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You may procure these service records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above.

Elihah Reese, Private, (1st) Company C, 1st Regiment Virginia Partisan Rangers,* enlisted August 26, 1862 at Pocahontas County by Col. Imboden for the war, last shown present on the March & April, 1863 muster roll, no further records

Note: He must have been dropped from the rolls sometime before October 31, 1863 as this is the date for the next muster rolls which have survived.

* This company subsequently became (2nd) Company E, 62nd Regiment Virginia Mounted Infantry

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Isaac Reese/Rees, Private, (1st) Company C, 1st Regiment Virginia Partisan Rangers,* enlisted August 26, 1862 at Pocahontas County by Col. Imboden for the war, promoted 2nd Corporal, n.d., wounded July 23, 1864, admitted General Hospital, Wincheser, Va. July 23, 1864, gunshot wound, ankle, absent at the October 31, 1864 muster, paroled May 4, 1865 at Winchester, Va., description: 27 years old, light complexion, dark hair, brown eyes

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Gibson Reese, Private, (2nd) Company E, 62nd Regiment Virginia Mounted Infantry, enlisted June 3, 1863 at Frankford by Col. Smith for 3 years, on detached service recruiting horses September 6, 1864, captured at Beverly, W. Va. by the 8th Ohio Cavalry, October 29, 1864, forwarded November 2 from Clarksburg, W. Va. to the Wheeling, W. Va. (Atheneum) Military Prison en route for the Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio prison camp, subscripted to the Oath of Allegiance to the U. S. May 15, 1865, Description: age 17, Farmer, born in and resident of Taylor County, W. Va., 5' 9", dark complexion, black eyes, light hair

M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia

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62nd Regiment, Virginia Mounted Infantry

62nd Regiment Mounted Infantry completed its organization in September, 1862. The unit was composed of infantry and cavalry until December when the cavalry companies united with other companies to form the 18th Regiment Virginia Partisan Rangers, and at times the 62nd Partisan Rangers, the 62nd Infantry, and Imboden's Partisan Rangers. The command was mounted during the latter part of 1863 and served in Imboden's Brigade. It fought in western Virginia, was active in the Gettysburg Campaign, then participated in various conflicts in the Shenandoah Valley. The regiment took part in Early's operations and disbanded in April, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels John D. Imboden and George H. Smith, Lieutenant Colonels Robert L. Doyle and David B. Lang, and Majors Houston Hall and George W. Imboden.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm

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