 issue of the Illustrated Monthly Magazine (vol. 61; new ser. vol. 19, pp. 797Ó98). W. W. Page was in the Confederate service, serving as captain of Company D, 39th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry (ranking from 26 January 1864). His company of scouts was stationed at Camp Lee.
The last two years of the war I spent at General Lee’s headquarters as captain of a company of scouts, guides, and couriers in his body-guard, and in all that I had the privilege of seeing of him during those years the two things that impressed me most in this first interview—his high sense of honor, and his deep, though intelligent Christian sentiment—shone conspicuous.
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Augustus P. Pifer
Residence was not listed; a 22 year-old Lawyer, Educator.
Enlisted as a 1st Lieutenant (date unknown).
On 7/15/1861 he was commissioned into "A" Co. VA 10th Infantry
He was discharged for promotion on 10/11/1862
(Estimated day of transfer)
On 10/11/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. VA 39th Battn Cavalry
He was Relieved from duty on 3/17/1865
(No further record)
He was listed as:
* Detached service Gen Meem's Brigade (date not stated) (As Brigade Adjutant)
* On rolls 12/31/1862 (place not stated) (Present)
* On rolls 5/23/1863 Culpeper Court House, VA (With 83 serviceable horses)
* Absent, sick 8/31/1863 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/31/1863 (place not stated) (Present, with 3 Officers and 75 men.)
* On rolls 3/31/1864 (place not stated) (Present, with 74 serviceable horses)
* On rolls 6/21/1864 Petersburg, VA (Present, with 80 serviceable horses)
* On rolls 8/31/1864 (place not stated) (Present, with 67 serviceable horses)
* Hospitalized 9/1/1864 Richmond, VA (With debilitas)
* Absent, leave 9/17/1864 (place not stated)
* Commanding Battalion 10/22/1864 (place not stated)
* On rolls 12/31/1864 (place not stated) (Present)
* Detailed 1/26/1865 (place not stated)
Promotions:
* Capt 10/11/1862 (Elected as of Co A, 39th Battn Cav)
He also had service in:
Field & Staff VA 3rd Infantry (Adjutant, but not on muster rolls)
Other Information:
born 8/3/1840 in Frederick County, VA
died 5/19/1907 in Newberry, SC
(Educated Roanoke College 1859. Married Lucy A. Fair
in 1870. Lawyer, Newberry, VA postwar)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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The Richmond Daily Dispatch: January 12, 1864.
Tribute of Respect.
Camp S. G. & C.,
Hdq'rs A. N. Va., Jan.6, 1864.
At a meeting of Capt. Piter's company of scouts, guides, and couriers, Lieut. Wm. N. Green was called to the chair and Corporal J. B. Lehew appointed Secretary. A committee was appointed to prepare a preamble and resolutions expressive of the sorrow and regret felt by the command at the untimely death of our lamented comrade, Corporal John W. Laws, who died, on the 5th inst., of typhoid fever, in hospital at Staunton, Va. The committee reported the following, which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to take from among us our esteemed friend and companion, Corporal John W. Laws, of Fauquier county, Va;
Resolved, That while we bow submissively to the will of Him who does no wrong, we nevertheless deeply feel the loss of one who, by his strict integrity, modest and genial manners, and undisguised conduct, had endeared himself to us all.
Resolved, That we fully sympathize with his bereaved family, although they have great consolation in the unassuming yet certain christianity of their deceased friend.
Resolved, That a copy of these proceedings be furnished the family of the deceased; that one copy also be filed with the company records, and that they receive one insertion in each of the following papers — the Richmond Christian Advocate, Richmond Daily Sentinel and Dispatch.
Committee — Capt A P Pifer, Serg Wm V Green, Lieut Geo R Balthrope.
[Augustus P. Pifer, Company A]
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John W. Laws enlisted as a 2nd Corporal in Captain A. P. Pifer's Company, Richardson's Battalion of Scouts, Guides and Couriers October 11, 1862 at Winchester, Virginia, died January 3/5, 1864 of Febris Typhoides at General Hospital, Staunton, Virginia,
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The Richmond Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1862.
Military Notices.
Special service.
Scouts, Guides, and Couriers.
I am authorized by the Secretary of War to raise six companies of Cavalry, for special service, as Scouts, Guides, and Couriers, to serve under Gen. Lee.
It is important to get this force into the field as speedily as possible, and I have opened muster rolls for the purpose of enlisting one or more companies in the city of Richmond and the counties adjacent.
All persons who are desirous of joining a select corps are solicited to come forward and enroll themselves at once, as it is quite probable that Congress may extend the Conscript law so as to embrace all persons to the age of 45.
This organization will afford an opportunity of volunteering in a select corps, instead of being liable to the Conscription law, without the choice of selecting the arm of service they prefer.
I will be found daily at the office of the Adjutant General of the State of Virginia, in the State Court-House, and will be pleased to give any information, or to enroll men.
J. H. Richardson.
[Major, 39th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry]