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FCCPA President Mary Lipsey and a descendant of Civil War veteran Armistead Thompson are featured. They talk about two Civil War veterans who are also profiled in FCCPA’s Civil War Honor Roll: William C. Preston and Armistead Thompson
William Walter Skinner
Born 1838
Died May 21, 1907
Place of Birth: Washington County, VA
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Buried: Fairfax City Cemetery, Fairfax, VA
How died: Suicide
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: Private
Units: 37th VA Infantry
Battles/engagements: Second Manassas, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg
The 37th Virginia was organized in Washington County, Virginia, in May 1861, the same month that Walter Skinner enlisted. [...]
John Franklin Saunders
Born 1842
Died November 29, 1904
Place of Birth: VA
Place of Death: VA
Buried: Vale Methodist Church Cemetery, Oakton (formerly known as Vale), VA
How died: Unknown
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: Private
Units: Company G, 8th VA Infantry
Battles/engagements: Unknown
John Saunders enlisted in the Confederate Army after being promised by Dr. William B. Day that Mr. Saunders would [...]
Charles Ozias Robey
Born 1843
Died 1891
Place of birth: Fairfax County, VA
Place of death: Unknown
Buried: Merrifield Cemetery, Merrifield, VA
How died: Cause unknown
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: Private and Corporal
Units: Company G, 8th Virginia Infantry
Battles/engagements: Battle of Gettysburg
Although he voted against secession, Charles Ozias Robey enlisted in the Confederate Army on April 6, 1862 at Camp Taylor, [...]
Elhanan Winchester Wakefield
Born July 2, 1834
Died January 1920
Place of Birth: Lawrence County, OH
Place of Death: Annandale, VA
How Died: Heart Condition
Buried: Annandale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Annandale, VA
Military Service: Union Army
Military Ranks Held: Private, Sergeant
Units: Companies F, K and C, California Battalion of the Second Massachusetts Voluntary Cavalry
Battles/engagements: Gettysburg in July 1863, General Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley [...]
William B. Everett
Born December 19, 1837
Died December 13, 1923
Place of Birth: Kent County, MD
Place of Death: Fairfax, VA
Buried: Fairfax City Cemetery, 10567 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia
Cause of Death: Unknown – died at home
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military rank held: Captain
Units: Assistant Surgeon, 5th Virginia Cavalry; Assistant Surgeon, North Carolina Troops; Surgeon, 1st Battalion Virginia Reserves
Battles/engagements: Battle [...]
Elisha Dyer
Born May 24, 1838
Died August 13, 1919
Place of Birth: Hunters’ Mill area near Vienna, Virginia
Place of Death: Herndon, Virginia
Buried: Chestnut Grove Cemetery, 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA
How died: unknown
Military Service: Union Army
Military Rank: Private
Battles/engagements: Battle of Cold Harbor, First and Second Battles of the Wilderness
Elisha Dyer was the son of John Kinsey Dyer [...]
Charles Calfus “C. C.” Dyer
Born December 20, 1841
Died March 6, 1918
Place of Birth: Vienna, Virginia
Place of Death: Vienna, Virginia
Buried: Andrew Chapel Cemetery, corner of Leesburg Pike and Trap Road, Vienna, VA (C.C. Dyer’s grave is close to Leesburg Pike, as the cemetery abuts St. Athanasius Church.)
How died: Pyloric cancer
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: [...]
William Whann Mackall
Born January 18, 1817
Died August 19, 1891
Place of birth: Georgetown, Washington, D.C
Place of death: Langley, Virginia
Buried: Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery
How died: Cause unknown
Military Service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: Lieutenant Colonel, Brigadier General
Units: Command of Confederate Army at Madrid Bend, Department of the Tennessee, Command of the District of the Gulf, the Department of [...]
Charles W. Adams
Born 1825
Died 1877
Place of Birth: Fairfax County
Place of Death: Fairfax County
Buried: Adams Family Cemetery, located one mile east of
Hunter Mill Road in the Hunter Mill Forest Subdivision
How died: Unknown
Military service: Confederate Army
Military ranks held: Private
Units: Co I, 11th Virginia Calvary, 2nd Co F, 5th VA Cavalry,
Ball’s Fairfax Cavalry
Battles/engagements: unknown
Charles W. Adams was born [...]
