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Company mustered in on August 8th, 1861.

Company mustered out of service on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Company was also known as:

Field and Staff

Notable Battles:

Roanoke Island fought on February 8th, 1862 near Roanoke Island, North Carolina (0 wounded, 0 died, 4 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

Number of Soldiers: 43
First Enlistment Date: 1861-04-21 (1 soldier)
Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 18 -- Dickinson, William B (First Lieutenant;Second Lieutenant)
Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 48 -- Jones, James Joseph (Lieutenant Colonel)
Average Age at Enlistment: 29.8
Median Age at Enlistment: 28.5
Wounded In Company: 3 (6%)
Prisoner Of War While In Company: 10 (23%)
Died In Company: 4 (9%)
Died In War: 4 (9%)

Commander List:(#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Anderson, Frank P. (#Lieutenant Colonel, July 1861 - ?)
Armstrong, G B (Chaplain, ? - April 1865)
Bagwell, F P (Ordnance Sergeant, ? - April 1865)
Blocker, John R. (#First Lieutenant/Adjutant, September 1861 - ?)
Chapman, Conrad Wise (Ordnance Sergeant, September 1861 - December 1862)
Coles, Peyton Skipwith (Surgeon, August 1861 - ?)
Coles, Walter (#Surgeon, August 1861 - ?)
Dawson, John G. (#Major/Sergeant, May 1861 - September 1861)
Deane, J Clarence (Quartermaster, January 1862 - July 1863; Quatermaster/Acting Quartermaster, July 1863 - ?)
Dickinson, William B (#%First Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant, October 1864 - November 1864)
Dismukes, J T (Assistant Surgeon, June 1864 - October 1864)
Gitt, William R. (Chaplain, November 1862 - June 1863)
Gordon, Alexander F (Assistant Surgeon, ? - January 1862)
Haskins, William (Surgeon, December 1863 - January 1864)
Henningsen, Charles Frederick (Colonel, August 1861 - November 1862)
Hodges, Elias D. (#Assistant Surgeon, ? - January 1863; Assistant Sergeant/Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, January 1863 - April 1865)
Hood, John S (#%Adjutant, ? - May 1865)
Howard, Marion (Assistant Surgeon, ? - October 1861; Surgoen, October 1861 - ?)
Johnson, Irvine L (Ordnance Sergeant, June 1861 - June 1865)
Jones, James Joseph (^Lieutenant Colonel, November 1862 - ?)
Jones, Joseph T (#^Lieutenant Colonel, November 1862 - September 1865)
Mathews, Alexander Ferdinand (Captain/Commissary Of Subsistence, August 1861 - June 1863)
Mathews, W W (Commissary Of Subsistence, June 1861 - ?)
McCormick, Thomas B. (Quartermaster Sergeant, July 1861 - April 1865)
McCreary, Isaac T (First Lieutenant)
McPherson, Samuel McClung (%Assistant Surgeon, September 1861 - June 1863)
Meade, James T. (#Sergeant Major, November 1862 - ?)
Michael, William H. (%Ensign/First Lieutenant, May 1861 - June 1861; Ensign, June 1861 - October 1861)
Mosby, Robert G. (#First Lieutenant, May 1862 - November 1862; Captain/Major, November 1862 - April 1865)
Pawul, Jones (Courier, ? - April 1865)
Quisenberry, Vevion N (Assistant Surgeon, August 1862 - ?)
Robertson, John Alexander (Corporal/Hospital Steward, October 1864 - April 1865)
Scarborough, George T (Assistant Surgeon, September 1861 - ?)
Smith, Charles T (Quatermaster Sergeant, ? - May 1861)
Tabb, William Barksdale (^Colonel/Second Lieutenant, May 1861 - September 1862; Major, September 1862 - October 1862; Colonel, October 1862 - April 1865)
Tyler, Nathaniel (Major, May 1861 - November 1861)
Walker, John Wister (Surgeon/Sergeant, March 1863 - December 1863)
Werth, John (Orderly, ? - April 1865)
Wharton, Lyman Brown (Chaplain, February 1864 - April 1865)
Wise, Henry Alexander (Adjutant)

Soldier List:(#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Virginia 59th Infantry, Company F&S (Confederate)

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