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Civil War
Flat Top Copperheads
151st Virginia Militia
Confederate Unit
Captain Richard B. Foley
Organized in Mercer Co, 21 August 21, 1861
This roster was compiled 28 March 1862, and was headed by the
oath taken by Foley's men:
"We the undersigned do hereby constitute overselves into a
company of guerrillas, known by the names of Flattop Copperheads,
for the porpose of defending our immediate country, and western
Va., against the invasion of the Yankeys. We bind our selves
by every obligation of honor and patternage, to obey the command
of our officers, and to be true and faithful to the Confederate
States of America, and to be true to our selves and families,
and serve for the during term of six months except sooner
discharged. March 28th 1862."
R. B. Foley, captain
Jeremiah Hylton, first lieutenant
B. M. P. Foley, second lieutenant
Wm. J. S. Swinney, third lieutenant
PRIVATES George W, Dillon John W. Stovall
G. S, Halstead A. L. Goad Hiram Farley Wm. Shuck
Thomas Cole James Clark Jessey McBride Nelson Farley
Asa Anderson Green M. Swinney Jacob A. Peck Augustus
Maxey Anderson Boling John Farley Andrew J. Bailey
Ervin H. Bailey Daniel Strong G. W. P. Miller Daniel
Glowers Martin N. Swinney Osher F. Prince Preston Maxey
U. C. Reed Edgar Maxey Wm. Shrewbury Marshal Mullens
Squire Mullens Irah McKinney James M. Cooper Silas
Hatcher George Hylton David Knzer James N. Sneed
Joseph Hopkins Wm. Duncan James Boling Peter Morrell
Andrew Hedrick James A. Brammer Samuel J. Leedy
Charles T. Foley David M. Hutchison John A. Hutchison
Henry C. Trump William A. Trump John A. Burgess
Roland Mills Pleasant Lilly John Lilly Green Lilly
James A. Clyburn Thompson L Walker Andrew Roles John
D. Godfrey Josiah Cook (?) Joseph Daniel Huston Farmer
(?) Henry McMillion John (?) Daniel O'Niel James
Miller Joel Sloan Francis M. Peterson (?) David Mills,
substitute Wm. Trump Thomas Stickelman P. G. Trump
John N. Shumate Joel Daniel James T. Coleman Hugh J.
Lilly Hiram A. Reed John C. Reed |
RESIDENCE Raleigh Mercer Mercer Mercer
Mercer Wyoming Wyoming Mercer Mercer Wyoming
Fayette Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Wyoming
Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Raleigh Mercer
Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Wyoming
Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming
Mercer Wyoming Fayette Mercer Mercer Mercer
Wyoming Mercer Mercer Mercer Raleigh Raleigh
Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Fayette Wyoming
Wyoming Wyoming Mercer Mercer Raleigh Mercer
Wyoming Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh Raleigh
Raleigh Mercer Mercer Mercer Mercer Raleigh
Mercer Raleigh Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming
Raleigh Mercer Mercer |
Source: History of Raleigh County, by Jim
Wood
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