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VIRGINIA/WEST VIRGINIA BOYS
Gilbert DeVer I father of William DeVer father of Hugh E. DeVer father of William E. DeVer father of Allen DeVer, Sr. father of |
Gilbert DeVer I father of William DeVer father of Hugh E. DeVer father of Hugh E. DeVer, Jr. father of Hugh E. DeVer, III father of |
**Hiram was one
of the only 34 remaining members of the 7th left to surrender by
war's end. The rest had either been discharged for illnesses/wounds,
captured or killed.
Allen DeVer, Jr.****
****Allen DeVer, Jr. is my great-great-great grandfather. His grandson was DeWitt Clinton DeVier, my great-grandfather. I own a 1852 Whitney cap and ball 36 caliber Navy Revolver that supposedly belonged to Allen. The gun was made in Massachusetts, standard issue for a cavalry soldier, but not CSA issue - odds are he took it off an expired Yankee soldier.
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![]() 1st Virginia Cavalry, CSA Company I - Harrisonburg Cavalry ~Wickham's Brigade under Fitz Lee ~Colonel W.E. "Grumble" Jones ~enlisted 5/22/1861 for one year at Harrisonburg, VA ~Born August 16, 1838 at the DeVer Plantation, Spring Creek, VA ~Elected 2nd Lieutenant on April 23, 1862 ~Broke left hand – May 25,1864 – out on surgeons certificate (fracture of the 1st metacarpal left hand) ~Furloughed - May 28, 1864 for 60 days ~On rolls for issue clothing in December 1864 ~with unit when they disbanded at Lynchburg April 11, 1865
Their father Hugh
DeVer, III died in 1863 when the Union Army burned the family home,
built in 1830.
More than 8000 Union troops were encamped on the farm property
in 1863, and they burned it along with several hundred acres of farm
land when they left. The home was re-built in 1868 and still sits on
the corner of State Routes 613 and 727 just south of Bridgewater in
Augusta County. The exact circumstances of Hugh's death are unknown
- whether he was killed defending his home or simply died of natural
causes remains a mystery.
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Gilbert DeVer I |
Gilbert DeVer I |
![]() 31st VA Infantry, CSA ~Company E - conscript at Camp Lee ~Highland County Highlanders ~enrolled January 24, 1864 near Monterey, VA by Lt. Carpenter ~born 1845 in McDowell, Highland County VA (now WVA) ~Captured March 25, 1865 at Petersburg ~sent to Point Lookout March 28, 1865 ~Paroled June 11, 1865 ~Description given at parole on the Oath of Allegiance: Place of residence - Highland Co. VA, light complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall
**Reuben was one of 57 out of the 850 original men still in the ranks at Lee's surrender. Only 22 still had weapons.
Prisoners taking the Oath of
Allegiance at Point Lookout |
![]() 162nd Virginia Militia, CSA ~Company C - Captain James M. Terry's Co. ~enlisted August 1, 1861 ~Transfer to 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA ~Company F (2nd) ~enlisted March 30, 1862 ~born 2/13/1837 in Bath County, VA ~AWOL 8/16/1862 NFR
Martin, Jasper, Hugh and Samuel's father
John is actually buried in the Houlihan Family Cemetery, Monterey, Highland County VA - the tombstone inscription reads "Company B, 31st Infantry, VA - CSA" - his death date is given as 1861 which of course explain why he was listed as AWOL in 1862. |
Gilbert DeVer I father of Gilbert DeVer II father of Gilbert DeVer III father of James DeVer father of Robert DeVer father of James DeVer father of |
Gilbert DeVer I father of Gilbert DeVer II father of Gilbert DeVer III father of James DeVer father of Robert DeVer father of Thomas DeVer father of |
![]() 6th West Virginia Cavalry, USA (formerly 3rd WVA Infantry) ~Company A ~enlisted 6/22/1861 at age 21 ~re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer in Washington D.C. - 1/22/1864 ~transferred to Company A by consolidation ~born 1840 in Virginia
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![]() 9th Virginia Reserves, CSA ~Company A - Hansborough's Batallion ~Attached to the the 25th Infantry under Jackson ~Letcher Guards ~enlisted May 13, 1861 at Fetterman, VA ~born April 29, 1841 - in Wickwire, Taylor County, VA (now WVA) ~captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 (with Pickett's Brigade under Armistead) ~Sent to Fort Delaware - July 12, 1863 ~Paroled at Point Lookout, MD February 18, 1865 ~Admitted to Wayside Hospital (No. 9) in Richmond 2/27/65 ~Arrested April 2, 1965 ~Confined in Atheneum Prison, Wheeling, WVA ~Oath administered at Clarksburg, WVA ~released on the word of his cousins Warner & William DeVer
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John DeVer (brother
of Gilbert DeVer I) |
Gilbert DeVer I father of Gilbert DeVer II father of Gilbert DeVer III father of Gilbert DeVer IV father of Gilbert DeVer V father of Orlando DeVer father of |
![]() 25th Virginia Infantry, CSA (Heck's Regiment) ~Company D (2nd) & Company H ~Augusta-Lee Rifles & Hardy Blues ~enlisted October 25, 1864 at Lexington, VA ~born December 20, 1825 in Charles Town, VA (now WVA)~Surrendered April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House Theodore was only one of 14 men left in this regiment to surrender at the end of the war.
Hat plate worn by a member of the 17th Virginia Infantry |
![]() 17th Virginia Infantry, CSA ~Company H - Major Arthur Herbert ~Old Dominion Rifles ~enlisted April 16, 1861 at Alexandria, VA for one year ~born 1829 in Fairfax County, Virginia ~mustered into service May 28, 1861 at Manassas, VA ~Wounded. at Manassas, August 1861 ~August 1863 - on furlough ~Prom. to Sgt. Acting Orderly Sgt. to Co. G pro tem, June 30, 1864 ~Color bearer at Five Forks - April 1, 1865 ~Captured April 16, 1865 ~Sent to Old Capital Prison April 19, 1865 ~Paroled at Alexandria, April 27,1865 ~Sent to Colonel Wells April 29, 1865 ~Took Amnesty Oath, May 29, 1865 ~Description given on amnesty papers: Dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes, 6 feet 1 inch tall. Of 745 men fit for duty in 1861 Ira was one of only 49 remaining in 1865.
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1 -
National Archives – Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who
served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
2 - Men of Mark of Rockingham
County
3 -
The 7th VA Cavalry by Richard Armstrong
4 -
Rockingham County Census
1850-1860-1870
5 -The
knowledge of my father Christopher D. DeVier and his two elder brothers, Clinton
M. DeVier and Charles W. DeVier, Jr.
6 - Col. D.H. Lee
Martz Muster Roles
7 - 1912 History of Rockingham County by John Wayland
8 -
LIfe Under Four Flags by C.E.May
9 - The DeVer and Related Families
10 - Virginia
Regimental Histories Series (17th VA Inf.,18th
VA Cav., 23rd VA Cav., 7th VA Cav., 31st VA Inf.)
11 - Houlihan Family Cemetery
Records, Monterey, Highland Co. VA
12 - Woodbine Cemetery Records, Harrisonburg,
Rockingham Co., VA
13 - Greenhill Methodist Cemetery Records, Mill Gap,
Highland County, VA
14 - West Virginia State Archives - 6th WVA Cavalry Muster
Rolls