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Pvt James Alexander Adrian

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Pvt James Alexander Adrian

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 May 1915 (aged 76)
Broad Run Farms, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1211095, Longitude: -77.5661258
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Enlisted on 4/21/1861 at Leesburg, VA., he was mustered into the Captain Rogers' Company Mounted Artillery, 8th Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company was disbanded and the men assigned to Captain Stribling's Company Virginia Artillery, which became Company A, 38th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery on 10/4/1861. That unit became the "Loudoun" Virginia Light Artillery, but was disbanded soon after and the men were transferred into the "Fauquier" Virginia Light Artillery.)
Admitted with pneumonia 6/4/1862 into Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA.; transferred to Lynchburg hospital 6/10/1862.
POW 4/19/1863 Suffolk, VA.; paroled 4/21/1863.
Enlisted (date unknown), he was mustered into Company C, 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
POW 1/13/1864 Loudoun County, VA.; "Has scouted with Mosby"; sent same day to Washington, D.C.; transferred 2/3/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; Paroled and transferred for exchange 3/15/1865 to Aiken's Landing, VA.; Paroled 5/15/1865 Edwards' Ferry, MD.

Postwar he lived in Sterling, VA. Died of paralysis.

The 35th Cavalry Battalion was organized in Janaury, 1862, by adding companies to E.V. White's Cavalry Company.

Enlisted on 4/21/1861 at Leesburg, VA., he was mustered into the Captain Rogers' Company Mounted Artillery, 8th Virginia Volunteers as a Private. (This company was disbanded and the men assigned to Captain Stribling's Company Virginia Artillery, which became Company A, 38th Battalion Virginia Light Artillery on 10/4/1861. That unit became the "Loudoun" Virginia Light Artillery, but was disbanded soon after and the men were transferred into the "Fauquier" Virginia Light Artillery.)
Admitted with pneumonia 6/4/1862 into Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA.; transferred to Lynchburg hospital 6/10/1862.
POW 4/19/1863 Suffolk, VA.; paroled 4/21/1863.
Enlisted (date unknown), he was mustered into Company C, 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
POW 1/13/1864 Loudoun County, VA.; "Has scouted with Mosby"; sent same day to Washington, D.C.; transferred 2/3/1864 Point Lookout, MD.; Paroled and transferred for exchange 3/15/1865 to Aiken's Landing, VA.; Paroled 5/15/1865 Edwards' Ferry, MD.

Postwar he lived in Sterling, VA. Died of paralysis.

The 35th Cavalry Battalion was organized in Janaury, 1862, by adding companies to E.V. White's Cavalry Company.

Bio by: BigFrench



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