Beatrice Combs
COMBS- McCraw-EASTER-BOWERS
of Virginia
To be a Virginian either by Birth, Marriage, Adoption, or even on one's Mother's side is an Introduction to any State in the Union, a Passport to any Foreign Country, and a Benediction from Above.
.........Anonymous
1st LT FRANCIS MARION McCRAW
My G.G. Grandfather Co E. b. 12/17/1820 Carroll Co; enlisted 8/6/61 in Carroll Co. as 1st Lt;commanding company 10/61 on leave 1/62; then present thru 4/62; resigned 4/1862 prob. effective 5/1862 for reasons of health; later in 26th Va. Cav. and 4th Va. Res; living in Carroll in 1880; died 12/3/1896 prob. in Surry Co. NC and buried in family cemetery in Carroll, father of James C. and brother of Mordecai.
29th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Organized 5 Nov 1861, surrendered at Appomattox Court House, 9 Apr 1865.
Commanders: Colonel Alfred Cleon Moore (1861-63); Colonel James Giles (1863-65).
A, Capt. William McJessee;
B, Capt. William R. B. Horne;
C, "Carroll Marksman," "Carroll Boys," Capt. John Bryant (Carroll Co.);
D, "Rifle Rangers," Capt. Fielden L. Hale;
E, Capt. Alexander Haynes;
F (1st), Capt. Anderson Wells; F (2nd, formerly I), Capt. William J.
March; G, Capt. Edwin R. Smith;
H, Capt. Ebenezer Bruster; I (formerly K).
Wolf Creek, Princeton, Suffolk Campaign, Edenton Road, Knoxville Siege, Plymouth Siege, Drewry's Bluff, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Siege, Five Forks, Sayler's Creek, Appomattox Court House.
Sources: Alderman, "29th Virginia Infantry" (Lynchburg, H.E. Howard, 1989);
Bridgers, "Confederate Military History Extended Edition" (Wilmington, Broadfoot, 1987);
Sifakis, "Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Virginia" (New York, Facts on File, 1992);
Wallace, "A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865" (Lynchburg, H.E. Howard,1986).
See also "Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies..."
Pvt. JAMES CALVIN McCRAW
My G. Grandfather Co. E b. 7/23/1844 Surry Co. NC. enl. 8/7/1862 in Tazewell Co. present all rolls thru 4/1864; det. duty 1864 as brigade teamster; paroled at Appomattox 4/9/1865. died 9/21/1930
Post war James Calvin McCraw family photo. My Grandmother, Martha Adaline McCraw (Combs) is sitting on her mother's lap, Susan (Easter) McCraw. Susan was Daniel Easter's daughter.
MORDECAI H. McCRAW
Co. E. b. 2/12/1829 prob. Carroll Co. enl. 8/6/1861 in Carroll Co: reenlisted 4/1862; present thru 3/1863; died of fever in Lynchburg hospital 6/4/1863
DANIEL EASTER
My G. G. Grandfather Co. C b. ca. 1823, Davidson Co, NC. enl. 11/1/1864 at Camp Lee; Captured 4/6/1865 at Farmville; POW at Point Lookout, MD. died there 4/28/1865 of pneumonia and buried in Grave No. 1591 of Confederate. Cem.
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