Fluvanna Companies 1861-1865 †

 

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	Original Company Name	Type of Unit	Date Raised	Place Raised
1	Fluvanna Rifle Guard	Infantry	Jan. 1860	Palmyra
2	Fluvanna Hornets	Infantry	May 20, 1861	Kent's Store/Palmyra
3	Fluvanna Guards	Infantry	June 11, 1861	Bledsoe's Church/Wesley's Chapel/Antioch
4	Sons of Fluvanna	Artillery	June 20, 1861	Fork Union
5	Fluvanna Light Artillery *	Artillery	August 6, 1861	Fluvanna Church
6	2nd Reg. Va. Artillery, Company H	Artillery/Infantry	February 4, 1862	Wilmington
7	3rd Reg. Va. Artillery, Company F	Artillery/Cavalry	February 16, 1862	northwestern Fluvanna Co.
8	part of Harris' Heavy Artillery Battalion	Artillery	April 3, 1862	Scottsville
9	Local Defense Troops	Home Guard	July 3, 1863	Fluvanna Co.
10	cavalry company?	Home Guard	1863-64	Fluvanna Co.
11	Fluvanna Rangers	Home Guard	April 16, 1864	Fluvanna Co.

* Marion L. Tutwiler's company.

Table 2 continued from Table 1

	Raised By	Assigned To	Date Assigned	Consolidated To	Date Consolidated
1	Robert H. Poore	14th Va. Infantry, Company C	May 10, 1861	--	--
2	Captain Thomas K. Weisiger and W.F. "Frank" Shepherd	44th Va. Infantry, Company F	June 4, 1861	--	--
3	Captain David W. Anderson	44th Va. Infantry, Company K	July 4, 1861	--	--
4	Dr. Arthur Lee Brent	Fluvanna Artillery No. 1	June 20, 1861	Fluvanna Artillery	October 4, 1862
5	Dr. Cary C. Cocke	Fluvanna Artillery No. 2	August 6, 1861	Fluvanna Artillery	October 4, 1862
6	Capt. William W. Cosby and later Capt. John S. Bowles	2nd Reg. Va. Artillery, Company H	February 4, 1862	22nd Battalion Va. Infantry, Company H	May 23, 1862
7	Capt. Reuben B. Boston	3rd Reg. Va. Artillery, Company F	February 16, 1862	5th Va. Cavalry Reg., Company I	May, 1862
8	Capt. Henry M. Price	part of Harris' Heavy Artillery Battalion	May 17, 1862	18th Battalion Va. Heavy Artillery, Company B	June, 1862
9	Capt. Enos Cottrell	--	--	--	--
10	?	?	?	--	--
11	Capt. James M. Strange/J.B. Perkins/John C. Holland	April 16, 1864	1st Battalion Va. Reserves	--	--

† Table complied from data provided in references 5 and 7.

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