Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 4/18/1863 at Lee, VA as a Private.
On 4/18/1863 he mustered into "I" Co. VA 25th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On leave 8/25/1864 (place not stated)
* AWOL 9/1/1864 (place not stated)
* Detained 12/15/1864 (place not stated)
* POW 3/8/1865 (place not stated)
* 4/10/1865 (place not stated) (Sent north)
He also had service in:
VA 21st Infantry (Prior service)
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 10.0", blue eyes, light hair
Other Information:
born in Lee, VA
(Filed claim for horse 1905)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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John Markham, Private, Company I (Lee Rangers), 27th Battalion Virginia Mounted Riflemen,* enlisted April 18, 1863 in Lee County, Va. by Capt. E. S. Bishop for 3 years, value of horse $300, recorded on the Sept/Oct, 1864 muster as absent without leave since Sept. 1, 1864, detailed to get a horse, detained in Lee Co. Va. by order, captured in Lee County March 27,1865, sent to Chattanooga, Tenn. May 3, notation on card "Guerilla," subscribed to oath of allegiance to the United States April 10, Deserted at Lee, Va. March 8, 1865, sent North, description: resident of Lee County, Va., fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, 5' 10", signed oath of allegiance again April 15 at Louisville, Ky., remarks "Volunteer," discharged April 28, 1865 on taking the oath and paroled at Cumberland Gap, Ky. April 29, to remain North of the Ohio, River during the war, listed under Deserters from the Rebel Army,

* This company subsequently became Company I, 25th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, July 8, 1864

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