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Officers and Men of Co. A,
61st Virginia Infantry CSA
Jackson Greys, Company A, 61st Virgiinia Infantry
CONFEDERATE MONUMENT - This picture of these Confederate veterans, snapped in 1905 at the unveiling of the Confederate Monument at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Hickory, has been obtained by church officials in an effort to find out more about the historic monument. Mrs. Ralph Smithson, Route 2, Chesapeake, has spent the last year searching the records for additional records. She has identified all of the gentlemen in the picture except one. All are members of Jackson Grey's regiment from Lower Norfolk County. The men in the picture were soldiers in the regiment when it camped for ten days in 1861 at the present site of the monument. From left to right are Dr. H. S. Etheridge, Carey Foreman, J. N. Wood, W. A. West, J. W. Creekmore, Alex Lee, Leroy West, Capt. William H. Stewart, Tom West, Caleb Hodges and the man in the big white hat on the right is still unknown.
Published in the Chesapeake Post, July 8, 1965, Chesapeake, VA.

Roster of Company A,  Jackson Grays
Captains

William H. Stewart, Lt Col.
William C. Wallace
John T. West

Sergeants

William A. Dudley
Dr. Henry Shaw Etheridge
William A. West

Lieutenants

George T. Hodges
Camillus Albert Nash

Corporals

Laban Mansfield
George D. Old
Peleg Pritchard
Thomas Henry Sykes

Musicians

William Mahoney April 20, 1861, Portsmouth
James Toy October 6, 1861, Fort Nelson

Privates


George Warden Bright July 15, 1861, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
James Henry Butt July 15, 1861, Portsmouth, VA
Jeremiah Castine July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John T. Castine July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Alexander P. Cooper March 14, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Columbus C. Cooper July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John A. Cooper July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Caleb Creekmore March 16, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Isaiah Creekmore July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John W. Creekmore July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Marshall Creekmore July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Willoughby W. Creekmore July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John Culpepper March 20, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Daniel M. Culpepper August 17, 1861, Fort Nelson, Norfolk County
Daniel R. Culpepper July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Ashwell Curling July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John W. Deford July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Benjamin F. Diggs August 14, 1861, Fort Nelson, Norfolk County
Abner Grandy Duncan October 23, 1861, Fort Nelson, Norfolk County
Isaac Eason July 15, 1861, Portsmouth
Dennis Etheridge July 22, 1861, Portsmouth
John Ferrell July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Acelius G. Foreman July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Cary Foreman March 16, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
William A. Foreman July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William H. Foreman July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
James Fulford July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
James E. Fulford July 22, 1861, Portsmouth
Jacob A. Grimes July 15, 1862, Portsmouth
John F. Grimes July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Franklin Gwinn March 26, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
James P. Halstead July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Thomas E. Halstead July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William H. Harrison July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Caleb Hodges July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Isaiah Hodges July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Thomas H. Hodges July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John Humphries July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Lemuel Jennings July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Noah M. Jennings July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Wickers P. Jennings March 16, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Alexander Old Lee July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Abner Lewis July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John Lynch April 1, 1862. Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Leroy G. Lynch July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Simon Mathias July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Samuel M. Mercer July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
James H. Miller July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John J. Miller July 15, 1861, Portsmouth
Lovitt Miller July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Andrew C. Morgan July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Wiley P. Morgan July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Thomas O. Murphy December 4, 1861, Fort Nelson
Cincinnatus A. Nash July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Henry E. Nash July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William Oniel July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Narariah Only July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Charles N. Overton July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Grandy Overton July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Joseph H. Pritchard July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Peleg Pritchard July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Wiley Pritchard April 17, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
William Pritchard July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William M. Reed November 17, 1861, Fort Nelson
Joseph Scott March 20, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
William T. Scott July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Ethelbert H. Sivells October 7, 1864, Petersburg
Daniel T. Sivills July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Benjamin F. Spraight July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Henry C. Sykes July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John C. C. Sykes July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Joseph Sykes July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Josephius Sykes July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William O. Sykes July 15, 1861, Portsmouth
Richard Thompson July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
George W. Waller April 21, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
James Warden (Ward) July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
William H. Warden July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
John T. West July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Leroy McCain West April 30, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
William W. West July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Martin Van Buren Whitehurst July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Robert B. Whitehurst December 3, 1861, Fort Nelson
Willoughby W. Whitehurst July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Dorustus A. Williams July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
James E. Williams July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Marcellus W. Williams July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Joseph N. Wood July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Keeling Wood March 16, 1862, Sewell's Point, Norfolk County
Leander Woodaard July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
James T. Woodard July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County
Peter Wright July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County

All of the officers enlisted July 11, 1861, Washington Point, Norfolk County

Shown are date and place of enlistment for other members of the company

Reference: 61st Virginia Infantry, By Benjamin H. Trask, Lynchburg, VA. H. E. Howard Inc., 1988
Record of Events in Norfolk County, VA from April 19, 1861, May 10, 1862, by John W. H. Porter, W. A. Fiske, 1892
Virginia State Library Pension Applications, Microfilm # J.R. 3582, Salt Lake City, Utah
United Confederate Veterans Applications, Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth, VA

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