Note: Not on Broadfoot, but muster roll of box 226, extraction 5 and

record 82. NFR.

George Belcher

Residence not listed; a 19 year-old Farm Laborer. Enlisted on 5/18/1863 at

Wyoming Co., WV as a Private. On 5/18/1863 he mustered into "C" Co. VA 45th

Battn Infantry He was Absent without leave on 12/15/1863 (No further

record, prior service in Co. G 2nd VA State Line) Other Information: born

in Kentucky (Living in Wyoming Co. in 1866.) Source:- The Virginia

Regimental Histories Series

Note: This George was also in two other regiments.

Belcher George VA 2 Inf G C 5/18/63 P Tr 2SL

George VA 2nd State Line Inf. C P Tr 45BN

George VA 45Btln Inf H C P Surv

Note: 2nd VA Inf. Co. G Enlisted as a Private, date, place unk. May

have served in another unit because record says "also had service in 2nd VA

Inf.".. Paroled 5/9/62 at Charleston VA. He was 5�7", fair complexion, blue

eyes, light hair. birth unk. HDS. Probably the same person that was in 2nd

VA State Line. The regimental history shows him on the roster, but

Broadfoot does not show anyone in the VA State Line. Enl 5/18/63 in Wyoming

Co. WV. AWOL from 12/15/63. I believe he deserted the State Line and

enlisted in the 45th VA Inf. Battalion Co. H. Enlisted 4/26/63 as Private.

Age 16, farm laborer, born in KY, 1860 Wyoming Co. census. Survived the

war, living in Wyoming Co. in 1866. Muster roll for 2VA is box 382,

extraction 4 and record 2663. For 45 Batln is box 383, extraction 4 and

record 2664. No muster roll for Stat Line. NFR.

Belcher George VA 45 Reg. Inf H/C C 4/26/63 P

Note: On Broadfoot list and muster roll for Co. H of box 382,

extraction 4 and record 2664. A source of confusion, one George served in

the 45 VA regiment, while five Belchers were in the 45th battalion (Lewis,

Allen, Abraham, Ali Coon and George).

Belcher George NC 2 CAV H C tr 19 St Tr George NC 19 St TR

Note: On Broadfoot list and that entry infers that the 2nd Cav and 19 State

Reserves are the same unit. Muster roll for 2nd NC with reference to 19

State Troops is box 230, extraction 3 and record 1595. In the HDS data

there is a George Belcher, no unit or Co., and listed as a Confederate.

Comments that he could be found in Pitt Co. or Edgecombe Co. NC. I am sure

these are all the same person.

Belcher George VA 22 CAV K C P

Note: The 22nd Cav was known as Bowen�s VA Mounted Riflemen, an it

served from 10/27/63 to 4/9/65. On broadfoot list and muster roll of box

382, extraction 4 and record 2662, but not the VA archives. There were 6

Belchers in this regiment with a 2nd George. .

George E. Belcher

Residence not listed; Enlisted on 9/18/1861 at Petersburg, VA as a Private.

On 12/31/1861 he mustered into "E" Co.VA 41st Infantry He Re-enlisted on

4/15/1862 (date and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * On

rolls Appomattox Court House, VA (date not stated) * Receivd pay 4/15/1862

(place not stated) Promotions: * Color Sergt 11/15/1862 * Corpl 4/15/1863

Other Information: died 8/26/1909 Source:- The Virginia Regimental

Histories Series

Belcher George E. VA 41 Inf E C 9/18/61 P-Color SGT Par Appo

Note: Enlisted 9/18/61 at Petersburg, VA as a Private. Mustered in

12/31/61. Received pay 4/15/62. Promoted to Color Sergeant 11/15/62 and

Corporal 4/15/63. On Appomattox Court House rolls. Listed by VA Archives,

Broadfoot and muster roll of box 382, extraction 4 and record 2666. Two

additional muster rolls are for George E. Belches with an alternate name of

George E. Belcher (box 382, extraction 4 and record 2782). For George E.

Belscher with an alternate name of George E. Belcher (box 382, extraction 4

and record 3395). Died 8/26/1909.

George H. Belcher

company I and K of the 22nd Regimental Calvary of Virginia 22nd Regiment

Virginia Cavalry, also known as Bowen's Regiment Virginia Mounted Riflemen,

was organized October 27, 1863, with 10 companies, Company I - Captain

William P. Samples Company Company K - Captain Miles Apperson Francis'

Company source: Roster of the 22nd Regimental Calvary

NOTE: Fairly sure he is George W. H. Belcher in 22nd VA Cav. and 29th

VA.

George W.H. Belcher

B: 1831 Russell County Va.Rosedale Company G. 29th VA Infantry applied for

Pension: age 69 reason: Bronchitis 1900 source: Russell County Civil War

Pension Applications 1900 another Source: Russell County Civil War files

Biographical record for George W. H. Belcher Last Name: Belcher First Name:

George W. H. Parents: John Belcher and| Mary ----- Date of Birth: 7/15/1838

(RC GENWEB) Birth Place: Russell Co. Marriage Date: 10/1/1858 (RC MG 2)

Spouse: Elizabeth McFarlane Units: 22nd Cavalry 1850 Census Household: 764

age 10 1860 Census Household: 758 age 21 1870 Census Household: 50 age 29

Pension: 1909 Pension List: 1910 Census: Death: 4/30/1913 (RC GENWEB)

Note: This entry confirms that he served in both units, but seems to

have a different wife.

Belcher George W. H. VA 29 Inf G C 9/1/62 P deserted/returned TR22VACAV

George W. H. VA 22 Cav I C Surv Note: Enl. 9/1/62 at Russell Co. VA as

a Private in 29th VA Inf.. Co. G. On rolls 10/15/62 as Company Musician.

Deserted 6/15/63 and returned 3/14/64. On rolls 12/15/64. Born 1840. VA

Archives, Broadfoot and muster roll (box 382, extraction 4, and record

2672) lists 29th VA service.

I have read that he was also in the 22nd VA Cav. While he was deserted,

he may have spent in 22nd VA Cav. Co.. I/K Private, Co... K organized , 1

Aug 1863. Co.I was org. 15 Aug 1863. Broadfoot nor the muster roll has this

entry.

1860 Russell Co. Census shows, George, age 21, Wife, Betsey, age 30;

son John, 1 mo. Living in Russell Co., VA in 1904 and filed for pension in

Russell Co.. in 1904, age 69, for age and bronchitis. Pension awarded for

service in 29th VA Inf. Residing in Rosedale, VA. Still on roster in 1909.

Roll of 1900, age 69. Widow, Fannie E. Belcher receiving pension in 1916

She was 2nd wife. There are two George Belcher who served from Russell

County. One was George G. of the 29th VA. The other is a George H. of the

22nd VA. I believe these two names are for the same man because I have seen

references to a George G. H (Hopkins) Belcher.

He is the only person I have found with this definitive history in the

HDS data base. There is a George Washington Belcher on the Texas Pension

Roll, Hill Co. Texas, but maybe not this one.

George P. Belcher

Residence not listed; 24 years old. Enlisted on 6/2/1861 at Lynchburg, VA

as a Private. On 6/2/1861 he mustered into "G" Co. VA 24th Infantry (date

and method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * Detailed (date and

place not stated) (Ambulance corps Spring 1863) * Paroled 6/21/1865

Charleston, WV He was described at enlistment as: 6', dark complexion,

black eyes, dark hair Source:- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Note: May be a George P. Belcher, Jr.

Belcher George P., JR. VA 24 Inf G C 6/2/61 P

Note: A George P. Belcher, 24th VA Co.. G, enlisted 6/2/61 as a Private

in Lynchburg, VA. Detailed to Ambulence service, date/time not given.

Described as 6�, dark complexion, dark eyes, black hair and age 24. Listed

in VA Archives, Broadfoot and muster roll of box 3282, extraction 4 and

record 2667. There was also a George W. Belcher in Co. D. The HDS roster

only lists 211 names for the regiment, which seems very low and five of

these were Belchers..

Somewhere I have picked up that he was a JR. and also served in the 8th

VA Cav., from Tazewell CO. Neither Broadfoot, muster roll nor Regimental

history roster lists a George Belcher in 8VA Cav., but there were four

Belchers in the 8th VA Cav.. NFR

Belcher George R. AR 36 Inf F C P Tr 3AR Cav

George R. AR 3 Cav G U 1864

Note: For 3 Cav., on Broadfoot roster and muster roll of box 383,

extraction 1, and record 892. A second entry for Gerger Belcher of box 383,

extraction 1, and record 692. I am sure that entry is also for George.

Broadfoot lists George R. on the Confederate roster for 36th AR Inf, and

muster roll has box 376, extraction 2 and record 2895. The 36th Inf was

organized 6/1/62 and mustered out 5/26/65 (no history or roster in HDS).

Don�t know the sequence in which he served, but I am sure he served in both

units. If it is the same person, then this is a case of switching sides.

The 3rd Cav was organized at Little Rock, 2/1/64 and mustered out 6/30/65

(no roster or history in HDS). The men were from North Central AR, Conway,

Yell and Pulaski Counties AR.

Belcher George W. AR 2 Batln Mtd Rif (Cav) C C P Tr 10 MO Inf

George W. MO 10 Inf C C P Tr 2BN MO Mil

George W. MO 2nd Batln MO State Militia Cav C. U P Surv

Note: Like George R. above, this George seems to have switched sides

and switched states. The nature of loyalties in AR and MO would be the

areas where people could easily switch sides in the war. I don�t believe

there were enough Belchers in the area that there would be multiple George

W.s. Not sure of the sequence in which he served, but believe they are all

the same person.

For 2nd Batln AR Mounded Rifles (Cavalry) (served 7/29/61 to 4/9/65),

on Broadfoot (Confederate) and muster roll of box 376, extraction 2 and

record 2896. For 10 MO Inf (11/10/62 to 5/26/65), on Broadfoot

(Confederate) and muster roll roster (box 380, extraction 1, record 3794)

and for 10th Inf. Broadfoot (Union) roster and muster roll for 2nd MO

Militia Cav (3/1/62 with no muster out date) is box 390, extraction 3 and

record 2280. HDS does not have a roster or history for these units.

The following obituary from the Cass Co. MO, Pleasant Hill newspaper,

8/1907, is interesting. George W. Belcher, age 77, (b. 1830) residing

northwest of this city, died Friday night [9 Aug. 1907] after an illness of

a year. Stomach trouble and Bright�s disease combined being assigned as the

cause of death. Funeral services were held by Rev. Ruffurty, Sunday, at the

home and burial took place in Union Baptist cemetery, west of this city.

Mr. Belcher�s first wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Smith, died about 1872,

leaving five children. His second wife was Miss Elvira Hodges, who

survives. There were no children by the second marriage. The children

spoken of are the boys, Luke, Jehiel and George, all farmers in this

vicinity, and Mrs. James Calloway of Kansas City, and Mrs. M.T. Smiley of

Kansas. The scene of Mr. Belcher�s death was on the farm which he entered

as governmental and in the early days when that region was one vast ,

rolling, almost unbroken prairie, giving shelter to deer and other wild

gasme. From the day when he first turned the prairie sod for the initial

crop to the day of his death that place was his home, and he was looked

upon as one of the most substantial citizens of the wealthy, enterprising

community which had since developed around him.

During the Civil War he was with Co. C, 2nd Battalion, Missouri State

Cavalry, USA. George W. Belcher was the son of Andrew (1798-1843) and Nancy

Price Belcher (1798-1873). Nancy was related to General Sterling Price.

(Note: Sterling Price was former Governor of MO and CSA General.) They came

to Mo in 1834. Elizabeth Smith Belcher was the dau. of Pouncy A. and

Lieudema (Williams) Smith. Elvira Hodges was the dau. of Welcome and

Rebecca Hodges. Obit taken from the Internet. His grandfather was John

Belcher who moved near Independence, MO in 1832.

George W. Belcher

Residence not listed; Enlisted on 6/11/1861 at Lynchburg, VA as a Private.

On 6/11/1861 he mustered into "D" Co.VA 24th Infantry He was discharged for

disability on 5/29/1862 Source:- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Note: Same as my data. Don't know which George this applies too. but in

the 1883 Pensions List for Owsley Co., KY, there was a George W. Belcher,

Pension 70,181, Post office Booneville, KY. Pension for wound in thigh was

for $4.00 per month. I believe he would be one of the Georges that served

in a VA unit.

Belcher George W. VA 24 Inf D C 6/11/61 5/29/62 P-Corp DD Surv

Note: On HDS, Broadfoot list and Muster roll, box 382, extraction 4 and

record 2668, as George W., but not VA Archives. The Archives lists a George

P. in Co. G this regiment.

Belcher George W. NS 7 CSA CAV I2 C 2LT to Dr. M. Tr Staff

George W. NS CSA Gen. & Staff Officer C 2LT-Drill Master

Note: Broadfoot lists two entries. Muster roll for 7 CSA Cav is not

listed but the staff position is box 818, extraction 2 and record 2165. I

am sure they are the same person, but don�t know anthing about him. .

George W. Belcher

Residence Mercer County WV; Enlisted on 7/4/1861 at Princeton, WV as a

Corporal. On 7/4/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 60th Infantry (date and

method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * Hospitalized 8/15/1862

Richmond, VA * On rolls 12/15/1862 (place not stated) * POW 10/19/1864

Belle Grove, VA * Confined 10/21/1864 Fort Delaware, DE * Oath Allegiance

6/17/1865 Fort Delaware, DE (Released) He was described at enlistment as:

5' 6.0", dark eyes, dark hair (Born 1836) Source:- The Virginia Regimental

Histories Series also listed in the Virginia Civil War Rosters vol 6 p. 497

Belcher George W. VA 60 Inf H2 C 7/4/61 6/17/65 Corp-1LT POWPAR F Del Surv

Note: Enlisted 7/4/61 at Princeton, WV as Private. Hospitalized

8/15/62 at Richmond, VA. On rolls 12/15/62. POW 10/19/64 at Belle Grove, VA

(battle of Cedar Creek). Confined 10/21/64 at Fort Delaware, DL. Signed

Oath of Allegiance to U.S. 6/17/65 at Fort Delaware and released. 5�6",

dark eyes, dark hair. Born 1836, son of Obediah and Martha Prince. There

were 8 other Belchers in this regiment and 6 were in Co. K. Listed in VA

Archives and Broadfoot. Muster roll indicates 60th is the 3rd regiment of

Wise�s Legion. Entry says George N, but alternate name is George W. and

muster roll is box 382, extraction 4 and record 2673.

George W. Belcher

Residence not listed; Enlisted on 5/9/1861 at Petersburg, VA as a Private.

On 5/9/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. VA 41st Infantry He Re-enlisted on

4/15/1862 He deserted on 4/15/1865 He was listed as: * Received pay

4/15/1862 (place not stated) * Sick 5/12/1862 Chesterfield County, VA *

Hospitalized 4/10/1864 Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA (With dysentery) *

Hospitalized 4/21/1864 Petersburg, VA * Hospitalized 1/15/1865 Confederate

States Hospl, Petersburg, VA (Born in 1841. Illiterate) Source:- The

Virginia Regimental Histories Series also listed: Virginia Civil War

Rosters vol 4 page 445.

Note: Nothing new really in my entry

Belcher George W. VA 41 Inf C C 5/9/61 P

Note: Enlisted 5/9/61 at Petersburg, VA as a Private. Received pay

4/15/62. sick 5/12/62 at Chesterfield County, VA. Hospitalized 4/10/64 at

Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA with dysentery. Hospitalized 4/21/64 at

Petersburg, VA. Hospitalized 1/15/65 at Confederate States Hopital,

Petersburg, VA. Deserted 4/15/65. born 1841, illiterate. Listed as GW in VA

Archives and George W. on Broadfoot list. Muster roll of box 382,

extraction 4 and record 2669. A second muster roll for G. C. Belsher with

an alternate name of George W. is box 382, 3xtraction 4, record 3401. A

third muster roll of box 382, extraction 4 and record 2670. There was a

George E. in Co. E.

George W. Belcher

Residence not listed; Enlisted on 9/1/1862 at Russell County, VA as a

Private. On 9/1/1862 he mustered into "G" Co.VA 29th Infantry (date and

method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * On rolls 10/15/1862

(place not stated) (As company musician) * Deserted 6/15/1863 (place not

stated) (Estimated day) * Returned 3/14/1864 (place not stated) * On rolls

12/15/1864 (place not stated) Other Information: born in Russell County, VA

(Born 1840. Living in Russell, VA in 1904) Source:- The Virginia Regimental

Histories Series another source for this record of George: Russell county

Civil War files: Biographical record for George W. Belcher Last Name:

Belcher First Name: George W. Parents: Samuel H. Belcher and| Nancy Maddox.

Date of Birth: ca. 1846 Birth Place: Russell Co. Units: 29th Infantry 1850

Census Household: 737 age 5 1860 Census Household: 314 age 14 1870 Census

Household: 52 age 25 Pension: under 1900 1909 Pension List: 1902 1910

Census: Death: after 1904 Belcher George W. 29th G Enlisted: 9/1/62

Belcher G. (George) W. (Washington) SC Consc. Camp Inst C P P Tr Post Gd

George Washington SC 4 Inf C C Sgt-3LT Tr Corps Inst

George Washington SC Post GD Capt Senn�s Co C 3LT-2LT Tr 7 RES

George Washington. SC 7 Res M C Surv

Note: George is another one of those difficult to pin down.. I believe

he served in four different organizations and the sequence has to be

surmised. On Broadfoot roster and muster roll for all four units and my

sequence is as follows:

1) Conscript, Camp of Instruction at Columbia as a Private. Muster roll

of box 381, extraction 2, and record 3426. This may mean he had not been

assigned to a unit and his rank was Private, so I am assuming that would

have been his first assignment.

2) Transferred to the 4th SC Inf. Apparently entered as a Sgt and rose

to 3rd LT with muster roll of box 381, extraction 2, and record 3425. He

may have been wounded or his health may have caused him to be unable to

perform combat and he was transferred to a prison guard unit at Columbia.

3) Assigned to Captain Senn�s Company with muster roll of box 381,

extraction 2, and record 3424 . The following taken from the Official

Records, Series II, Vol. VII (S#120) provides an excellent description of

what the conditions were in Columbia in August 1864:

HEADQUARTERS POST, Richmond, Va., August 18, 1864.

Maj, GARNETT ANDREWS, Assistant Adjutant-General:

MAJOR: I have the honor to make the following report of inspection of

military prison, Columbia, S.C., under Special Orders, No. 182, Adjutant

and Inspector General's Office, August 3, 1864:

I found Capt. R. D. Senn performing the duties of commandant of prison,

acting under Maj. A. J. Green, commandant of post. Captain Senn was

commissioned September 9, 1863, as enrolling officer; ordered by commission

to report to Major Melton, former commandant of post at Columbia, to be

assigned to command of post guard. Captain Senn has three officers under

him, whose commissions bear date with his own, and ordered to report to

Captain Senn, each one commissioned as drill-master, viz, First Lieut.

George C. Gill, Second Lieut. Rufus N. Rich-bourg, and Second Lieut. George

W. Belcher. Captain Senn has charge of the whole guard for the city--214

men, composed partially of reserves and light-duty men holding surgeons'

certificates. These men are in no distinct organization, but Captain Senn

considers the whole as one company under himself and the officers above

mentioned, although there is no authority organizing them into a company.

There are thirty-six posts in the city--only twelve of these around the

prison. Hence only a portion of Captain Senn's time can be given to the

prison.

There is no order establishing a regular military prison for prisoners of

war. Prisoners have been turned over, from time to time, to Captain Senn as

commandant of the guard. The building used as a prison is the county jail.

There are 132 officers and 99 privates, making an aggregate of 231 Federal

prisoners. There are also twenty-seven Confederate deserters confined in

the same building, but in different apartments from Federal prisoners. The

jail, being the county jail, is also used for the confinement of civil

prisoners, which gives access to several different authorities, which is

very inconsistent with the character of a military prison.

Three or four tunnels have been discovered, and several prisoners escaped,

but recaptured; one prisoner wounded while attempting to escape through the

tunnel. There are ten posts around the jail in the day and twelve at night.

Most of the privates are confined in the yard of the jail, which is formed

by a rotten wood fence. Hence the sentinels are the only security against

escape. There are also sentinels <ar120_612> stationed on the outside of

this wood fence. Sentinels, upon examination, exhibit considerable

ignorance as to their instructions. Officers are allowed to go into jail

yard and paroled not to attempt to make any escape. There are only two

reliefs, sentinels being on duty three hours at a time.

I found the prison in a clean and sanitary condition and well policed.

Police duty performed by prisoners. There are three kitchens, in which

cooking for the whole prison is done. Cooks are taken from prisoners. Water

is obtained outside the jail inclosure. Four prisoners are allowed to go

for water under one sentinel. Prisoners receive the ration of a soldier in

the field. No complaint made as to insufficiency of ration. Four officers

and three privates escaped, but have been recaptured. Prisoners are not

secure under the present arrangement. Stringent and proper instructions are

not given to the guard. Prisoners are allowed to purchase eatables and read

our papers. Captain Senn, having other duties to perform, is not at the

prison more than one-third of his time. Prisoners under the present prison

organization I deem insecure.

Upon examination of prison books, I find a discrepancy of eight prisoners

between the number of names and the number actually in jail, there being

more prisoners in jail than upon the prison record. The books are kept in

very bad order and no dependence or certainty can be placed in them. I

would respectfully suggest that these prisoners be removed to Charleston if

a regular military prison is established at that point, the number at

Columbia not being sufficient to justify a new prison with a separate

commandant. Rations are drawn from post commissary; quartermaster's stores

from post quartermaster. One officer and eight privates in post hospital.

No guard is kept at hospital and nothing to prevent their escape.

Respectfully submitted.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN C. RUTHERFORD,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.

4) With most of the prisoners being moved from Columbia, he was

probably transferred to the 7th SC Reserve with a muster roll of box 381,

extraction 2 and record 3423.

Little doubt that they are all the same person, but the sequence of

service could have been quite different. There are several George

Washington Belcher choices. My two best guesses are. George W. Belcher, age

38 in 1870, and living in the Hall, Township, Anderson County, per the 1870

Census. There was a George, age 26, living in Columbia, Richland Co. per

the 1870 Census. He could also be the son of Josiah Belcher of Spartanburg,

my gggf..

George W. Belcher

Jefferson County GA; 18 years old. Enlisted on 6/14/1861 as a Private. On

6/14/1861 he mustered into "C" Co. GA 20th Infantry He was Surrendered on

4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA He was listed as: * Wounded

9/19/1863 Chickamauga, GA (Estimated day. Severely wounded) Promotions: *

Sergt Other Information: born in Jefferson County, GA After the War he

lived in Dublin, GA source: - Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georrrgia

1861-1865 - Confederate Military History

George W. Belcher, a veteran of Hood's division, Longstreet's corps, a

command famous among the hard fighters of the Confederacy, was born and

reared in Jefferson county, Ga. At the age of eighteen years he ran away

from home to join the Confederate ranks and became a private in Capt. Roger

L. Gamble's company, C of the Twentieth regiment Georgia infantry,

commanded first by Col. W. D. Smith. With this regiment he was mustered

into the Confederate service at Richmond, Va., and they were then assigned

to the brigade of Gen. Robert Toombs, and were on duty on the Virginia

peninsula. When McClellan brought his Federal army to that part of Virginia

early in 1862 Private Belcher took part in the fighting about Yorktown, and

on the retreat participated in the battle of Williamsburg. He fought under

Gen. J. E. Johnston in the battle of Seven Pines, and was first under

Robert E. Lee in the Seven Days campaign before Richmond, in the course of

which he received his first wound. At the battle of Second Manassas, in

Longstreet's corps, he was again wounded, but continued on duty and was a

participant in the Maryland campaign and the battle of Sharpsburg.

Subsequently he took part in the battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg,

and came with Longstreet's corps to north Georgia to reinforce Bragg in the

fall of 1863, and shared the fighting of Benning's brigade at Chickamauga,

where he was severely wounded. Ever since the war he has borne the bullet

he received in his body on this famous battle field. Being sent home on

furlough he missed the operations about Chattanooga and the Knoxville

campaign, and was next in battle with his comrades in the Wilderness, in

May, 1864. He served through the bloody campaign from the Rapidan to the

James, fought in the trenches around Petersburg and Richmond from July,

1864, to April, 1865, and finally marched with his command to Appomattox

and was surrendered with the army under Gen. Robert E. Lee. From Appomattox

he walked to Waynesboro, Ga., where he was met by his father and taken to

his home. Since the war Mr. Belcher has been a resident of Dublin, and for

many year she was actively engaged in building and contracting, erecting

many of the substantial business blocks of his city. He has also rendered

valuable public service as chief of police of Dublin. He has two children

living: Allie, wife of Albert Gifford, of Macon, and Anna Jackson, wife of

Clarence Lewis, of the same city. Source: Confederate Military History Vol.

VII p. 496

Note: My entry has the same information which is taken from HDS

Granville W. Belcher

Residence not listed; Enlisted on 7/10/1861 at Henry County, VA as a

Corporal. On 7/10/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VA 57th Infantry (date and

method of discharge not given) He was listed as: * Hospitalized 5/19/1862

Williamsburg, VA (With lumbago) * Furloughed 5/28/1862 (place not stated) *

On rolls 10/15/1863 (place not stated) * Absent, sick 12/15/1863 (place not

stated) * Deserted 2/18/1864 (place not stated) * Returned 2/29/1864 (place

not stated) * Deserted 7/3/1864 (place not stated) * POW 7/4/1864 (place

not stated) (Captured by Federals) * Hospitalized 8/12/1864 Harrisonburg,

VA (With chronic diarrhea) * Oath Allegiance 8/15/1864 (place not stated)

(Estimated day) Source:- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

Belcher Granville W. VA 57 Inf F C 7/10/61 P-Corp POW Camp Curtin Surv

Note: Enl. July 10, 1861. at Henry Co. VA. Company F was known as the

Henry and Pittslyvania Rifles and was organized 6/29/61.

Promoted to 1st Corporal Dec. �61 .

Hospitalized 5/19/62 at Williamsburg with lumbago.

Furloughed 5/28/62.

On rolls 10/15/63.

Absent, sick 12/15/63

Deserted 2/18/64 at Weldon NC

Returned 2/29/64 and was confined.

Deserted 7/3/64

Pow 7/4/64 when captured by Federals near Bermuda Hundred, VA.

8/12/64 USA Post Hospital near Harrisonburg, VA with chronic diarrhea

POW at Camp Curtin which is at Harrisburg, PA

Took Oath of Allegiance to US 8/15/64.Listed inVA Archives. NFR in HDS.

I have also read that he was AWOL Jan. 62 and returned to duty May 62.

Company Cook. The roster I have read for him in the 57th VA says he also

served in the 3rd VA Inf. The regimental history for the 3rd VA shows no

Belcher. Looking at the dates for his time in the 57th VA, I do not see

when he could have been in that organization. Born 1832 or 33,. Farmer,

Martinsville, Henry Co. VA. Married Mary Caroline Dickinson and had a son

George. Had a brother, Charles in 60th VA Inf. William H. Dickinson, Mary�s

brother, was in 10th VA Cav. Her cousin Washington Dickinson was in the

57th VA Inf. His wife, Mary, was on pension roll in 1902 for Henry Co.

His papers (letters) from the war are at Duke University and at University

of Southern Mississippi, McClain Library and Archives. These contain 79

letters to his family dated from 1862 to Aug 1864.

The following is the introduction to the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN

MISSISSIPPI - McCAIN LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES Manuscript Collection:

Collection Title: Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline ) Letters

Collection Number: M42 : Dates: January 13/18, 1862 to August 26, 1864 ,

Volume: 79 letters Biographical/HIstorical Sketch: Granville W. Belcher (b.

ca. 1832-33) was a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia. He

enlisted in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry on July 10, 1861. Granville

was promoted to 1st Corporal in December but in January 1862 his record

reports "absent without leave." He returned to service by May and continued

with his unit except for periods of illness in mid-1862 and again in late

1863. For much of his time, Granville was a cook for his unit.

In February 1864 Granville deserted at Weldon, North Carolina, was

confined, and then deserted again in July. His name appears on a list of

Confederate prisoners of Bermuda Hundred, and records show that in August

he was at the USA Post Hospital near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. By August

25, 1864, when he was sent to the General Hospital, Granville had taken the

oath of allegiance to the United States.

Granville was married to the former Mary Caroline Dickinson, and they had a

son, George. Members of the two families whose correspondence is included

in the collection are Granville, Mary Caroline, Charles Belcher, William H.

Dickinson, and Washington Dickinson. All the males served in the

Confederate Army.

Scope and Content:

The bulk of this collection consists of 69 letters, dated from February 2,

1862 to June 28, 1864, from Granville W. Belcher to his wife, Mary Caroline

Belcher. Ten (10) letters, dated from January 13/18, 1862 to August 26,

1864, between Mary Caroline; her brother, Washington Dickinson; her nephew,

William H. Dickinson; Granville; and Granville's brother Charles Belcher

make up the remainder of the collection. Granville and Washington served in

the Virginia 57th Infantry Regiment, William was a member of the 10th

Virginia Calvary and Charles was also in the Confederate Army (There was a

Charles P. in the 24th VA inf and a Charles W. in the 72 VA Militia per

Broadfoot�s list).

Granville's letters regularly express his displeasure with army life. He

complains of excessive marching, poor rations and ill health. He also

describes other aspects of army life, including the high prices of food and

the election of Confederate regimental officers and noncommissioned

officers.

Granville's letters rarely mention combat, although he does describe his

regiment's action during the Battle of Gettysburg. He chronicles a few

other engagements, only two of which he was actually involved in. More

often, he writes of missing home and Mary Caroline. Occasionally he gives

her instructions on how to manage their farm. A recurrent theme in

Granville's letters is his desire to return home unharmed. He repeatedly

assures Mary Caroline that if he is killed or wounded it will not be due to

bravery on his part. The letters recount his attempts to go home on

furlough or by securing a paid substitute. The letters also describe his

arrest, sentencing, and confinement for going home without leave.

The remaining letters in the collection provide description of conditions

in various Confederate camps, of some military action, of Mary Caroline's

loneliness and have information pertaining to Granville and Mary Caroline's

farm. Note: His brother Charles may have served in the 60th VA Infantry

(Charles is not listed for the 60th VA by Broadfoot). Henry S. and John F.

were in this company of the 57th VA.

Professor Carol Reardon, in Pickett�s Charge in History and Memory, provide

two samples of the flavor of the matertial in the collection. In a letter

to Caroline on 7/16/63, Granville, who was on detached duty in the rear

during the cannonade, sympathized with his friends on the front line, "I

was six miles from the battle field & wanted to get further." (p.18) From

the same letter, he said, "both sides were whip[p]ed " at Gettysburg and

believed that "the yanks commence[d] fawling back five hours before Lee

did." It is interesting that you may think a soldier is engaged in a battle

when, in fact, he was six miles away. Too bad these letters are not

available in book form or on the web.

Listed by Broadfoot, VA Archives and muster roll of box 382, extraction 4,

and record 2674.

Belcher Green VA 17 Cav A C P Paroled 5/9/62? Surv

Note: Have entry that he was paroled 5/9/62. No other data and I don�t

know where this came from. HDS has not posted roster or history. Listed in

VA Archives as G., but Broadfoot shows him as Green Belcher. Muster roll

shows him as A. G. Belcher with note of Green Belcher: box 382, extraction

4, and record 2632. Green Belcher: box 382, extraction 4, and record 2675.

Green B. Belcher

Residence Morgan County GA; Enlisted on 4/24/1861 as a Private. On

4/24/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. GA 3rd Infantry He was Killed on

7/1/1862 at Malvern Hill, VA source:- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of

Georgia 1861-1865

Note: He was Green Berry Belcher.

Belcher Green Berry GA 3 Inf D C 4/24/61 7/1/62 P KIA Malvern Hill No Note:

Enl. April 24 1861. Killed on 1 Juy 1862, at Malvern Hill VA. Birth date

unknown, Father, Obediah Belcher, (b. 1805 in SC and died 12/2/1835, and

Mary A. Coon or Cooper. born in Jasper, GA. Had no wife listed. HDS shows

his residence as Morgan, Calhoun County, GA. Broadfoot and muster roll of

box 382, extraction 5 and record 61.

From a pedigree chart in the FTM CD I found a Green Berry Belcher II , org

unk, GA, Killed 1 Jul.. 1862, Malvern Hill, VA. Born 1836, Jasper GA, Son

of Obediah Russell Belcher, Sr. (4th GA) and Comfort Maddux. Brother of

John M. (32nd GA), William D. (41st GA), James L. (20th GA), and Obediah

Russel, Jr. (3rd GA Inf). Neither HDS nor Broadfoot has an entry for Green

Berry, II. He is the only one of the brothers not in HDS.. The CW in GA,

web site does not list this person, only Green B, of the 20th. I tend to

believe that there was only one Green Berry in the war, because both were

killed on the same day, but it is unlikely that the unk. org. person would

have been in a different GA regiment and not recorded in either of the

rosters I have seen. Do not know which Green Berry it is.