Charles P. Bright, Private, Company A, 14th Regiment Virginia Cavalry,* enlisted October 20, 1862 at Lewisburg by Capt. Eakle for the war, recorded on the Sept. & Oct., 1864 muster roll as absent on a detail to get a horse, present on December 31, 1864, paroled at Charleston, WV June 15, 1865, Company K, description: age 20, 5' 10", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair, no whiskers
* This company was successively designated as Captain Eakle's Company Virginia Cavalry; Company A and Company K, 14th Regiment Virginia Cavalry.
M324: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
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Charles P. Bright
Residence Academy, Pocahontas County WV; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 10/20/1862 at Lewisburg, WV as a Private.
On 10/20/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Absent, on leave 11/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Absent, sick 1/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* On rolls 3/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Detailed 9/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day. On horse detail)
* On rolls 11/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Paroled 6/15/1865 Charleston, WV
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 10.0", light complexion, blue eyes, light hair
Other Information:
born 8/7/1843
died 5/22/1923 in Renick, Greenbrier County, WV
(Postwar: farmer, Renick, Greenbrier County, WV)
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James K. Bright
Residence Pocahontas County WV;
Enlisted on 5/23/1861 at Lewisburg, WV as a 3rd Corpl.
On 5/23/1861 he mustered into "A(1st)" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
He was discharged on 11/22/1861
(Company disbanded)
On 2/22/1863 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On rolls 4/30/1863 (place not stated) (On rolls through this date)
* Detailed 4/1/1864 (place not stated) (QM, Echol's Brigade 12/31/64)
* Paroled 4/25/1865 Lewisburg, WV
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 10.0", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair
Other Information:
born in 1839
died 8/11/1918 in Academy, Pocahontas County, VA
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Jesse C. Bright
Residence was not listed; 20 years old.
Enlisted on 5/23/1861 at Lewisburg, WV as a Private.
On 5/23/1861 he mustered into "A(1st)" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
He was discharged on 11/22/1861
(Company disbanded)
On 3/9/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Detailed 3/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* On rolls 5/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day. On rolls through 08/62)
* Absent, on leave 9/15/1862 (place not stated)
* On rolls 11/15/1862 (place not stated) (Estimated day. On rolls through 04/63)
* Detailed 9/15/1864 (place not stated) (Forage Master, McCausland's Brig)
* On rolls 11/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Paroled 4/25/1865 Lewisburg, WV
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 11", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair
Other Information:
born in 1841
died in Greenbrier County, WV
Buried: Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV
(Postwar: farmer, deputy surveyor and merchant in Greenbrier
County, WV. Died before 06/06.)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
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14th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
14th Cavalry Regiment was organized in September, 1862, with nine companies, some of which had previously served in Jackson's Squadron Virginia Cavalry. The tenth company was made up of surplus men of the other companies. The unit was attached to Jenkins', Echols', and McCausland's Brigade. It skirmished in western Virginia, then saw action at Droop Mountain and Lewisburg. During January, 1864, it had 29 officers and 424 men present for duty. The 14th continued the fight in Western Virginia, took part in the operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and disbanded in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James Cochran and Charles E. Thorburn, Lieutenant Colonels Robert A. Bailey and John A. Gibson, and Majors B. Frank Eakle and George Jackson.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
See also:
http://www.14thvirginiacavalry.org/regiment_history.htm
14th Virginia Cavalry, by Robert J. Driver, Jr., 1988, 206 pages, photos, maps, roster, cost $ 25.00, H. E. Howard.
The following are documents held by the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. in their unit bibliography
USAMHI
RefBranch
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14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
Bouldin, Edwin E. "Charlotte Cavalry, A Brief History of the Gallant Command...with Roll Added." Southern Hist Soc Papers 28 (1900): pp. 71 81 (6 photocopied pages). E483.7S766v28. (Co B).
_____. "The Last Charge at Appomattox: The Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry." Southern Hist Soc Papers
28 (1900): pp. 250 54 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v28.
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 4: Virginia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1987.
1295 p. E484C65.1987v4.
Contains numerous, scattered references to Virginia units.
Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref.
See p. 365 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Driver, Robert J., Jr. 14th Virginia Cavalry. Lynchburg, VA: Howard, 1988. 206 p. E581.6.14th.D74.
McChesney, James Z. "'On to Chambersburg...'" CW Times Illus (Nov 1971): pp. 10 13
(4 photocopied pages). Per.
Moffett, W. L. "The Last Charge of the 14th Virginia Cavalry at Appomattox C. H., Va., April 9, l865."
Southern Hist Soc Papers 36 (1908): pp. 13 16 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v36.
Moore, J. Scott. "Rockbridge Second Dragoons, a Short History of the Company, Its Roll." Southern
Hist Soc Papers 25 (1897): pp. 177 80 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v25. (Co H).
_____. "Unwritten History: A Southern Account of the Burning of Chambersburg..." Southern Hist Soc
Papers 26 (1898): pp. 315 32 (5 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v26.
"Roster of the Churchville Cavalry." Southern Hist Soc Papers 36 (1908): pp. 218 219 (l photocopied
page). E483.7S76v38. (Co I).
Schuricht, Hermann. "Jenkins' Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign: Extracts from the Diary of
Lieutenant Hermann Schuricht of the Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry." Southern Hist Soc Papers 24 (1896): pp. 339 51 (7 photocopied pages). E483.7.S76v24.
Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia. NY: Facts on File, 1992.
pp. 123 27 (3 photocopied pages). E581S53. (Unit organizational history).
14th Virginia Cavalry (p. 2)
"Veterans' Reunion, the Meeting of the Rockbridge Dragoons at Lexington, List of Survivors..."
Southern Hist Soc Papers 22 (1894): pp. 73 75 (2 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v22. (Co H).
Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations, 1861 1865. Lynchburg, VA: Howard,
1986. pp. 55 56 (2 photocopied pages). E581.4W35. (Brief unit history).
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Company I Roster BrakeColl
Beall, T. B. (Reminiscence) BrakeColl
Spender, H.S. HCWRTColl SteljesColl
Woolwine (Letters, l864 65) CWMiscColl