Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
* John Marshall Ficklin
1843–1864
Confederate Service Record
Enlisted 20 October 1862 Jefferson[ton?].
This entry contains unresolved editorial notes from the working manuscript,
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These are Lynn Hopewell's or Susan Roberts' open research questions, preserved exactly as written.
- John Marshall Ficklin M V T K Y Photo: Born: 7 November 1843.[1322] Married: Died: Killed 1864.[1323] Supposed to have been killed at Trevillian’s Station, May, 1864. Never heard of after that battle. [1324] Killed 11 June, 1864 at Trevillian Station.[1325] Reported Killed in action Trevillian’s Station.[1326] John Ficklin died 1864.[1327] He died 11 June 1864 at Trevillian Station. “[H]is body was never recovered during the war.”[1328] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: Ann Coleman Martin and William Phillip Ficklin. His mother was born 7 April 1805 and died 22 February 1854. They wed on 6 April 1836. His father wed second Francis Delaney on 22 November 1854. He was one of four known siblings: an infant daughter; George Martin (4 January 1838–September 1857, typhoid fever); William Lewis [BH]; John Marshall [BH].[1329] [NOTE:use below uncertainty in this fn re certainty of data] Brother was William Lewis Ficklin. “Above Ficklins were brothers.”[1330] Interviewee is “pretty sure” that William Lewis Ficklin and John Marshall Ficklin were brothers.[1331] “…Lt. William Lewis Ficklin, was in the 4th Virginia Cavalry, Black Horse Troop. His brother, John, who served in the same regiment, was killed at the Battle of Travillian [sic] Station near Richmond.”[1332] Other Family: See William Lewis Ficklin’s entry. 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.”[1333] See Stories Chapter under John Edward Armstrong. “June 15, ??. As a result of Meigs’ death, which the Yankees called murder by guerillas, the Martin Brothers had a price on their head[s].”[1334] See Stories Chapter under John Richard “Dick” Martin. CSR: Enlisted 20 October 1862 Jefferson[ton?]. Additional Information: [Insert material from Martin boys for him and William Lewis below. Cite bible.]
This entry contains 13 footnote references. The full bibliography is in the References section.
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Source Rosters
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- V Vanished Roster (~1874–1878)
- T Tracing Roll
- K K.I. Keith Roster (1924)
- Y Nanzig Register
Descendant or researcher? Corrections and additions welcome.
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.