Well, I let these two dates slip by this past week. The first was April 6, 1865. This was the Battle of Saylers Creek in Virginia. This battle was when the Army of Northern Virginia had left the Richmond-Petersburg line and moved west towards the mountains. But, before the Army of Northern Virginia could escape, they were intercepted by Union forces east of Appomattox Courthouse at Saylers Creek on April 6, 1865. The end result was that the greater part of Cobb’s Legion was captured at the battle. For a capsule summary of the battle click here to go to the Wikipedia article on the battle.
The other date was April 9, 1865, which was the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. The following is a list of members of the Legion that surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia. The list may not be complete.
Dr.Edward D. Newton
A Company – Elijah Boss or Bass, Lewis A. Callahan, David Carter Cook, Joseph Lee Cook, Francis J. Herron, James G. W. Kirkpatrick, Francis Epps Manson, Mc. N Ozburn, Sanford Moses Powell, William J. Sockwell, James Granville Worsham
B Company – J J Thornton, James Mulder Thornton, John F Thornton, J C Vickery, George L. Wilkins
C Company – David Boozer Chupp, Joel Douglas Paxson Eckles, John L M Hardman, Henry Tandy Head, Jackson Hix, John E. Leverett, James L Phillips, John B Phillips, Isaac Pope, Haydon Reagin, John E Robertson
D Company – William M Bates, Charles D. Cook, John W. Hopkins, John R. Johnson, J K D Park, J A Rumney, William Marshall Sorrow, B H Spinks, William G Stapler, Albert F Talbot, Levi Oliver Talbot
E Company – John Gilliam Hill, George Langston, Simeon Skinner, Theophilus Skinner
F Company – W P Brock, Washington Marian Brock, Lewis W Chasteen, John W Cruse, Solomon D Harper, W L Jordan, Andrew Jackson Kilpatrick, Henry M Stripling, Adam C Whisenhunt
G Company – Isaac M Allen, Samuel Henry Dye, Julius Calvin Harper, William Rush Head, John R. Lewis, William Mallory, William Columbus Ruarks, Madson Campell Shepherd, Woodruff D Wiley
