35th Battalion Staff and Field Officers

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The following is a list Staff and Field Officers of the 35th Battalion Virginia Calvary. Some names are repeated due to promotion to Staff Officer. Some were POW's, wounded or killed in action resulting in promotion of others in their respective companies.

• Elijah V. White--Major to Lt. Col. 4 February 1863, Commanding
  • George N. Ferneyhough--Major 4 February 1863, resigned 7 September 1864
  • Franklin M. Myers--Major 17 February 1865
  • J. Mortimer Kilgour--Captain, Assistant Q.M. Resigned
  • John Josiah White--Captain Assistant Q.M.
  • Richard T. Watts--1st Lt. Adjutant 30 January 1863. Captured 6 May 1864
  • Samuel Baker--1st Lt. Adjutant July 1864
  • Edward Wootton--Assistant Surgeon
  • Thomas Maxwell--Chaplain
  • J. Crone Phillips--Bugler
  

  FIELD OFFICERS

  
  

  COMPANY A

  • Elijah V. White--Captain-Major-Lt. Col. to Staff
  • William F. Barrett--1st Lt., POW most of war
  • Franklin M. Myers--1st Lt.-Captain-Major to Staff
  • Benjamin F. Conrad--2nd Lt., Absent from wounds 5 May 1864-6 December 1864
  • Richard C. Marlow--2nd Lt., Wounded 6 September 1864 out of war
  
  

  COMPANY B

  • George W. Chiswell--Captain 1 September 1862, Wounded 9 June 1863 out of war
  • Joshua R. Crown--1st Lt. 1 September 1862, POW 14 September 1863 - 11 June 1865
  • Nicholas W. Dorsey--2nd Lt.-1st Lt., POW 14 September 1862
  • Edward J. Chiswell--2nd Lt.
  
  

  COMPANY C

  • R. B. Grubb--Captain 30 October 1862, Killed In Action 7 August 1863
  • William F. Dowdell--Captain 10 August 1863, replaced R. B. Grubb
  • Sam E. Grubb--2nd Lt. 30 October 1862-1st Lt. 10 August 1863, Captured 12 January 1865
  • Oscar M. Beans--2nd Lt. 30 October 1862
  • Thomas W. White--2nd Lt. Killed In Action 8 May 1864

  COMPANY D

  • James F. Trayhern--Captain Resigned 25 November 1862
  • James Anderson--1st Lt.-Captain but no record of promotion. POW 21 October 1862-30 December 1862 and 9 June 1863-20 October 1864. Disabled rest of war.
  • Samuel R. Baker--1st Lt.- Adjutant Transferred to Staff
  • Joseph H. Spangler-2nd Lt., Resigned 9 January 1864

  COMPANY E

  • John H. Grabill--Captain 9 September 1862, POW 9 June 1863-24 February 1865
  • Alexander Grubbs--1st Lt. 9 September 1862, Wounded 29 November 1863 Absent from wounds, became enrolling officer till end of war.
  • Jacob C. Kibler--1st Sgt. 29 February 1864 to Lt.
  • Joseph Marston--2nd Lt. 9 August 1862
  • Christopher W. Reed--2nd Lt. 9 August 1862, disabled, became recruiting officer.
  • Harrison M. Strickler--3rd Lt- 1st Lt.

  COMPANY F

  • George N. Ferneyhough--Captain-Major 4 February 1863, to Staff 27 May 1863, resigned 21 September 1864
  • Marcellus French--Captain
  • Charles A. James--1st Lt., POW 19 August 1863-27 April 1864
  • J. M. McVeigh--2nd Lt., Resigned 18 June 1863
  • Joseph K. Richards--2nd Lt.
  • John Wesley Watts-2nd Lt., mortally wounded 9 June 1863 Brandy Station
  
  
  
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