Company H · 4th Virginia Cavalry · Black Horse
Whitfield Peters
1841–1927
Confederate Service Record
Not listed in source used for Compiled Service Records.
This entry contains unresolved editorial notes from the working manuscript,
marked as [NOTE: ...].
These are Lynn Hopewell's or Susan Roberts' open research questions, preserved exactly as written.
Whitfield Peters P Photo: Mrs. Mary Eustace has a picture of him. He was her uncle. She has pictures of her Uncle Whitfield [Mauzy’s brother, also in the Black Horse], and her Aunt Eliza.[4440] “There is none.” [No individual photo of him in Confederate uniform.][4441] “Whit Peters”, 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 21 August 1841 at “ “Cherry Lane,” a circa-1750 Colonial mansion near Bristersburg.”[4442] Married: “He married Sallie Nancie Boteler.”[4443] Died: 1927, buried at the William D. Peters Farm, Route 806, Catlett.[4444] 12 April 1827, near Bristersburg.[4445] [NOTE:check letter] Children: Joseph, Lacy, David, Reynolds.[4446] Parents and Siblings: Brother Mauzy Peters. Other Family: He was Mrs. Mary Eustace’s uncle. She has pictures of her Uncle Whitfield [Mauzy’s brother, also in the Black Horse], her Aunt Eliza CSR: Not listed in source used for Compiled Service Records. Additional Information: “Whit”.[4447] He was not in the Black Horse Cavalry. “He was in the 49th Infantry Regiment. Wounded at 1st Manassas. Courier 1863–65. ”[4448]
Robert Pierson CSR: Captured 22 June 1863 Aldie; Old Capitol Prison; exchanged 1 November 1864.
This entry contains 9 footnote references. The full bibliography is in the References section.
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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.