Charles H. Brooks
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 6/12/1861 as a Private.
On 6/12/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VA 55th Infantry
He was Retired on 8/11/1864
He was listed as:
* Detailed 11/10/1861 (place not stated) (Extra duty w/regtl QM Dept)
* Returned 11/20/1861 (place not stated)
* Detailed 1/1/1862 (place not stated)
* Returned 1/31/1862 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 5/25/1862 (place not stated) (With pneumonia and debility)
* Returned 7/4/1862 (place not stated)
* Wounded 5/2/1863 Chancellorsville, VA (Never able to return to duty)
Promotions:
* Corpl 10/1/1862

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J R. Brooks
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 10/3/1864 as a Private.
On 10/3/1864 he mustered into "M" Co. VA 55th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
* On rolls 12/31/1864 (place not stated) (No further record)
Buried: Brooks family cem., Spotsylvania Co, VA

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John J. Giles
Residence Massies Mill VA; 23 years old.
Enlisted on 9/3/1861 at Massies Mill, VA as a Private.
On 9/3/1861 he mustered into "Lamkin's" Co. VA Amherst-Nelson Light Artillery
(date and method of discharge not given)
* Hospitalized General Hospl, Charlottesville, VA (date not stated)
* Detailed 6/6/1863 Combahee Ferry, SC
* Returned 2/29/1864 (place not stated) (Returned from hospital)
born in Nelson County, VA
(Postwar: Woodcutter, Buena Vista in 1902, age 64. Resident
of Buena Vista for 12 years.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series