William Albert Smoot

William Albert Smoot M V R C B K Y Photo: Image file is saved in E:\BHC Work Folder\Cavalryman Photos. Also in 1890 Reunion Photo. Hardcopy is in Source Binder. Not Scanned. Born: 1840[3798] Check #. 30 August 1840, Alexandria.[3799] Married: Died: “The ceremony took place in [Alexandria’s] “Methodist Protestant” cemetery on Wythe Street.”[3800] Get dod from obit Obituary: “William A. Smoot, prominently identified with the business interests of Alexandria,…died at his home… at the age of seventy-six. ”[3801] See Obituary Chapter. Children: Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: “On Saturday, September 20 (the day before the live shoot at Terry’s), I represented the unit at a gravemarking ceremony for William Albert Smoot, Pvt, Black Horse.”[3802] See Stories Chapter. “His father was Rev. Charles C. Taliaferro. …His parents died before he was three years old, and he was [adopted] by his uncle, Dr. Taliaferro.”[3803] See Stories Chapter under Charles C. Taliaferro, Jr. Mentioned in Beverly Randolph Mason’s obituary. See Obituary Chapter. CSR: 5’11”, dark complexion, dark hair, black eyes; enlisted 1 May 1862; wounded 30 June 1862 Frayser’s [check spelling] Farm; wounded 29 August 1862 Manassas; wounded April 1863; detailed to quartermaster September 1863 to April 1864; paroled 6 May 1865 Manchester. Additional Information: Wounded in Fauquier County in 1863. Merchant. Alexandria.[3804] Also Check # Lewis of Warner Hall, p. 235 per Krick. “Of Alexandria,” see Charles C. Taliaferro, Jr., below. “Coppy of original “Privates Taliaferro & Smoot Co H 4th Va Cavalry were with my reg [regiment] from last Saturday to the present time & were in the engagement with my Regt. on the 30th June, both behaved bravely. M.D. Corse Col. 17th Va Inft.”[3805]

“Record Blank of Confederate Diploma Company, Richmond, Va” “Know ye, That W. A. Smoot enlisted from Alexandria county, State of Virginia on the day of 1861, and was mustered into the Confederate States service at State of Virginia on the day of , 18621, as a private of Company Co. H. Black Horse 4th Regiment, Va Cav volunteers, infantry, cavalry, artillery or navy (erase what you don’t need) under Captain Robt Randolph and Colonel W. C. Wickham, to serve years, or during the war. … … Wounded. Seven times in various Battles and skirmishes. Captured. He was captured at Below Warrenton, Va but enemy thinking my wound mortal left me. Paroled, Released or Exchanged. Paroled at Winchester Va May 1865”[3806]

“Oath Prescribed By Section 1, Act of March 23 1867.” “(This oath must be taken and subscribed by every person before being registered as a voter; and may be administered by any Registrar, notary public, or magistrate authorized by law to administer oaths.) “I, WmA Smoot, do solemnyly Swear in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of Virginia that I have resided in said State for 28 ys [years] months next preceding this day, and now reside in the County of Alexandria, in said state; that I am twenty-one years old; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any state or of the United States; that I have never been a member of any State legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as an officer of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do: So help me God. Sworn and subscribed before me, This 21 day of June, A D., 1869. Josiah Mill—— Registrar, Precinct of County.”[3807]