2nd Co. E, 41st Reg't., Virginia Infantry
Mahone's Brigade
Recommended 1st Person Impressions: March to October 1864
Capt. James Smith, Jr.
Enlisted: 8/8/61
Born: 12/25/39, Petersburg, Va.
Family: Parents from Ayrshire, Scotland - Brothers: John Charles in 41st. Va. Hugh Richie & Wm. Crawford in 12th Va.
Marital Status: Married - Hanna Stewart
Home: Corner of Pine & Lawrence Petersburg, Va.
Religion: Methodist
Education: Very Well
Financial Info: Wealthy - Family in the retail food business, land rentals, soap and candle manufacturer
Service Rec.: Elec. 1st Sgt. Summer '61 - 2nd Lt. 7/1/62 - Acting Adj. of Reg't. '62 - W.I.A. Malvern Hill, in Hosp. 7/62 to 12/62 - 1st Lt. 7/22/62 - on furlough 1/63 to 2/63 - Co. Commander 10/63 - Capt. 11/28/63 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Retail Merchant in Petersburg on W. Washington St. across from the Jarratt's Hotel. Moved to Columbus, GA @ 1880. Foreman & Master Car Builder on Central of Georgia R.R. 20-year member Columbus City Board of Tax Assessors & vice-president School Board. Died of a Stroke 5/3/1919. Buried Linwood Cem. Columbus, Ga.
2nd Lt. Winfield Scott Gee
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 1842, Petersburg Va.
Home: Boarded at house on Bollingbrook St. between 4th & 5th streets.
Religion: Lutheran
Financial: Clerk for Sturdivant, Hunt, Gee & Co., commission merchants and wholesale grocers on 14 Old St.
Service Rec.: Cpl. Summer '61 - Sgt. 2/62 - 2nd Lt. 9/29/62 - Commanded Co. E. 9/62; 1/63 to 2/63; 2/64 to 7/64 - absent sick 12/62 - on leave 2/63 - Killed in Action Battle of the Crater 7/30/64 - Buried Blanford Cem.
2nd Lt. John Bell Vincent
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 1829, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Episcopal/ converted to Catholic
Financial Info: Wealthy - Trustee for widowed mothers estate.
Service Rec.: Sgt. Summer '61 - 1st. Sgt. 6/19/62 - 2nd Lt. 7/8/62 - Confederate Role of Honor for Malvern Hill - Provost Duty for Anderson's Div. 3/64 through Summer '64 - At CH # 3 5/30/64 to 6/30/64, dysentery - Commanded Co. E 10/64 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Member A.P. Hill U.C.V. - Died of a Heart Attack 6/10/99.
Comm. Sgt. Richard Smiley
Enlisted: 11/20/61
Born: 1833, Wilmington, Del.
Marital Status: Married and Children
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - Shipping Clerk/Dispatcher, Norfolk & Southern R.R.
Service Rec.: W.I.A Cold Harbor 6/3/64 left thigh and left hand; forefinger amputated at CH #3 6/10/64 - granted 40 days of sick leave 6/25/64 - Detailed, light duty for all Richmond hospitals 1/19/65 - Escaped when Richmond fell - Paroled Lynchburg, 4/15/65.
1st Sgt. John W. Purkins (Perkins)
Enlisted: 8/16/61
Born: 1845, Petersburg Va.
Family: Mother (Widowed)
Religion: Episcopal
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - bricklayers apprentice
Service Rec.: Cpl. Spring '62 - Sgt. 8/30/62, Battlefield promotion at Second Manassas - At C.S.A. General Hospital, Culpepper; given 30 days sick leave, 10/29/62 - At CH #1, 6/18/63 to 7/1/63, acute dysentery - 1st Sgt. 6/14/64 - On detached duty 6/64 and 7/64 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Moved to Maryland.
Update: Charlie Purkins (John's GGGSon) Reports the following information: John W. was born in Essex County, Va. He was at Appomattox and was one of the 12 who surrendered. John died in Baltimore in 1891. Evidently he was working with some wood and it splintered and hit him in the heart and killed him. He was at Appomattox and was one of the 12 who surrendered with the company.
Sgt. Thomas W. Clements
Enlisted: 8/16/64
Born: 1844, Petersburg Va.
Family: Son of Grocer
Marital Status: Single
Home: Lived above the Grocery on South Sycamore St. near Washington St.
Religion: Catholic
Education: Well
Financial Info: Middle Class
Service Rec.: Cpl. 7/19/62 - Sgt. 10/30/62 - In Hospital, first at Richmond then at CS Gen. Hosp., Scottsville 11/62 to 2-63 - At CH No. 3, 8/63 due to intermittent fever - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Sgt. Issac S. Porter
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 1841, Petersburg Va.
Family: Brother Clarence Sgt. Major Killed Battle of the Crater 7/30/64, buried Blanford Cem.
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - Son of a Steamship Co. agent.
Service Rec.: Cpl. 11/62 - Sgt. 4/64 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Cpl. George E. Belcher
Enlisted: 9/18/61
Born: 1836, Mathews Co., Va.
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Shrimpboatman
Service Rec.: Color Sgt. 11/62 (not a rank but an appointment) - Cpl. 4/63 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Died 8/26/1909
Cpl. William S. Eanes
Enlisted: 3/12/62
Born: 1844, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Episcopal
Financial Info: Middle Class - Cabinetmaker's Apprentice
Service Rec.: At CH No. 3, 7/62 - W.I.A. & P.O.W. Chancellorville - at Old Capitol Prison, Washington D.C. - Exchanged under Parole late 5/63 - W.I.A. Gettysburg 7/2/63 - 7/63 at CS Gen. Hosp., Charlottesville; 7/63 to 11/63 at CS Gen. Hosp., Lynchburg; 11/63 to 12/63 at CH No. 1 continuing fever, given 35 days sick leave 12/16/63. - Cpl. 4/64 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Lived in Sutherland, Dinwiddle Co. Va.; had rupture and rheumatism.
Hosp. Steward Thomas. J. Minetree
Enlisted: 3/1/62
Born: 1840, Petersburg Va.
Family: Brother in Reg't
Marital Status: Married, no Children
Home: Liberty St.
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Very Upper Class, Wealthy - father contractor, brother chief purchasing agent for Southern Railway Corp., Thomas worked for his brother.
Service Rec.: 5/1/62 Appointed. Hospital Steward - Though a Hospital Steward he was reported to have fought in a dozen or more battles. - slight wound at Wilderness, not hospitalized - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Musician Samuel Moorman Gregory
Enlisted: 3/12/62
Born: 1833, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Married, 2 Children
Home: Harrison St. north of 3rd. Ave.
Religion: Episcopal
Financial Info: middle class - clerk
Service Rec.: 4/63, status changed from musician to Pvt. - 10/64, on duty with slight wound - 10/28/64, medical discharge due to wound possibly Burgess' Mill 10/27/64.
Pvt. George W. Andrews
Enlisted: 3/1/61
Born: 1843, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single
Home: Commerce St. between Dunlop & West
Religion: Presbyterian
Financial Info: middle class - son of a flour mill foreman
Service Rec.: Mortally Wounded in Action at Battle of the Wilderness, 5/6/64.
Pvt. Julies Buckner
Pvt. John A.C. Belches
Enlisted: 3/1/62, from State Militia
Born: 1837, Loundoun Co., Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: lower middle class - painter
Service Rec.: Absent Sick; 5/62, 10/62, 11/62 to 12/62 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Pvt. Joseph J. Benn
Enlisted: 3/1/62, from State Militia
Born: 1839, Richmond, Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Jewish
Financial Info: Solid middle class - Notions & Dry goods whole sale merchant.
Service Rec.: At Institute Hosp., Richmond, 10/62 - at Hosp., Gaston, N.C., 10/62 to12/ 62, Chronic diarrhea. - 10/27/64 P.O.W. Burgess' Mill - at Point Lookout Prison, 10/31/64 to 1/65 - exchanged at Aiken's Landing, 1/17/65 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Pvt. William T. Bradford
Enlisted: 9/1/61
Born: 1834, Norfolk Va.
Marital Status: Married, wife deserted him in1862
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Middle class, oiler Norfolk and Southern
Service Rec.: W.I.A. & P.O.W. Seven Pines, 6/1/62, Bullet struck in side of head, at US Chesapeake Hosp., Fort Monroe 6/62 - Exchanged 11/62 - Absent Sick 11-62 to early 1864; on duty 4/64 - Killed (mortally wounded??) either 5/6 or 5/7/64 Battle of the Wilderness.
Pvt. Patrick H. Brockwell
Conscripted: 3/1/62, from State Militia
Born: 1834, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Marital Status: Married; 3 children
Religion: Catholic
Financial Info: Middle Class - Land Manager, Mt. Ivy Plantation (Rose Hill)
Service Rec.: W.I.A. Spotsylvania, 5/12/64, minie ball in upper third of right leg. at Jackson Hosp., Richmond, 5/12/64 to 11/64 - P.O.W. 4/3/65 took U.S. oath & paroled by U.S. Marshal.
Musician Samuel Clements Zach Cockroft
Pvt. Benjamin L. Davis Jim Schumann
Enlisted: 3/1/62, from State Militia
Born: 1832, Williamsburg
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Non-denominational
Financial Info: Middle Class - Artist
Service Rec.: Served continuously throughout the war - Surrendered at Appomattox.
John Potts Davis, Jr Ken Soch
Pvt. Henry J. Dugger
Conscripted: 3/1/62, from State Militia
Born: 1832, Prince George County
Marital Status: Married, child
Religion: Presbyterian
Financial Info: Lower Class - Blacksmith; Farmer's son
Service Rec.: Mortally Wounded in Action Spotsylvania, 5/12/64.
Abraham Fleming
Peter Gibbs Kent Cockroft
Pvt. Edward A. Gray Terrence Lemke
Enlisted: 3/12/62
Born: 1822, Chesterfield County
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Baptist
Education: Poor - Illiterate
Service Rec.: W.I.A. Battle of Seven Pines, 6/1/62, shoulder bone shattered; in Hosp. 6/62 to 12/62, CH #1 9/10/63 to ? - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Bedridden in 1896; bone pieces still working themselves out; still alive in 1898 and living in Petersburg.
Pvt. Alexander Hair
Conscripted: 3/12/62, from State Militia
Born: 1828, Manchester England
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Middle Class - Mechanic, Norfolk Naval Yards and Durham & Southern R.R.
Service Rec.: Furlough, 1/63 to 2/63 - Surrendered at Appomattox
Pvt. Peter Gill
Enlisted: 3/12/62
Born: 1844, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single; Best Girl "Beth Anne"
Home: Fleet St. Between Old St. & Appomattox River
Religion: Presbyterian
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Clerk for John Leary, small grocer
Service Rec.: Killed in Action Battle of the Crater, 7/30/64.
Pvt. George Washington Hall
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 11/25/30, Petersburg Va.
Martial Status: widower - one daughter, Martha.
Home: On Plum St. between Cross and Canal Sts.
Religion: Episcopal
Financial Info: Middle Class - Father a Hatter, clerk for father
Service Rec.: Cpl., Summer '61 - reduced to Pvt., Summer '62 - mail carrier for Mahone's Brigade 12/62 to 4/63 & again 4/64 to 8/64 - Surrendered at Appomattox
Post War: Died 5/3/91, Buried Blandford Cem.
Pvt. James M. Hudgins
Enlisted: 3/1/62
Born: 1843, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
Physical: 5' 9", Brown eyes, Black Hair
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Cabinetmakers apprentice
Service Rec.: At CSH, 9/3/62 to 9/27/62 - W.I.A. the Battle of the Crater, 7/30/64; little finger; in CH #4, 8/64 - In Gen. Hosp. in Petersburg, 1/27/65 to 2/4/65 - P.O.W. Petersburg lines, 4/3/65 - at Hart's Island Prison, N.Y., Refused to take the Oath of Allegiance, 4/65 to 6/6/65.
Pvt. Thomas S. Jones
Enlisted: 10/17/64
Born: 1838, Dinwiddie Co.
Marital Status: Married - Child
Home: Farm in Dinwiddie Co.
Religion: Baptist
Physical: 5' 10", Blue Eyes, Black Hair
Financial Info: Lower Class - Farmer
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Burgess' Mill 10/27/64, at Pt. Lookout Prison, 10/28/64 to 3/65 - Exchanged Aiken's Landing, 3/28/65 - P.O.W. Fall of Richmond, 4/3/65 - At Pt. Lookout Prison, refused to take the Oath 4/64 to 6/14/64.
Pvt. Benjamin E. Lee
Enlisted: 10/19/64
Born: 1843, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Non-denominational
Education: College Student, William and Mary to 1862
Financial Info: Upper Middle Class (solid)
Service Rec.: Present through to Appomattox - Surrendered At Appomattox.
Pvt. Benjamin Marks (Probably shortened from Markovitz) Dennis Rost
Conscripted: 3/12/62, from State Militia
Born: 1829, Baltimore, Md.
Marital Status: Married, Children
Religion: Jewish
Physical: 5' 7", gray eyes, black hair
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - Feed Merchant, Prince George Co.
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Burgess' Mill, 10/27/64 - at Pt. Lookout Prison, 10/31/64 to 3/65 - Exchanged Aiken's Landing, 3/28/65 - P.O.W. Petersburg Lines, 4/30/65 - At Hart's Island, N.Y., refused Oath; 4/65 to 6/21/65
Pvt. Benjamin F. Moody
Enlisted: 6/1/61
Born: 1841, Petersburg Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Printers apprentice
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Appomattox Campaign - Paroled by IX Corps, 4/14/65
Pvt. John R. Ozmar
Enlisted: 10/19/64
Born: 1841
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
Education: Poor - Illiterate
Financial Info: Lower Class - Laborer
Service Rec.: Present through to Appomattox - Surrendered At Appomattox.
Pvt. William C. Munt Marc Reed
Conscripted: 3/12/62, from State Militia
Born: 1820, Prince George Co.
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Non-denominational
Financial Info: Middle Class - Cook at Spottswood House, Richmond Va. - Chef at Jarratt's Hotel, Petersburg - Head Chief at Bollingbrooke House Petersburg, Va.
Service Rec.: Elected Co. cook, 12/62 - P.O.W. Burgess' Mill, 10/27/64 - at Pt. Lookout Prison, 10/31/64 to 3/65 - Exchanged Aiken's Landing, 3/28/65 - P.O.W. Petersburg Lines, 4/3/65 - At Hart's Island, N.Y., refused Oath; 4/65 to 6/6/65.
Pvt. William A. Page
Enlisted: 8/15/61
Born: 1844, Petersburg
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Baptist
Financial Info: Middle Class - Student
Service Rec.: Cpl., 7/28/62 - W.I.A. Sharpsburg, 9/17/62 - in Hosp., 9/62 to 4/63 - On special duty, 5/21/63 to 8/63 - automatically reduced to Pvt. - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Pvt. Mathias G. Peterson
Enlisted: 8-6-61
Born: 1841, Petersburg
Family: Mother Widowed
Marital Status: Single
Home: 19 Old St. Petersburg
Religion: Lutheran
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - Bookkeeper for baking co.
Service Rec.: 1st Sgt., 7/8/62 - W.I.A. Sharpsburg, 9/17/62 - at Gen. Hosp., Petersburg, 9/29/62 to 11/14/62 - at Poplar Lawn Hosp., 11/14/62 to 1/63 - On special detail, 2/63 to Summer, '63, enrolling conscripts for 4th Congressional district - Automatically reduced to Pvt. upon return - P.O.W. retreat to Appomattox - Paroled at Farmville, 4/65.
Pvt. John R. Roffe
Enlisted: 10/14/64
Born: 1840, Petersburg, Va.
Marital Status: Married, two children (one died 1863)
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Farmer in Dinwiddie Co.
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Hatcher's Run, 2/6/65 - Exchanged under parole & at Camp R.E. Lee, Richmond 2/21/65 - taken P.O.W. Camp Lee while on guard duty; could have been executed by Feds for violating parole by firing at Yankees - At. Pt. Lookout Prison, 4/65 to 6/17/65
Pvt. Augustus M. Rowlett Jon Van Beckum
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 1844
Marital Status: Single
Home: Harrison St. between Liberty and Broadway
Religion: Presbyterian
Education: In school in 1860
Financial Info: Wealthy - Son of Thomas Rowlett of Rowlett & Turnball, Tobacco Inspectors.
Service Rec.: At CH #5, 10/63, acute dysentery - in Gen. Hosp., Petersburg, 11/63 to 2/22/64 - At CSA Hosp., Danville, 10/2/64 to 10/21/64 - P.O.W. Burgess' Mill, 10/27/64 - at Pt. Lookout Prison, 10/31/64 to 6/8/65; "Rebellious and belligerent prisoner; no parole!"
Pvt. John Charles Smith Mike Russell
Enlisted: 8/24/64 (against father's wishes)
Born: 5/9/43, Petersburg Va.
Family: Brother James is Company Captain.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
Financial Info: Wealthy - Clerk for fathers businesses
Service Rec.: Father had purchased John's exemption early in the war - served through Appomattox - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Ran family's 1,000 acre farm in Dinwiddie Co. - Died 4/25/1909; buried Smith's Grove Meth. Cemetery.
Pvt. Robert Sheffield
Eone Smiley
Pvt. Hiram Stringer
Enlisted: 8/6/61
Born: 1833, Danville Va.
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Baptist
Financial Info: Lower Middle Class - Textile weaver, Petersburg
Service Rec.: W.I.A. Sharpsburg, 9/17/62, shoulder - At CSA Hosp., 9/62 to 12/62 - CSA Gen. Hosp., Danville, 12/62 to 3/11/63 - at CH #2, 9/28/63 to 10/6/63; chronic diarrhea, given 45 days sick leave - Killed in Action, Weldon R.R.
Jamie Sullivan
Pvt. William T. Thrift
Enlisted: 10/17/61
Born: 1840, Petersburg
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of Christ
Financial Info: Profession Unknown
Service Rec.: Probably P.O.W. Appomattox Campaign
Pvt. George W.B. Temple
Enlisted: 9/15/61
Born: 1829, Williamsburg
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Presbyterian
Physical: 5' 6", blue eyes, sandy hair
Financial Info: Solid Middle Class - School Teacher
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Seven Pines, 6/1/62 - at Fort Delaware Prison, 6/62 to 8/62 - Exchanged at Aiken's Landing, 8/5/62 - P.O.W. Sharpsburg, 9/17/62 - exchanged under parole, 9/27/62 - back with Reg't., by 1/63 - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Post War: Worked for some time for the Norfolk and Western R.R.
Lemuel Tucker
Pvt. Francis Voland
Substituted: 4/22/63, for Jos. Venable
Born: 1840, Suffolk
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Catholic
Financial Info: Poor - Interestingly, Francis was an apprentice tugboat pilot on the Teaser, later the CSS Teaser, gunboat. Apprentices were needed for tugboats, not for warships. Francis may have needed the money from enlisting.
Service Rec.: Mortally Wounded in Action, Spotslvania, 5/12/62; Died in Field Hospital, 5/15/64.
Pvt. Richard K. Williams
Enlisted: 10/19/61
Born: 1831, Richmond Va.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Catholic
Financial Info: Middle Class - Jeweler, Ferris & Crimm, on Commerce St.
Service Rec.: Served throughout to Appomattox - Surrendered at Appomattox.
Pvt. Robert W. Williams
Enlisted: 1/1/62
Born: 1840, Dinwiddie Co.
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Methodist
Education: Poor - Illiterate
Physical: 5' 11", hazel eyes, brown hair
Financial Info: Lower Class - Farmer in Dinwiddie Co.
Service Rec.: P.O.W. Weldon R.R., 8/19/64 - at Pt. Lookout Prison, 8/64 to 2/10/64 Exchanged at Aiken's Landing under parole - sent to camp Lee, Richmond to end of parole - With Reg't by 3/65 - P.O.W. Amelia C.H., 4/5/65 - At Pt. Lookout Prison, 4/65 to 6/22/65.