Residence Waynesboro VA; a 21 year-old Overseer.

Enlisted on 5/2/1861 at Waynesboro, VA as a 3rd Lieut.

On 5/2/1861 he was commissioned into "E" Co. VA 1st Cavalry
He Resigned on 8/11/1861
(Resigned for ill health)

He was listed as:
* Managed Tannery, Rose Hill, Waynesboro, VA (date not stated) (Until end of the war)

Promotions:
* 2nd Lieut 7/4/1861

He was described at enlistment as:
fair complexion, light eyes

Other Information:
born 2/10/1840 in Shepherdstown, VA
died 2/19/1911 in Waynesboro, VA
Buried: Riverview Cemetery

(Attended VMI and Georgetown Univ. Farmer, Augusta
Co, VA in 1870. Brother of Dewitt Gallaher.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:

- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series