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8th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Dickinson, Jack L. 8th Virginia Cavalry. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1986. 119 p. E58l.6.8th.D52.
Lambert, Dobbie E. Grumble: The W.E. Jones Brigade of 1863-1864. Wahiawa, HI: PrintPrep of HI,
1992. 183 p. E581.4J66L35.
Sheffey, John P. Soldier of Southwestern Virginia: The Civil War Letters of Captain…Sheffey. [Ed by
James I. Robertson, Jr.] Baton Rouge: LSU, 2004. 239 p. E605S49.
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John P. Sheffey, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. J. H. Thompson's Cavalry, Company,* [name appears on a Company Muster Roll of the organization named above, attached to the 50th Regt Va. Vols.] enlisted May 27, 1861 at Marion, Virginia by Capt. Thompson for the war, appointed/elected Captain May 14, 1862, captured at Moorefield, Virginia August 7, 1864, 27 year old Attorney, forwarded to Camp Chase, Ohio prison camp, August 11, transferred to Point Lookout, Md. for exchange February 17, 1865, no further records
This company subsequently became Company A, 8th Virginia Cavalry
M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
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John Preston Sheffey
Residence Marion, Smyth County WV; a 23 year-old Lawyer.
Enlisted on 5/27/1861 at Marion, Smyth County, VA as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 5/27/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. VA 8th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On rolls 1/31/1862 Mercer County, WV
* On rolls 7/31/1862 Cross Roads, VA
* Hospitalized 12/26/1863 Richmond, VA
* POW 8/7/1864 Moorefield, Hardy County, WV
* Confined 8/11/1864 Camp Chase, OH
* Confined 2/17/1865 Point Lookout, MD
Promotions:
* Capt 5/14/1862
Other Information:
born 12/12/1837 in Smyth County, WV
died in 1905
Buried: Round Hill Cemetery, Smyth County, VA
(Son of James W. Sheffey and Ellen F Preston. Attended
Univ of VA. Brother-in-Law of Col William E. Peters,
45th Inf.)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series