Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A. Black Horse Cavalry A Research Compendium · Lynn Hopewell
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Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse

* James Garland Wheatley

1843–1864

Confirmed by: M V K Y

Confederate Service Record

5’6", light complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 1 April 1862 Bealeton; 19 years old; Sgt; captured 28 May 1862 Hanover Courthouse; Fort Delaware 9 May 1862; exchanged 5 August 1862; detached as Scout in Fauquier County August to October 1863; from Culpeper County.

  • James Garland Wheatley M V K Y Photo: Born: Around 1843 if 19 years old in 1862.[4256] Married: Died: … killed at Haw’s Shop, May, 1864.[4257] Killed May 27, 1864. “… Wheatly was completely killed by a shell from our battery.[4258] Killed by a friendly artillery shell 28 May 1864 Haw’s Shop.[4259] Bur “Glen Coyle Farm”, Rt 715 off Rt. 616.[4260] Buried at Wheatley Family Cemetery.[4261] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: 5’6”, light complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 1 April 1862 Bealeton; 19 years old; Sgt; captured 28 May 1862 Hanover Courthouse; Fort Delaware 9 May 1862; exchanged 5 August 1862; detached as Scout in Fauquier County August to October 1863; from Culpeper County. Additional Information: Private.[4262] Third Sergeant,… [4263] Together w/ following? From Culpeper County Check # UVA &CSRI per Krick. Ask Lynn if “CSRI” is same as Stiles’s CSR. Keith lists both “James G. Wheatley” and a “James Wheatley,” the former as an officer.[4264] The double listing is likely an oversight.

This entry contains 9 footnote references. The full bibliography is in the References section.

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Source Rosters

  • M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
  • V Vanished Roster (~1874–1878)
  • K K.I. Keith Roster (1924)
  • Y Nanzig Register

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From A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's Black Horse Cavalry, 1859–1865. Compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously.

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