Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
* Townshend Dade Vass
1846–1864
Confederate Service Record
Company H.
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- Townshend Dade Vass[4165] M K Y Photo: [NOTE:where did I get ‘Daniel’? kosher?] Born: 1846.[4166] 9 July 1846 at the home of “Milton Wm Fitzhugh” in Culpeper County.[4167] Married: Died: “We had a fight last Tuesday in which Townson Vass, a boy who has recently joined us was killed…”[4168] Killed in action; shot in right side on 26 May 1864 at Kennon’s Farm, Charles City County.[4169] “He and his brother George Fitzhugh were buried… in graves marked “84” and “84 1/2”….” [4170] A “little slate marker” devoid of dates announces the single grave of George and T. D. Vass “in a Confederate portion of the Emmanual Cemetery.”[4171] Buried at “Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery, Brook Hill, Henrico County.”[4172] Obituary: Children: Parents and Siblings: His brother was George Fitzhugh Vass [BH]; see his entry for parents and siblings. Other Family: See his brother’s entry. Stories, Letters & Biographies: “He [John H. Taylor] has done some research and put together information concerning sequencing and the battles in which our two boys lost their lives. He’s currently developing insight into what may have happened. … Now that I think of it he does have a letter written back then that refers to Townshend’s death.”[4173] An account of the Vass brothers’ service was told at the grave marking of George and Townshend. See Biographies Chapter under James Vass. CSR: Company H. Additional Information: “Military records at the National Archives in Washington, D. C., list him as T. D. and T. E. D. Vass.”[4174] Name was possibly spelled Townshend Dade Vass. “Townshend Dade was named after his mother’s grandfather and brother.”[4175]
This entry contains 11 footnote references. The full bibliography is in the References section.
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Source Rosters
- M Martin Roll (most authoritative)
- 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.