Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
Hancock Lee Willis
Confederate Service Record
Enlisted 1 January 1863; captured 6 January 1864 Front Royal; Old Capitol Prison 8 January 1864; Point Lookout Prison 3 February 1865; exchanged 14 March 1865; paroled 22 May 1865 Gordonsville; from Orange County.
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Hancock Lee Willis M T Photo: Born: Married: Died: Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: “At the surrender at Appomattox I was at home on horse detail. On my return trip to the Company, I met it at Madison Courthouse. They had refused to surrender.”[4307] See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong. CSR: Enlisted 1 January 1863; captured 6 January 1864 Front Royal; Old Capitol Prison 8 January 1864; Point Lookout Prison 3 February 1865; exchanged 14 March 1865; paroled 22 May 1865 Gordonsville; from Orange County. Additional Information: Listed as “Lee.”[4308] Transferred to Company H from Company A, 13th Virginia Infantry.[4309] Military Record via website. See following graphic.
What is my source for the following graph? – <www.search.ancestry.com>. Write citation. |Hancock Lee Willis |
| | | | |Residence: | |Occupation: |Student | | |Service Record: | | | | |Enlisted as a Private on 17 April 1861 | | |Enlisted in Company A, 13th Infantry Regiment | | |Virginia on 17 April 1861. | | |Detailed on 20 June 1861 (With QM Dept) | | |Returned on 09 July 1861 | | |Detailed on 15 September 1861 (As marker) | | |Returned on 15 April 1862 (Estimated day) | | |Detailed on 15 May 1862 (As mail carrier) | | |Discharged Company A, 13th Infantry Regiment Virginia| | |on 17 July 1862 | | |Enlisted in Company H, 4th Cavalry Regiment Virginia | | |on 01 January 1863. | | |POW on 06 January 1864 at Front Royal, VA | | |Confined on 09 January 1864 at Old Capitol Prison, | | |Washington, DC | | |Confined on 13 January 1864 at Point Lookout, MD | | |Exchanged on 14 March 1865 | | |Paroled on 22 May 1865 at Gordonsville, VA |
W. A. Wise M Y [NOTE:note below] Photo: Born: Married: Died: Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: Not listed in source used for Compiled Service Records. Additional Information: Y Captured. [Same man as below?] Also listed in roll of 1 May 1909 article: so, a third source. [NOTE:cite this source & add abbrev.] quote & note csr for wm n wise, pp 144. chk 3 rolls for middle initial. 2007 May 2
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Source Rosters
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- T Tracing Roll
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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.