* James Markham Marshall

• James Markham Marshall N M V K Y Photo: Born: 14 September 1842,[2566]… in Warrenton.[2567] Married: Died: September 1862 from a disease contracted in the service.[2568] “… Among those of our citizens who have… died is Markham Marshall of fever… .”[2569] “When the war broke out he was a student at the [University of Virginia]. Enlisted in the Black Horse Cavalry. Fought through the war until the battle of Second Manassas, where a horse was killed under him; and being unwell, was sent home to Warrenton, where he died Sept. 1, 1862.[2570] He is buried at Warrenton Cemetery,[2571] with a C. S. A. marker, beneath a drooping evergreen tree. A granite pillar at his grave is carved, on the front face, “To My Son/ James Markham Marshall/ Born/ Sep. 14th 1842/ Died/ Sep. 6th 1862/ A member of the Black Horse Troop of Fauquier County and of the 4th Virginia Cavalry C. S. A.” The pillar’s left face is inscribed, “To the memory of my Son from his devoted Mother Ann P. Brooke”, and the right face, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.”[2572] Killed in action 19 July 1863.[2573] [Incorrect death date.] 6 September 1862; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[2574] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: His birth parents were Maria R. (Taylor) and Alexander [John] Marshall.[2575] Mrs. Marshall died when James was 16 months and Lily age 5.[2576] “Like his sister… he was adopted and raised by [Ann] Mrs. Martin P. Brooke.”[2577] His sister [Elizabeth Taylor “Lily” Marshall, born 12 March 1838] married Moses Magill Green [BH]. He was one of “three gallant sons [of Alexander Marshall] who espoused the cause of the Confederacy.” Only one of his brothers survived the war.[2578] Check—other marker a brother? Or Maria? Other Family: Markham’s grandfather was “Charles Marshall, born at “Oakhill” Fauquier [County], January 31, 1767; died at Warrenton in 1805; married September 13, 1787 Lucy Pickett, born May 2, 1767, died 1825. Both buried at Old Turkey Church. Practiced law in Warrenton.”[2579]

“His father was “Alexander [John]. Marshall, born at Warrenton…, February 21, 1803; died at Baltimore, February 21, 1882; buried in Warrenton; married 1st, December 6, 1827, Maria R. Taylor, born November 30, 1808; died January 8, 1844; 2nd, Ann Robb, who yet lives in Warrenton. Mr. Marshall was a lawyer of fine promise in early life, but ceased to practice on his election as Clerk of Fauquier. He filled this place for years. During the war he was in the Confederate State Senate. After the war he removed to Baltimore where he died. The first Mrs. Marshall was a daughter of Robert Johnstone Taylor, an eminent lawyer of Alexandria…. The second wife was a daughter of Charles Gartz Robb and Sarah G. McGlenachan, of Warrenton. Mr. Marshall was a learned and polite gentlemen, - an agreeable companion, - of fine conversational powers, and sober, yet festive in his habits. His great heart and open hand wasted his estate, and left him in humble circumstances. His wit and fund of anecdotes made him agreeable and popular.” [2580] Markham’s adoptive mother is buried beside him. Her marble marker reads, “Sacred/ to the memory of/ Ann Peters/ wife of Martin P. Brooke/ aged [83] years/ All love and charity.” The marker beside hers reads, “Sacred/ to the memory of/ Martin P. Brooke/ Born/ November 9th 1797/ Died/ October 18th 1859.” On the opposite side of James’s pillar are buried his sister, called Lily, and his brother-in-law, Moses Green [BH]. His pillar is not, but his family’s matching markers are etched at the tops with a relief of a drooping tree.[2581] His sister’s son was named for their adoptive father. [2582] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Our regiment is now on the way to join Beaureagard at Manassas J[unction].”[2583] See Letters Chapter. “What will become of the people who forced upon us the sacrifice of such?”[2584] See Biographies Chapter. CSR: Enlisted 25 April 1861; detailed to Genl. Walker September to October; Genl. Taylor November to December. Additional Information: Listed as “Markham Marshall.”[2585] He was called “Markham.”[2586] Listed as “J. Markham Marshall.”[2587] Private.[2588]

Aclpfar Arell “Acca” Marsteller M R V K Y {info from 2004-12-07 file in curly brackets} [NOTE:need to confirm which Marst. is on M, if any] Photo: Born: “A. A. Marsteller,” September 1844.[2589] [NOTE:Krick was quoting catalog, prob. not magzn:[2590] Around 1844 if 18 years old in 1862.[2591] 1844, “most likely” in Alexandria.[2592] Born in Prince William County.[2593] Married: He wed Emma Norman Smith,[2594] who was born in 1859.[2595] They wed in 1879.[2596] She lived until at least 6 January 1911. Her parents were [Susan Paulina (Norman) and[2597]] Anderson Doniphan Smith [BH].[2598] Died: [4/1/1898 near Remington, age 75.][2599] “A. A. Marsteller,” 17 May 1904.[2600] # Check 1904, “[l]ocation unknown.”[2601] Buried in family plot at “Arellton,” family home near Thoroughfare Gap.[2602] Obituary: Children: He had a “[s]on of the same name, [Aclpfar Arell Marsteller,]” 20 May 1884–10 September 1979 and a “[d]aughter, Pauline Marsteller, no other data.”[2603] Emma Norman Smith had two children.[2604] Parents and Siblings: Emily Warder and Samuel Arell Marsteller.[2605] “A. A. Marsteller is probably Leclaire’s older brother Aclpfar Arell Marsteller.”[2606] Other Family: “Aclpfar is his actual first name and his nickname was Acca or Accy to his family. His name was formed from the first letters of all his uncles names I believe.”[2607] “His grandfather was Philip Marsteller. He was a friend of George Washington and was a pall bearer at George’s funeral. It is said that Acca was also in the funeral cortege.” [2608] Stiles lists the Confederate service record of Louis Adolphus Marsteller, Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. “Enlisted 23 April 1861; absent for horse March to April 1863; captured 22 August 1863 Prince William County; Old Capitol Prison; Point Lookout Prison 26 September 1863; exchanged 29 October 1864; paroled 3 May 1865 Fairfax Courthouse.”[2609] See Anderson Doniphan Smith [BH] for information on Acca’s wife’s family. [NOTE:incorporate info at next entry into this one to disambiguate among Acca, LeClaire, & Louis Adolphus. Latter two not BH. LeClaire is brother. Louis A. might be first cousin. Louis A. is the L. A. in the one story with W. H. Triplett & Rich Lewis, February 1865. Keep story based on the two BH cavalrymen. If don’t keep since this is typical of stories re Rich & since Triplett’s part is minimal, at least mention it per diambiguation. Review military abstracts there—is best way to keep the 3 men straight. Re-ckh all stories mentioning Acca or A. A.—make sure they say A. A., not an L. A.] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “I know you Black Horse boys pay no attention to records, but rely entirely upon your memory, … [Y]ou had better keep for the benefit of your family [this] record of General Stuart complimenting you. …“[2610] See Letters Chapter under Richard Henry Lewis. [Acca & Rich Lewis]“Both of these scouts were educated gentlemen, well qualified to command a regiment….”[2611] [NOTE:See letters sent by Lewis Leigh, Jr., March 20, 2002 & 2005.]TEASER [2612] His wife is mentioned in “Mr. A. D. Smith Celebrates His 82nd Birthday.”[2613] See Biographies Chapter under Anderson Doniphan Smith. CSR: [NOTE: “A. A. Mastilla”?] Company H; 5’8”; light complexion, light hair, blue eyes; enlisted 11 February 1862; 18 years old; AWOL September to October 1863; detached as scout for Genl. Stuart April 1864; paroled 6 May 1865 Winchester.[2614] Additional Information: Listed as “A. A. Marsteller.”[2615] Wounded at Stephensburg, 1863. Physician. Washington, D.C.[2616] “Acca” according to Wm Payne. See Lewis brothers above. More information might be found at reference.[2617] {V A. A. Marsteller. Wounded at Stephensburg, 1863. Physician. Washington, D.C. “Acca” according to Wm Payne. See Lewis brothers above.} [NOTE:Don’t know whether following sources refer to A. A. or Leclaire.] Louis Adolphus, Co. A, 4th Cav., {[d.died 1 April 4/1/1898 near Remington, age 75.][2618] Sept. 1844-5/17/1904. # Check. [2619] [NOTE:nxt entry says LeClaire d. 1917, means this must be Acca.] [# Contact reference.[2620]] Keogh: bur. in family plot at “Arellton,” family home near Thoroughfare Gap}

Leclaire Arell Marstellar ***do not go by abbrev’s as indication of him or Acca being in unit. S combined these entries and needs to see Leclaire’s original entry to sort out their info. [NOTE:checked 2004 file re letters of Acca/ Leclaire on 2007-02-19. Y, V, K listed in 2004 entry w/ A. A.; N shows no Marsteller or variant; R, not listed, shows A. A.; M pends viewing …] [NOTE:shld check rosters themselves] Photo: His photograph in what is said to be his VMI uniform is displayed in the Manassas Museum. The caption mistakenly [Check recent correspondence. May not be same.] lists him as belonging to Company H, 4th Virginia Infantry. The caption says he was wounded at first Manassas. The VMI Register of Former Cadets does not list him. The only Marsteller listed is Emlyn Harrison Marsteller of Gainesville, Virginia, Class of 1898. [There is a pistol displayed given by the Marsteller family. Check source. #] Check correspondence with Manassas Museum. [NOTE:Contact this Museum to find out exactly what the caption says and all of their info on the person in their photo, Acca, or Aclpfar. Ditto any info they will provide on donor of pistol.] caption gives only name LeClaire A. Marsteller per editor’s 18 January 2006 check of the packet. Packet contains much more info. Dink has individual photo.[2621] Born: “LaClaire Arell Marsteller” was born 20 May 1839.[2622] “Laclaire Arell Marsteller” was born 1839.[2623] Married: Buried beside “Laclaire” at Warrenton Cemetery is Charlotte Marsteller (1837–1916).[2624] Died: “LaClaire Arell Marsteller” died 6 July 1917 and is buried at Warrenton Cemetery.[2625] “Laclaire Arell Marsteller” died 1917. A CSA marker stands at his resting place. At the corners of this family lot are four small, square markers bearing the letter “M”.[2626] Obituary: Children: Buried near “Laclaire” and Charlotte are two men of age to be their sons, and their wives apparent. Beside “Osceola Laclaire Marsteller,” 6 October 1877–24 December 1946, is Maude Earle Lee Marsteller, 28 February 1878–22 June 1966. Beside “Philip G. Marsteller,” 9 June 1888–2 January 1956, is Virginia Hilleary Marsteller, died 8 March 1988, “wife of/ Philip Goodrich Marsteller.”[2627] Parents and Siblings: Emily Warder and Samuel Arell Marsteller.[2628] “A.A. Marsteller is probably Leclaire’s older brother Aclpfar Arell Marsteller.”[2629] Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: “He told me how he had captured the two Yankee officers… .”[2630] See Stories Chapter under L. A. Marstellar. [NOTE: this story mentions Wm. Triplett & Dick Lewis. They are BH; this book is abt an infantry company; perhaps this marstellar was infantry.] CSR: Additional Information: Corporal.[2631] [NOTE:need to footnote this info from Manassas Museum packet in Marsteller file.] Student Le Claire A. Marsteller [enlisted in] Co. H, 4th Virginia Infantry on 20 April 1861, age 22. [He is listed as] 4th Corporal at muster, was wounded at First Manassas, 21 July 1861, and was “absent thenafter until dropped from the rolls” on 31 October 1863.[2632] “However, he [“Laclaire Marsteller”] apparently returned to Confederate service as he is listed as being a paroled prisoner of war in October, 1864.”[2633] One Louis A. Marsteller enlisted at Brentsville on 23 April 1861 with the Prince William Cavalry, “Capt. William W. Thornton’s Company” for one year. Muster rolls show him present June 30–October 30 1861; absent sick November–December 1861; absent May–June 1863; present January– February 1864; present and sent on horse detail March–April 1864. An “undated muster roll of re-enlisted men… entitled to a bounty” shows him as [re-]enlisted 1 March 1862 at Round Top by W. H. Payne for two years. A “register of prisoners of war at Old Capitol Prison” shows he was captured on 22 August 1863 in Prince William County, committed to Old Capitol on 25 August and transferred to Point Lookout. A similar register for Point Lookout Prison shows him transferred to Elmira, New York, on 16 August 1864; a register at the Elmira Prison shows him transferred on 11 October 1864 back to Point Lookout for exchange; he was exchanged from Point Lookout on 24 October 1864. An end-of-war parole on 3 May 1865, Fairfax County, is signed by “L. A. Marsteller, Co. A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry Regiment,” who is described as age 27, light hair, grey eyes, dark complexion, 5’ 11”. A story about “L. A. Marstellar” describes him as “about 20 years old” and “5 feet, 10 inches tall; weighed 160 lbs.,” as being of the “4th Va. Cavalry” and “after the war a doctor.” “Dick Lewis [Richard Lewis, BH] and I lived in same neighborhood of Prince William County, and… our homes were 40 miles inside the enemy’s lines.” His father, “mother and sisters” were living in February 1865.[2634] ***group sheet for Lewis Adolphus. More information might be found at reference, which places “L. A. Marsteller” near Nokesville in 1884.[2635] caption, photo of LeClaire. describe person. group sheet for LeClaire A. military abstract for LeClaire A. Louis Adolphus Marsteller (28 April 1838–1925) may have been the first cousin of brothers LeClaire A. Marsteller (20 May 1839–1917) and Aclpfar Arell Marsteller [BH], called “A. A.” or “Acca” (1844–1904). Louis Adolphus’s father was Phillip F. Marsteller. Aclpfar’s name was “formed from the first letters of all his uncles names”[2636]; an Uncle Phillip would account for the “p”. Acca’s “grandfather was Philip Marsteller” and LeClaire had a son whom he named Philip, showing that this was a family name both for Louis Adolphus and for the brothers. Thirdly, all lived in about the same place. Acca was born in Prince William County. LeClaire was a student at Staunton in 1861, but his miltary records give his home as Prince William County, and he is buried at Warrenton. Louis Adolphus resided in Prince William near the Fauquier border, according to his statement that he and Richard Lewis [BH] lived in the “same neighborhood”; he is buried in Greenwich. These Marstellers are frequently identified only by initials “L. A.,” “L. A.” and “A. A.,” with several spellings of their last name. All served the Confederacy, in units with overlapping combinations of number and letter designations. LeClaire is shown in a photograph wearing what appears to be a V. M. I. uniform, though V. M. I. registries do not list him. The confusion surrounding these three men is, on the surface, pervasive; but careful review of the facts soon distinguishes them. There is no doubt that Acca was in the Black Horse. Many authoritative sources show that Acca was in the unit and regularly scouted with Richard Lewis [BH], whose family home near Fauquier’s border with Prince William County was located near theirs. He had light-colored hair and became a physician in Washington, D. C. LeClaire, a student at Staunton when the war began, traveled to Lexington to enlist—the location of V. M. I. “[A] traditional story [goes] that some Washington College students drilled under V. M. I. instructors, and were permitted to wear a variation of the V. M. I. uniform.” LeClaire attended neither Washington College noe V. M. I., but perhaps while awaiting orders in Lexington he was given the uniform in which he was photographed. In the black-and-white image his hair appears to be dark. Louis Adolphus is probably the “L. A. Marstellar” who captured two mounted Federal infantry officers with Richard Lewis when the two happened to be traveling together to their homes in February 1865. This source states that this “L. A.” was a cavalryman of the 4th Virginia. It also states that he later was a doctor and was at Manassas on 22 January 1898. Since these facts match facts pertaining to Acca, it’s possible that “L. A.” was a mistake for “A. A.,” but this man being Louis is also plausible until any other information discounting it should come to light. Other players of this particular story were Black Horse, but Louis Marsteller was not. Louis Adolphus served in Co. A, 4th Virginia Cavalry, Prince William’s cavalry company—enlisted in Prince William in ’61, reenlisted by W. H. Payne in ’62, was captured August ’63, held at Old Capitol, Point Lookout and Elmira Prisons, exchanged 24 October ’64, paroled in ’65. LeClaire A. served in Co. H, 4th Virginia Infantry, “Rockbridge Grays”—enlisted at Lexington in ’61, Corporal, wounded at First Manassas, absent July ’61 to October ’63, issued clothing December ’64. Note: This record received for LeClaire shows him being a muster roll prisoners exchanged at Camp Lee near Richmond up to 31 October 1864. Were both exchanged? Or is this another case of mistaking Louis for LeClaire? Acca served in Co. H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fauquier’s Black Horse Cavalry—enlisted age 18 in ’62, absent in autumn ’63, scout for Stuart in ’64.

LaClaire A. Marsteller (May 1839– ) wed Charlotte Mitchell (January 1842– ) on 11 December 1875; issue: Philip Goodrich (8 June 1881–2 January 1956), born Nokesville, wed Virginia M. Hillery, died Warrenton; Lottie L.; Osceola Laclair (circa 1878– ), born in Virginia, wed Maude Earle.[2637] Handwritten on photograph verso: “A Corporal in the Rockbridge Grays in the 4th Va Regiment under Genl Stonewall Jackson, wounded in First Battle of Manassas, L. A. Marstell—.” Printed below that: “Corp. L. A. Marstella.” Louis Adolphus Marsteller (28 April 1838–24 April 1925) was son of Ann B. Green(e) and Philip F. Marsteller. He wed Mildred Martha (29 January 1842–20 December 1915 or 1916) in 1866. They had seven children and are both buried at Presbyterian Cemetery, Greenwich.[2638]

A collection of Lewis family papers includes items from Nokesville and Prince William County that name L. A. Marsteller. Louis Adolphus buried at the same cemetery as George Warren Fitzhugh [BH]. Most sources give their last name as “Marsteller”; “Marstellar” and “Mastilla” were probably misspellings. Both Louis Adolphus and Acca had light hair and different sources list each as physicians.

{Stiles says: Lewis Adolphus Marsteller, and was in Co. A.} [NOTE:Don’t know whether following sources refer to A. A. or Leclaire.] {[d. 4/1/1898 near Remington, age 75.][2639] Sept. 1844-5/17/1904. # Check. [2640] [# Contact reference.[2641]] Keogh: bur. in family plot at “Arellton,” family home near Thoroughfare Gap}