CONFEDERATE OFFICERS CAPTURED AT THE 3RD BATTLE OF WINCHESTER

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CONFEDERATE OFFICERS CAPTURED AT THE THIRD BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, AKA BATTLE OF OPEQUON

The 3rd Battle of Winchester, part of Sheridan's Valley Campaign, was Grant's response to Early's relentless pressure throughout the Shenandoah Valley.
 

Sheridan's Valley Campaign [August-October 1864] witnessed the following battles: Guard Hill – Summit PointSmithfield CrossingBerryville3rd Winchester – Fisher's Hill – Tom's Brook – Cedar Creek.

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Confederate Officers and Men Captured

CAPTURED CONFEDERATE OFFICERS AS POSTED IN THE NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, NEWSPAPER "THE NEW REGIME" 1864

COL. R. T. BENNETT, 14TH NORTH CAROLINA.
1st  LIEUT. N.B. FERRY, 51st  VA.
1st  LIEUT J.J. PORTER, 13TH VA
1st  LIEUT  J.A. JOHNst ON, 45TH VA
CAPT Z.T. ROSS, 13TH VIRGINIA.
CAPT. H.W. WINGFIELD, 58TH VA.
LIEUT COL H. W. CECKLEY, 44TH VA.
1st  LIEUT J.E. WILLS, 51st  VA.
2d LIEUT R.I. WALDRON, 58TH VA.
CAPT. F.M. WRIGHT, 58TH VA.
W.R. GILLETT, 52d VA
2nd LIEUT J.A.T. GROSSELOSE, 51st  VA.
1st  LIEUT WM. R. FISHER, 45TH VA.
CAPT. H.C. GROSSELOSE, 36TH VA.
CAPT C. BAUMGARDNER, 45TH VA.
2d LIEUT P.P. PECK, 26TH VA.
2d LIEUT N.C. REPASS, 51st  VA.
1st   LIEUT W.P. HOWARD, 51st  VA.
3d  LT. A. D. GROSSELOSE 51st  VA.
2nd LIEUT JK.L. VASS, 36TH VA.
2nd LIEUT G.A. McGEE, 36TH VA.
2nd LIEUT E. BLACK, 36TH VA.
2nd LIEUT M. M. HINES, 36TH VA.
COL. I.T. HOOPER 21st  GA.
LIEUT COL. G.M. EDGAR, 25TH VA.
2d LIEUT L.B. DUNN, 26TH VA
2d LIEUT J.J. GATLING, 5TH N.C.
1st  LIEUT J.B. SAMUELS, 10TH VA
2d LIEUT A.B. KELLER, 23d VA
2d LIEUT. J.R. COX, 45TH VA.
2d LIEUT W. A. BIDDICK, 5TH N.C.
1st  LIEUT J.D. IRWIN, 20TH N.C.
CAPT D. BENNER, 26TH VA
2d LIEUT W. A.  BIDDICK, 5TH N.C.
1st  LIEUT J.D. IRWIN, 20TH N.C.
CAPT D. BENNER, 26TH VA
2d LIEUT J.N. HANNA, 52d VA.
1st  LIEUT C.T. GILLESPY, 45TH VA
2st  LIEUT J.O. MAXWELL, 45TH VA.
3d LIEUT B.S. HICKS, 45TH VA.
1st  LIEUT M.G. WEBB, 45TH N.C.
2d LIEUT J.C. SPANLER, 46TH VA.
3d LIEUT A.A. COX, 26TH VA.
3d LIEUT S.C. McNEIL 46TH VA.
3rd LIEUT J.S. PERRY, 45TH VA.
3d LIEUT J. HUDSON, 45TH VA.
CAPT. F.M. PERRY, 23d VA.
2d LIEUT. J. O. BUCHANAN, 23d VA.
3d LIEUT L.S. CAMPBELL, 23d VA
3d LIEUT D.F. BARNS 23d VA
2d LIEUT B.L. WATSON, 5TH N.C.
2d LIEUT H.H. SMITH, 5TH N.C.
2d LIEUT S.J. SKELTON, 28d VA
2d LIEUT J.J. HIGGINS, 60TH gA
1st  LIEUT O.C. LIPSCOMB, , 52nd VA
2d LT. C.M. CAMPTON, 31st  GA.
2d LT J.B. PECK, 26TH VA
2d LT A  SUERTAUGH, 6OTH VA
LT COL G.A. GOODMAN, 16TH VA
1st  LIEUT B.F. CURTRIGHT, 13TH GA
2d LT J.K. KINMAN, 12TH GA
CAPT J.N. SHANLAIN, 60TH VA
1st LIEUT A.B. SYDENst RICKER, 60TH VA
CAPT L.A. VAWLER, 30TH VA.
1st  LIEUT J. A. DOUGLAS 30TH vA
CAPT E.H. LYON, 23d N.C.
CAPT. J. GOLLABAN, 23d VA
1st  LIEUT J.R. BLACKWOOD, 45TH VA,
2d LIEUT J.T. JAMES, 23Nd VA
3d LIEUT B.F. COLE, 23d VA
1st  LIEUT J.M. SCOTT, 23d VA
1st  LIEUT J.F. HARRISON, 23d VA.
LIEUT COL. J.A. McKAMY, THOMAS' LEGION [Camp Morton: alive in January 1865]
CAPT J.M. SINGLETON, THOMAS' LEGION [Took "Oath of Allegiance" on June 17, 1865]
2d LIEUT L.R. YOUNG THOMAS' LEGION

MAJ. W.S. ROWAN, 60TH VA.
CAPT J.W. JOHNSON, 60TH VA
1st . LIEUT C.H. ACTON, 60TH VA
2nd LIEUT WILLIAM ADAIR, 30TH VA
5d LIEUT J.INGRAM 20TH N.C.
2st  LIEUT H.M.WARREN, 4TH N.C.
2d LT. T. M. C. DAVIDSON, 4TH N.C.
CAPT N.H. CHADWICK, 2d N.C.
1st  LT. T.W. LUFTWICK, 36TH VA
2d LT M.D. STONE, 36TH VA
2d J.A. BURNETT, 51 st . VA
2d LT. J.A. HALL, 53d N.C.
2d LT. J.N. SCOTT, do.
3d LT. C.P. NICKELL, 26TH VA
2d LT N.H. BAILY, 22Nd VA
3d LT  C.P. NICKELL, 26TH VA
2d LT N.H. BAILY, 22Nd vA
3D. LT. J.D. MILLER, 22Nd VA
2d LT J.F. CAMPELL, do.
3d LT S.F. COUUIS, do,
LIEUT COL. NELLIGAN, 1st  LOUSIANA INFANTRY,
LIEUT COL. C. DERMIT, 23d VA INFANTRY
LT. COL. EDGAR, EDGAR'S BATTALION

Recommended Reading: To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862-65 (Hardcover) (446 pages). Description: The author’s research is exacting, methodical, and painstaking. He brought zero bias to the enterprise and the result is a stunning achievement that is both scholarly and readable. Douglas, the "accidental" prison camp, began as a training camp for Illinois volunteers. Donalson and Island #10 changed that. The long war that no one expected… combined with inclement weather – freezing temperatures - primitive medical care and the barbarity of the captors created in the author’s own words "a death camp." Stanton's and Grant's policy of halting the prisoner exchange behind the pretense of Fort Pillow accelerated the suffering. Continued below...

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