Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
* Erasmus Helm, Jr.
1839–1862
Confirmed by: E M V K Y
Confederate Service Record
Enlisted 25 April 1861; Danville Hospital 21 July 1862; mortally wounded 28 August 1862 Manassas.
- Erasmus Helm, Jr. E M V K Y Photo: Have one of him with James Keith and A. D. P. in the Photos Binder; not scanned. Have another of him, apparently individual; not scanned. A photograph of Alexander Dixon Payne [BH], Erasmus Helm, Jr., and James Keith [BH] appears at reference.[1895] Born: 14 February 1839.[1896] [# E. R. Helm says born 4th not 14th. Check # sources.] [Don’t have name or way to contact E. R. Helm. Not mentioned anywhere else in manuscript.] 1839.[1897] Married: Move the following to appropriate location: Is Mary A. Helm buried near him his wife? She born 29 Jan., 1842 (or 14) and died 11 July, 1882.[1898] Can’t be sister: stone says “wife of Erasmus Helm”. Doesn’t specify which Erasmus.[1899] Another transcription gives her birth year as 1842. Depending on how the birth year is read, she could have been of the elder’s or junior’s generation.[1900] She was his step-mother. Died: Died from wounds received at Manassas, Sept. 1862.[1901] He died 13 September 1862. Buried Warrenton Cemetery. [1902] His headstone reads, “Prepare to meet thy God,” and a C. S. A. marker stands by the footstone.[1903] Died 1862.[1904] Obituary: Children: He had “no known children.” [1905] Parents and Siblings: Erasmus, Jr., and his brothers Edward “Woody” Aisquith (BH), Robert “Harry” (BH), and William Pickett (BH) were sons of Virginia Laura Aisquith and Erasmus Helm, who had 10 children.[1906] Other Family: See Edward “Woody” Aisquith Helm (BH). Stories, Letters & Biographies: “…Major (Charles W. Helm) was the oldest of six sons of Erasmus Helm of Fauquier county, Virginia who went into the Confederate service. Of the other five…”[1907] See Stories Chapter under William Pickett Helm. Appointed an official of an absentee election held in the Black Horse troop for state delegate to the national legislature. See Letters Chapter under Charles Henry Gordon. CSR: Enlisted 25 April 1861; Danville Hospital 21 July 1862; mortally wounded 28 August 1862 Manassas. Additional Information: Private.[1908] Wounded 28 August.[1909] See his brother William under “Additional Info” for a timeline of the brothers’ service in the Company.
This entry contains 15 footnote references. The full bibliography is in the References section.
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Source Rosters
- E Confederate Election Poll (6 Nov 1861)
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- V Vanished Roster (~1874–1878)
- K K.I. Keith Roster (1924)
- Y Nanzig Register
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Suggest a correction →From A Biographical Register of the Members of Fauquier County Virginia's Black Horse Cavalry, 1859–1865. Compiled by Lynn C. Hopewell (1940–2006), with editorial assistance by Susan W. Roberts and research by Heidi Burke. Manuscript completed February 28, 2008. Published posthumously.