Names by State of Service
The following is a list of soldiers, a number of whom independent research has determined were originally buried on Shockoe Hill. Alternatively, those prisoners believed to have been buried there based on the available evidence, but where more definitive proof is lacking, are marked as "POSSIBLE." All ranks are Private and all service branches are Infantry unless noted otherwise.
Also listed are:
-civilians who were identified as "soldiers" when buried; and
-Timothy Sullivan of the Pinkerton Agency, who in April 1862 was the first person executed for espionage in the Civil War.
(Photo: Pvt. Daniel A. Brooks, Co. A, 2nd New Hampshire Infantry)
California
Batt, William: 1st CA (later 71st PA), Co. "D"; appears on marker as "William Batte"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 18 NOV 1861
Eysbroek, Theodore: 1st CA (later 71st PA); enlisted under the name "Theodore Ashborn"; appears on marker as "Theodore Ashburn"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; died 5 DEC, buried 6 DEC 1861.
McMenamin, Robert: 1st CA (later 71st PA), Co. "H"; appears on marker as "R M McMonan", captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 19 DEC 1861
"On the 17th of December, the writer was informed of the serious illness of a private in his company - Robert McMennamin [sic] of Philadelphia,-then in the hospital.... Resolved to see him, and ignoring prison rules and persons, the writer watched the street and hailed the commandant through the bars; he came, listened and granted the urgent demand.... As the writer bent over him and received his dying words, -'Lieutenant, see to my mother and little children,' -...he realized the unutterable horror of war.... He died far from home and friends, and we know not where he sleeps his last sleep." - -Lt. Wm C. Harris, "Prison Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond. By a Balls' Bluff Prisoner." Phila.: Geo. W. Childs, 1862.
Nichuals, Joshua L.: 1st CA (later 71st PA), Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Joshua L Nichols"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 23 DEC 186
Illinois
Langley, John: 12th Illinois Cavalry, Co. "D"; died of wounds on or about 5 May 1863
"Near the [City's powder] magazine...is a Potter's Field, used as a burial ground for Negroes, and which constitutes the last resting place of a number of departed Northern heroes...close by a large and rather handsome cemetery.... By some chance, a few of the graves of our men have rough headboards indicating the name and rank of the deceased.... [O]thers contain the names of...John Langlin [sic], Company D, Twelth Illinois...." --Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 April 1865
Indiana
Epart, George: (POSSIBLE): 30th IN, Co. "K"; captured at the Battle of Stones River, 31 December 1862; drowned after the collapse of a foot bridge over a Richmond canal 27 JAN 1863
"It was found that the iron bridge crossing the canal where it intersects with 8th street had yielded to the weight of 75 0r 100 Abolition soldiers who had crowded on it, and breaking in two parts with its living load, been precipitated a distance of twenty five feet in the surging waters of the canal below it.... the bodies of two of the Federal soldiers, Geo. Ephart [sic] and Daniel LaRuke [sic], of co. K, 30th Indiana, were recovered." -- Richmond Daily Dispatch, 28 January 1863.
Lampa, Daniel: (POSSIBLE): 30th IN, Co. "K": captured at the Battle of Stones River, 31 December 1862; drowned after the collapse of a foot bridge over a Richmond canal 27 JAN 1863
Kentucky
Bingham, Thomas J.: 39th KY Mounted Infantry, Co. "E"; captured at Wireman's Shoals, Kentucky 4 DEC 1862; buried 21 JAN 1863
Hall, William (POSSIBLE): 39th KY Mounted Infantry, Co. "G"; captured at Wireman's Shoal's, Kentucky 4 December 1862; died on or about 15 March 1863
King, Franklin: recorded as "of Ky", "A prisoner of war buried in the same lot with the others"; appears on marker as "Franklin King". Rank and unit unknown.
Sturgeon, William: 39th KY Mounted Infantry, Co. "G"; captured at Wireman's Shoals, Kentucky 4 DEC 1862; buried 12 FEB 1863
"Near the [City's powder] magazine...is a Potter's Field, used as a burial ground for Negroes, and which constitutes the last resting place of a number of departed Northern heroes...close by a large and rather handsome cemetery.... By some chance, a few of the graves of our men have rough headboards indicating the name and rank of the deceased.... [O]thers contain the names of...Wm. Sturgis [sic], Thirty-ninth Kentucky...." (Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 APR 1865).
Maine
Anderson, George W.: 4th ME, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "G W ANDREWS"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 15 OCT, buried 16 OCT 1861
"SOLDIERS OF THE MAINE FOURTH WHO HAVE DIED AT RICHMOND.--The following are the names of soldiers of the 4th Maine Regiment who have died at that place up to Dec. 4th : --
...Geo. W. Anderson, died Oct.. 15th, from effect of wounds..." (Rockland (ME) Gazette, 9 JAN 1862).
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Geo W. Anderson, 4th Reg't, Oct. 15..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Brown, Ambrose H. (POSSIBLE): CPL, 3rd ME, Co. "G"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 8 SEP 1861
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Ambrose H. Brown, 3d Reg't, Sept. 8, Diptheria..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Clewly, George M.: 2nd ME, Co. "G"; appears on marker as "G M Clenly"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 23 OCT 1861
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Geo. Clewly, 2d Reg't, Oct. 22, typhoid f. ..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Devereux, Warren J.: 2nd ME, Co. "B"; appears on marker as "William J Devereux"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 4 DEC 1861
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Wm. [sic] J. Deveraux, 2d Reg't, Dec. 2, typhoid f. ...." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Gilman, Jeremiah C. (POSSIBLE): 2nd ME, Co. "D"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 5 NOV 1861.
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
J. C. Gilman, 2d Reg't, Nov. 5..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Gowen, Nathaniel B.: 4th ME, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "William B Gowen"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 5 OCT 1861
"SOLDIERS OF THE MAINE FOURTH WHO HAVE DIED AT RICHMOND.--The following are the names of soldiers of the 4th Maine Regiment who have died at that place up to Dec. 4th : --
...N. B. Gowen, died Oct. 4, from effect of wounds..." (Rockland (ME) Gazette, 9 JAN 1862).
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
W. [sic] B. Gowen, 4th Reg't, Oct. 4..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Hunter, Horace (POSSIBLE): 3rd ME, Co. "C"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 7 AUG 1861.
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be.
Horace Hunter, 3d Reg't, Aug. 7..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Jones, Elisha (POSSIBLE): CAPT, 2nd ME, Co. "C"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died about 22 AUG 1861
Death of Wounded Prisoners. – There were sundry deaths of wounded Abolition soldiers at the general hospital during the last week. – Among the number were included Captain Elisha Jones, of the 4th [sic] Maine Regiment..." (Richmond Daily Dispatch, 26 AUG 1861)
Perry, Chandler F. (POSSIBLE): Hospital Nurse, 4th ME, Co. "D"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1862; died on or about 27 NOV 1861
"SOLDIERS OF THE MAINE FOURTH WHO HAVE DIED AT RICHMOND.--The following are the names of soldiers of the 4th Maine Regiment who have died at that place up to Dec. 4th : --
...Chandler W. Perry, died Nov. 27th, of typhoid fever..." (Rockland (ME) Gazette, 9 JAN 1862).
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Chandler W. [sic] Perry, 4th Reg't, Nov. 27, typhoid f. ...." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Russell, Stephen (POSSIBLE): CORP, 3rd ME, Co. "E"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 20 AUG 1861
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
Stephen Russell, 3d Reg't, Aug. 20..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Sparhawk, Jacob A. (POSSIBLE): 4th ME, Co. D"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died in 15 August 1861
"SOLDIERS OF THE MAINE FOURTH WHO HAVE DIED AT RICHMOND.--The following are the names of soldiers of the 4th Maine Regiment who have died at that place up to Dec. 4th : --
J.A. Sparhawk, died Aug. 15, from effect of wounds..." (Rockland (ME) Gazette, 9 JAN 1862).
"From Richmond, Va. / Extract from a letter from Wm. S. Noyes, a prisoner of war in Richmond, to his father in this town, dated Dec. 4, 1861.
'Below I send you a list of all the Maine men that have died here. Poor men; their friends at home may rest assured that everything was done for their comfot that could be....
J. A. Sparhawk, 4th Reg't, Aug. 15..." --(Maine Democrat, Saco, 4 DEC 1861)
Massachusetts
Albrecht, John (POSSIBLE): noted as serving from Massachusetts on the ship "Jarvis"; appears on marker as "Joseph Albright"; buried 9 DEC 1861
Bowden, Thomas G. (POSSIBLE): 1st LT, 11th MA, Co. "A"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 15 AUG 1861
"Death of Wounded Prisoners. – There were sundry deaths of wounded Abolition soldiers at the general hospital during the last week. – Among the number were included Captain Elisha Jones, of the 4th Maine Regiment, and 1st Lieut. Bowdoin, of the 11th Massachusetts Regiment. The last named was a connection of a Yankee Professor of some celebrity in a Northern College." (Richmond Daily Dispatch, 26 AUG 1861)
Brickley, John (POSSIBLE): 11 MA, Co. "B"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 5 AUG 1861
Callahan, William (POSSIBLE): 19th MA, Co. "E"; wounded and captured at Battle of Glendale 30 JUN 1862; died 12 JUL 1862
Converse, William F.: 15th MA, Co. "I"; appears on marker as "William Converse"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 14 FEB 1862
Ellis, Reuben A.: 15th MA, Co. "A"; appears on marker as "R A ELLIS"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 16 DEC 1861
Farmer, Albert E. (POSSIBLE): 11th MA, Co/ A"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died about 1 AUG 1861
Lamb, Charles A. (POSSIBLE): 15th MA, Co. "A"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; died 25 NOV 1861
Patridge, Amos Holmes: 20th MA, Co. "D"; appears on marker as "Amos Partridge"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 17 JAN 1862
Phipps, Lyman: 15th MA, Co. "E"; appears on marker as "Lucius Fepps"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OC T 1861; buried 13 DEC 1861
Putnam, Robert W. (POSSIBLE): 19th MA, Co. "F"; wounded and captured at Battle of Glendale 30 JUN 1862; died 13 JUL 1862
Sullivan, Daniel (POSSIBLE): 11 MA, Co. "E"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 3 AUG 1861
Weld, Samuel (POSSIBLE): 11th MA, Co. "K"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died of disease 27 AUG 1861
Woodward, Thomas N.: 15th MA, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Thomas H. Woodware"; captured at Ball's Bluff 21 OCT 1861; buried 7 DEC 1861
Michigan
Mauch, Bernard: 1st LT, 1st Michigan, Co. "F"; captured at First Manassas, 21 JUL 1861; died 13 August 1861
"Mauch was wounded in the thigh, which was broken, but not yet amputated, although more than two weeks had elapsed since the battle..but it was still neglected from day to day (our own surgeons not being allowed to perform such operations) till finally, when the amputation took place, he sank rapidly & died.... Mauch was a brave man with splendid & forceful muscular development.... His body was interred in the cemetery opposite the hospital by some Germans...." --Orlando B. Willcox, Forgotten Valor (1999 ed.), p. 302.
Minnesota
Clark, Charles F.: 1st MN, Co. "F"; appears on marker as "C F Clark"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 18 NOV 1861
Durfee, Jason (POSSIBLE): 1st MN, Co. "K"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 25 AUG 1861
Garrison, Joseph P. (POSSIBLE); 1st MN, Co. "F"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 10 AUG 1861
Grimm, Fritz (POSSIBLE): 1ST MN, Co. "K"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 30 JUL 1861
Hancock, Allen H. (POSSIBLE): 1st MN, Co. "I"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 1 SEP 1861
Lee, John M.: 1st MN, Co. "I"; appears on marker as "John M Lee"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 30 NOV 1861
Marr, Chris C.: 1st MN, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "C C Mann"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 7 FEB 1862
Pierson, William S. (POSSIBLE): 1st MN, Co. "B"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 8 AUG 1861
Sallee, James F. (POSSIBLE): 1st MN, Co. "F"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 14 AUG 1861
Thomas, Elijah F. (POSSIBLE): 1st MN, Co. "F"; wounded and presumably captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 6 SEP 1861
New Hampshire
Bailey, Alonzo B.: 2nd NH, Co. "G"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 12 SEP 1861
Brooks, Daniel S.: 2nd NH, Co. "A"; appears on marker as "David S. Brooks"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 19 OCT, buried 21 OCT 1861
Chase, Charles H. (POSSIBLE): 2nd NH, Co. "E"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861
Haynes, Wells C.: CPL, 2nd NH, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Willis C Haynes"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 8 OCT 1861
Wetherbee, Franklin F.: 2nd NH, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Francis Weatherly"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 4 DEC, buried 5 DEC 1861
New York
(Photos: An unidentified Highlander of the 79th New York Infantry)
Andrews, George M.: 27th NY, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "George M Andrews"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 15 OCT 1861
Barnard, William: 100th NY, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "William Barrard"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 12 JUN 1862
Bishop, John W.: CPL, 27th NY, Co. "I"; appears on marker as "J W Bishop"; presumably captured at Fort Mansassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 8 DEC 1861
Bishop, William G.: 11th NY "Fire Zouaves", Co. "C"; appears on marker as "William G. Bishop"; captured at First Manassas 21 July 1861; died 17 DEC, buried 18 DEC 1861
Botts, Francis M.: 85th NY, Co. "F"; appears on marker as "Francis M Botts"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; died 17 JUN, buried 18 JUN 1862
Brown, Merton L: CPL, 100th NY, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "Morton L Brown"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 10 JUN 1862
Buck, N.C. (POSSIBLE): CPL, 79th NY, Co. "K"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; shot and killed by guard, 21 SEP 1861
"Shot by a Sentinel.--Wm. C. Buck, a prisoner of war,...was shot on Saturday by a Confederate seninel, for turbulence and disobedience of orders. The prisoner was, contrary to orders, leaning out of a window, and when told to withdraw himself cursed and abused the sentinel outrageously, and dared him to shoot; which, in obedience to orders he had received from his superiors, he proceeded to do. Buck was buried the same day." -- Richmond Daily Dispatch, 23 September 1861.
Campbell, Joseph A. (POSSIBLE): 84th NY, Co. "C"; wounded and captured at First Manassas, 21 JUL 1861; died 20 AUG 1861
Carlile, James (POSSIBLE): 79th NY, Co. "B"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 24 NOV 1861
Copeland, Henry: 100th NY, Co. "B"; appears on marker as "Copeland"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 16 JUN 1862
Cuscadden, Felix (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY); captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 14 SEP 1861
Curtis, Delos (POSSIBLE): 27th NY, Co. "K"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 27 JUL 1861
Darrow, Joseph (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY) , Co. "C"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 26 SEP 1861
"Hang up, bretheren, the portrait of Joseph Darrow.... You see you the face of a boy of sixteen...combining...the intensest kindliness with the most resolute firmness.... In thinking of him as a combatant on the bloody field of Bull Run,...I have found it almost impossible to conceive of him as engaged in the stern work of fighting;...and yet we know there was an element in his character, which, at the proper time, would have changed his whole aspect, and...would have clothed it with the sternness, if not the fury of battle." --From his funeral sermon, preached 27 October 1861 by B.H. Nadal, D.D., at Sands Street M.E. Church, Brooklyn. (Submitted by Al Eisenberg, Arlington, VA)
Dietz, Jacob; 14th Brooklyn (84th NY), Co. "F"; appears on marker as "Jacob Deitz"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 27 OCT 1861
Donohue, David (POSSIBLE): 79th NY, Co. "B"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 1 AUG 1861
Douglass, John E.: 81st NY, Co. "E"; appears on marker as "John E. Doughlass"; captured at Seven Pines 31 May 1862; buried 7 JUN 1862
Ennis, Edward (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY), Co. "G"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 12 AUG 1861
Featherly, John (POSSIBLE): 81st NY, Co. "D"; wounded and captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862
Gerow, Alexander (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY); captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 21 AUG 1861
Gleason, Richard (POSSIBLE): 11th New York (the "Ellsworth Zouaves"), Co. "A"; captured near Newport News while on fatigue duty 15 OCT 1861; reportedly killed by a prison sentinel 24 OCT 1861.
"SUDDEN DEATH.--A Yankee prisoner named Gleason, a member of the 11th New York Regiment, died very suddenly yesterday at the Confederate States Prison No. 1; cause, concussions of the brain, brought on by violent expectoration." -- (Richmond Enquirer, 25 October 1861)
Hardiman, Francis: 14th Brooklyn (84th NY), Co. "E"; appears on marker as "Francis Hardiman"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 14 OCT 1861
Hunt, Edwin: 100th NY, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Hunt"; wounded and captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; died 9 JUN, buried 10 JUN 1862
Johnson, Emerson (POSSIBLE): 92nd NY, Co. "G"; captured at Seven Pines 31 May 1862; died 23 JUL 1862
Kerr, William: 92nd NY, Co. "K"; appears on marker as "William Kein"; captured at Seven Pines 31 May 1862; buried 8 JUN 1862
Lamb, Charles: 81st NY, Co. "E"; appears on marker as "Charles Lam"; wounded and captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; died 10 JUN, buried 11 JUN 1862
Lowene, Francis (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY); captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 30 AUG 1861
Maher, Arthur: 100th NY, Co. "I"; appears on marker as "August Maher"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 18 JUN 1862
McClung, James H.: 14th Brooklyn (84th NY), Co. "D"; appears on marker as "James H McClurg"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 14 OCT 1861
McGunigle, John (POSSIBLE): 14th Brooklyn (84th NY); captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died AUG 1861
Morgan, Charles W.: 100th NY, Co. "C"; appears on marker as "Charles W Morgan"; captured at Seven Pines, 31 MAY 1861; buried 8 JUN 1862.
Muncy, Andrew J. (POSSIBLE): 44th NY, Co. "D"; wounded and captured at Malvern Hill 1 JUL 1862; died 7 JUL 1862
Nichols, John B. (POSSIBLE): 13th New York, Co. "G"; died 8 AUG 1861
Pardee, Cyrus (POSSIBLE): 27th NY, Co. "D"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died c. 1 AUG 1861
Paul, Andrew (POSSIBLE): 79th NY, Co. "G"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 11 AUG 1861
Potter, John: 79th NY, Co. "G"; appears on marker as "John Potter"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 5 OCT 1861
Prescott, Charles L. (POSSIBLE): CORP, 14th Brooklyn (84th NY), Co. "F"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 14 AUG 1861
Snedaker, James V. (POSSIBLE): 27th NY, Co. "D"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 14 SEP 1861
Steele, Edgar Hawley: 85th NY, Co. "B": appears on marker as "H STRELL"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 25 JUN 1862
Stratton, Joseph (POSSIBLE): 87th NY, Co. "D"; wounded and captured at Battle of Glendale, 30 JUN 1862; died 4 JUL 1862
Tibbetts, Charles W.: 27th NY, Co. "K"; appears on marker as "Charles W Tebbits"; shot and killed by guard, and buried, 14 NOV 1861
Thayer, Morton B.: 85th NY, Co. "I"; appears on marker as "M B Thayer"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 20 JUN 1862
Warnes, James: 81st NY, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "James Wormes"; also appears in some records as "James Wornes"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 9 JUN 1862
Ohio
Gibbs, William: 7th OH, Co. "E"; appears on marker as "William Gibbs"; captured at Cross Lanes, VA (later WV) 26 AUG 1861; buried 6 DEC 1861
Lemmon, James: 24th OH, Co. "B"; appears on marker as "James Lemon"; buried 23 DEC 1861
Truxell, J.: 25th OH, Co. "D"; appears on marker as "J Trexall"; captured at Cheat Mountain, VA (later WV) 17 SEP 1861; buried 24 OCT 1861
Pennsylvania
Allshouse, Amos (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "H"; wounded and captured as Fredericksburg 13 DEC 1862; died 30 JAN 1863
Anderson, Alonzo (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "G"; captured at Battle of Gaines' Mill 27 JUN 1862; died of disease 24 AUG 1862
Batt, William: 71st PA - see 1st CA
Collins, Jesse (POSSIBLE): 4th PA Reserves (33rd PA Infantry), Co. "C"; wounded and captured at Battle of Glendale, 30 JUN 1862; died 15 JUL 1862
Emerick, John Andrew (POSSIBLE): 63rd PA, Co. "E"
Eysbroek, Theodore: 71st PA - see 1st CA
Freeman, John F (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "F"; wounded and captured; died 7 JAN 1863
Force, Thomas (POSSIBLE): 82nd PA, Co. "K"; died 15 JUL 1862
Harris, James D.: 1st SGT, 101st PA, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "James D Harris"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 19 JUN 1862
Klepper, William H.: 101st PA, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "W H Kleeper"; captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; buried 19 JUN 1862
Marchand, Samuel Sackett: CAPT, 136th PA, Co. "H"; wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862; died 18 February 1863
"Near the [City's powder] magazine...is a Potter's Field, used as a burial ground for Negroes, and which constitutes the last resting place of a number of departed Northern heroes...close by a large and rather handsome cemetery.... By some chance, a few of the graves of our men have rough headboards indicating the name and rank of the deceased.... Among others, I noticed the following:-- 'Captain S. S. Marchand, Company H, One-hundred and thirty-sixth Pennsylvania'.... I learned from a Union officer that Captain Marchand belonged to Jacksonville, Pennsylvnia, and was a gentleman of considerable influence, widely known and highly respected...." --(Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 April 1865)
McMenamin, Robert: 71st PA - see 1st CA
Miller, Joseph W. (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "H"; wounded and captured; died 16 SEP 1862
Mitchell, Andrew R. (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "E"; wounded and captured at Fredericksburg 13 DEC 1862; died 9 JAN 1863
Moore, William J. (POSSIBLE): 95th PA, Co. "C"; wounded and captured at Gaines' Mill 27 JUN 1862; died 10 JUL 1862
Newberry, L. S. (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "K"; wounded and captured; died 31 DEC 1862
Nichuals, Joshua L.: 71st PA - see 1st CA
O'Brian, George: SGT, 61st PA, Co. "F"; appears on marker as "George O. Bryan"; wounded and captured 11 JUN 1862; buried 17 JUN 1862
Russell, Oliver H. (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "C"; wounded and captured at Fredericksburg 13 DEC 1862; died 31 DEC 1862
Rutter, James (POSSIBLE): 11th PA Reserves (a/k/a 40th PA), Co. "G"; wounded and captured at Fredericksburg 13 DEC 1862; died 9 JAN 1863
Schaffle, Charles D.: CAPT, 5th PA Reserves (34th PA), Co. "D"; wounded and captured at Fredericksburg, 13 DEC 1862; date of death or burial unknown
"Near the [City's powder] magazine...is a Potter's Field, used as a burial ground for Negroes, and which constitutes the last resting place of a number of departed Northern heroes...close by a large and rather handsome cemetery.... By some chance, a few of the graves of our men have rough headboards indicating the name and rank of the deceased.... Another headboard contains the name of Captain Charles D. Schaffle, Company D, Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves...." (Philadelphia Inquirer, 11 APR 1865).
Shaffer, Conrad (POSSIBLE): 8th PA Reserves (37th PA), Co. "C"; wounded at captured at Gaines' Mill 27 JUN 1862; died 10 JUL 1862.
Silk, Thomas (POSSIBLE): 61st PA, Co. "F": captured at Seven Pines 31 May 1862; died 26 JUN 1862
Stiteler, Samuel E.: Musician, 61st PA, Co. "E": appears on marker as "Samuel E Statin"; buried 19 JUN 1862
"[Samuel] left his home, his wife and three little boys never to return...thank you for your great work and research." --Hugh Stiteler, great-great-great-grandson of Samuel Stiteler, April 2017
Stroh, George: 61st PA, Co. "D"; appears on marker as "George Stol"; buried 8 JUN 1862
"Discovering this new information has literally taken my breath away. Your work has solved a mystery I have been trying to solve for over twenty years.... It is now easier to piece together my family history and know that someone has finally found him and has acknowledged his service." --Carol L. Stroh, great-great-grandniece of Pvt. Stroh, September 2006
Weimer, David F. (POSSIBLE): 105th PA, Co. "E"; wounded and captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862; died 25 JUN 1862
Whalen, Edward S. (POSSIBLE): 104th PA, Co. "I"; wounded and captured at Seven Pines 31 MAY 1862
Rhode Island
Cobb, Isaac N. (POSSIBLE): 2nd RI, Co. "C"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1862; died 12 Aug 1861
Jaques, Henry (POSSIBLE): 2nd R.I., Co. "B"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1862; died 13 August 1861
Penno, Albert P. (POSSIBLE): 1st R.I., Co. "A"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1862; died 2 August 1861
Rodman, Isaac C. 2nd RI, Co. "E"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 26 SEP 1861
Smith, Esek B. (POSSIBLE): CORP, 2nd R.I., Co. "E"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 6 August 1861
"Co. E lost some of its best men here amongst whom William Nichols, Corp. Stephen Holland and Henry L. Jacques were killed and Corp. Ezek B. Smith, Isaac Clark Rodman & John Clark, N. C. Dixson were wounded, the three former being captured, Smith and Rodman dying in prison at Richmond." -- from a letter by Corp. Patrick Lyons, Co. "E", 2nd Rhode Island, 21 July 1861.
Smith, J.B. (POSSIBLE): 2nd R.I., Company "C"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861
White, Andrew J. (POSSIBLE): 1st R.I., Company "D"; wounded and captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 4 AUG 1861
Vermont
Gowing, John (POSSIBLE): 2nd VT, Co. "D"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 21 AUG 1861
Labay, Joseph: 3rd VT, Co. "D": appears on marker as "James Lebery"; captured at Yorktown 16 APR 1862; buried 21 APR 1862
"It was pure fate that I ran across Joseph's name [on this website]....There has been a lot of speculation of what could have ever happened to Joseph....The sad thing is, as far as I know Peter and Jane [his parents] never did know what happened to their oldest son....It is almost like Joseph wanted to be finally found." --Raymond LaBay, great-great-grandnephew of Joseph LaBay/Labay, April 2005.
Marcy, Edward H. (POSSIBLE): 5th VT, Co. "D"; wounded at captured at Savage's Station, 29 JUN 1862; died 24 JUL 1862.
Sweetland, Samuel: 3rd VT, Co. "D"; appears on marker as "James Sweetland"; captured at Yorktown 16 APR 1862; died 5 MAY 1862
West Virginia
Hall, James: 1st WVA CAV, Co. "F": appears on marker as "James Hall"; captured 10 NOV 1861; died 26 FEB, buried 27 FEB 1862
Wisconsin
Chrystie, John P. (POSSIBLE): 2nd WI, Co. "G"; captured at First Manassas 21 July 1861; died 11 AUG 1861
Fuqua, Belknap (POSSIBLE): 2nd WI, Cp. "C"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; died 19 AUG 1861
Hamilton, John (POSSIBLE): CPL, 2nd WI, Co. "D"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861
Reed, Edwin. L.: (POSSIBLE): 2nd WI, Co. "H"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; his death was reported in a Richmond newspaper dated 24 OCT 1861
Trowbridge, Charles E.: 2nd WI, Co. "H"; appears on marker as "Charles E. Throwbridge"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 9 OCT 1861
"JULY 30 [1861]: Today I formed the acquaintance of a young man named Trowbridge...and find that he is a cousin of a school-mate of mine....He is sick today, and I am taking care of him...
SEPTEMBER 11th: Soon after I left the prison, and came to the hospital, Charley, with a number of others, was moved to anotherbuilding....Here they suffered still more for the want of rations...he sometimes sent his haversack [asking for food to be sent back]....We loved each other like brothers, and of course I never let his haversack go back empty.
SEPTEMBER 21st: Orders were, to be ready to start [for New Orleans] at 3 o'clock this morning....My friend Trowbridge was not to go. I tried to persuade him that we should not be parted, but he felt too weak to undertake the journey. He though that he would soon go home....And so we parted....In two weeks after
I left him, he starved to death." -- C.B. Fairchild, "History of the Twenty-Seventh Regiment
of New York Volunteers" (1888), pp. 189-212.
United States Infantry
Cunningham, James: 8th US, Co. "G"; appears on marker as "James Cunningham"; captured at First Manassas 21 JUL 1861; buried 22 OCT 1861
Civilians
Based on the available records, I estimate that as many as fifty of the 661 persons identified in the City's interment records as "a soldier of the Federal Army", were not soldiers. They were instead civilians from around Virginia. It is likely that most of them were held captive because they exhibited Unionist sympathies, or as one Richmond newspaper termed it, "Yankee proclivities." Many no doubt were involved in open acts of defiance to Confederate authorities; others may have just been in the wrong place at the wrong time.
These are the civilians who have been identified to date:
Adams, Samuel, of Mathews Co.: appears on marker as "James Adams"; died 16 APR, buried 17 APR 1862
Adkins, John: appears on marker as "Joseph Adkins"; died 18 JUN, buried 19 JUN 1862
Armstrong, William Thomas, of Fayette Co.: appears on marker as "William T. Armstrong"; buried 17 JAN 1862
Brown, John: appears on marker as "John Brown"; buried 11 DEC 1862
Caughman, Neville , of Hardy Co.: appears on marker as "Nevil Kaughman"; buried 10 DEC 1861
Combs, Lewis, of Wayne Co. (also identified in a newspaper report as being a "citizen of Rolla county, Missouri"): appears on marker as "L Combs"; died and buried 8 DEC 1861
Cubbage, George (POSSIBLE) of Hardy Co.; died 29 NOV 1861.
Dixon, Leroy: appears on marker as "Leroy Dison"; died 17 APR 1862
Farland, George, of Wayne Co.: appears on marker as "George Farland"; buried 16 NOV 1861
Gerrald, Simeon, of Wayne Co.: appears on marker as "Simon Gerrald"; buried 14 OCT 1861
Newcombe, Israel B. (POSSIBLE) of Fairfax Co.: died 24 NOV 1861
Sites, Joel, of Wayne Co.: appears on marker as "Setes Soel"; buried 16 NOV 1861
Tennison, Andrew, of Fairfax Co.; appears on marker as "Andrew Dennyson"; died 3 FEB 1862
"[Tennison] [s]ays when the Federal troops were going to Bull Run they took him and Joseph Lyles prisoners, destroyed his garden, and used his parlor as an office. Afterwards, when the confinement of his wife was approaching, she begged him to go to the store and get her some rice and other articles. On his way met Horace Edsall guiding a party of Federal soldiers under command of Colonel Taylor. Edsall said prisoner was a good secessionist and could guide part of them and he would go with the others.... Taylor then drew his pistol and threatened to shoot him if he did not guide them. He submitted and went with them to the brick house. They brought him back to the railroad and discharged him.... General Stuart [was told] prisoner was guiding the enemy. Says he is a Southern man in his feelings and went with Virginia....and never agreed with the Northern men.... [O]n his statement his guidance of the enemy was compulsory.... If there be no specific charge against him of criminal connection with the enemy he ought to be discharged on the ground that his long imprisonment is a sufficient punishment for a venial offense...." --Confederate Memoranda of arrest of Andrew Tennison, Fairfax, Virginia, 1862 (O.R. Ser. 2, Vol. 2)
Walkup, William: appears on marker as "William Walcup"; buried 14 NOV 1861
Wilcher, Daniel, of Wayne Co.: appears on marker as "Daniel Wetcher"; died 4 FEB 1862
NOTE: Though these civilians were buried in the same lots with the soldiers, available records do not indicate that their remains were identified somehow as civilians when disinterred in 1866, and therefore it appears likely that their remains were taken to Richmond National Cemetery for re-interment with the soldiers' remains.
Timothy Webster, the first executed Civil War spy
Webster was executed by hanging 29 April 1862 after being found guilty of espionage. An English immigrant, he had become an operative of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and one of the top federal spies in the South. He had been instrumental in uncovering and foiling the plot to assassinate Lincoln on the president-elect's journey to Washington in 1861.
Later, traveling between Baltimore and Richmond as an employee of the Confederate War Department, he provided much valuable information until his betrayal in February 1862 by two fellow spies. Webster was then ill and confined to bed, possibly with rheumatism, and could not escape.
He was buried with the others across the street from Shockoe Hill Cemetery. His remains were presumably moved to Richmond National Cemetery in 1866-67 with the others, but it is believed by family members and others that his remains were somehow identified and moved a final time to a family plot in Onarga, Illinois in 1871.
"He was a well-educated, athletic and handsome young man...when I took his hand he said to me: 'You have been very kind to me...I have only one more request...that will you go with me, pray for me at that scaffold, and stay with me to the last.'....He was as brave a man as I ever met, and with perfect self-possession mounted the
scaffold, and, glancing at the rope and the distance to the ground, quietly said to the marshall...'Please make the fall longer!' I trembled more than he did, and so did many brave hearts among the guards
when the drop fell." --The Rev. J.L. Burrows, D.D., "Recollections of Libby Prison," Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol XI (Feb-Mar 1883).