Thursday, November 3, 2016

Honor Roll: Warren County, Virginia, War Memorials

On the grounds of the Warren County Courthouse in Front Royal, Virginia, are several memorials honoring the county veterans who served in our Nation's armed forces.

Warren county was formed in 1836 from Frederick and Shenandoah counties and was named for Joseph Warren, an American physician who played a leading role in Boston patriot organizations during the Revolutionary War.

Civil War memorial; personal collection

Civil War

1861-1865

Unveiled July 4, 1911

This monument was erected to commemorate the courage and patriotism of the men from Warren County who served honorably, in the Confederate Army.

"To those who fought and lived and to those who fought and died to those who gave much and those who gave all."

First panel

BULL RUN
CHANCELLORSVILLE
CHICKAMAUGA
FREDERICKSBURG
FRONT ROYAL
MANASSAS
MURFREESBORO
SEVEN PINES
SHARPSBURG

Company A, 23 Virginia Cavalry

Lieut. James Collins
Capt. Thomas Triplett (K)
Lieut. William B. Triplett

PRIVATES

Gideon Atwood
John M. Bowman
George Brown
James B. Cameron
Erastus Compton
Jacob Cullers
James Curry
Noah Fauley
Reuben A. Finnel
Abraham Frederick
William Gordon
Patrick Henry
Augustine King
James P. Laing
Alexander Lake
William Leary
James Leeth
John Leeth
George W. Manuel
John W. Manuel
Jacob Robinson
Phil Rudacille of Jno.
Phil Rudacille of Wm.
John Sperry
Decatur Steed
James P. Triplett

Company B, 17 Virginia Infantry

Major V. M Brown, Communications, Corse's Brigade
Lieut. Col. Irving A. Buck, A.A.C. Cleburne's Div., Mardee's Corps
Lieut. Richard B. Buck
Capt. F. W. Lehew
Lieut. T. W. Petty
Lieut. William Millar Richardson (K)
Col. Thomas B. Roy, A.A.C. Mardee's Corps A.T.
Lieut W. Scott Roy
Lieut. Col. Robert H. Simpson, 17 Virginia Infantry (K)
Lieut. N. W. Snyder
Major Robert Turner, Quartermaster, Corse's Brigade
Lieut S. S. Turner
Major George A. Williams

SERGEANTS

Giles Cook, Jr.
Thomas N. Garrison
B. W. Petty
DeKalb Pipner (K)
William O. Rust
Richard Timberlake (K)

CORPORALS

John W. Boone
Steve S. Carder (K)
George W. Grove
Gus Tyler
William B. Turner
M. S. Walter

PRIVATES

Thomas A. Bowden
Charles A. Brown
James E. Brown
Jesse Brown
John N. Brown (K)
Elias Broy (K)
William Broy
Alvin D. Buck
Charles N. Buck
Thomas R. Campbell
John W. Chrisman (K)
Samuel C. Cooley
Edward Cooper
Leon Copp
Lebius Cornwell
Marcus D. Darr (K)
Phil C. Darr (K)
J. J. Derflinger
George Duke
Balis Earle
Charles P. Eckhart (K)
Joseph Elbon
Walton Farra
Charles W. Fox
Milton Forsyth (K)
Scott Fristoe
James W. Garrett
M. N. Garrett
James W. Gordon
Amos Grove
Frank Grubbs
James D. Hall
William Hickerson (K)
George H. Hope
Hanson Hopper
James Hopper
Joseph Keller (K)
William B. Kenner
Charles E. Lehew
Ed S. Littleton
William H. McDonald
Thomas B. McKay
H. M. Miller
Joseph W. Miller
Robert B. Mitchell
Casper Myers
James A. Oliver
Elijah Peterson
Henry S. Petty
James T. Petty
Lewis Reager (K)
Peter Reed
Romanus Rinker
Marcus Roberts (K)
Edward M. Saffell
Thomas W. Santmyers
Lewis A. Scroggin
Peyton Scroggin (K)
George W. Settle
Charles Simmons
John W. Simpson (K)
Daniel H. Spencer
Abe S. Spengler
Samuel F. Spengler (K)
Chaney J. Steed (K)
Charles B. Steed
John W. Steel (K)
Phil Stickley
Jospeh Stokes (K)
E. D. Thompson
Leonidus Triplett
Dr. James H. Turner
Samuel Watkins
Robert I. Weaver
Achillis Willey
Atwell Willey
Jacob Willey
D. N. Williams

Company D, 23 Virginia Cavalry

Lieut. Marcus C. Richardson
Capt. Marcus F. Richardson

PRIVATES

James M. Anderson
William H. Beaty
Robert Broy
Richard Claig
Edward Colston
James Costello
John Davis
William Davison
W. C. Downing
Marke Duke
Thomas Ford
Hamilton Garrett
William R. Garrett
Alfred Kidwell
G. H. Martin
William Milburn
J. W. Miller
John Miller
H. Mills
Austin W. Mitchell
Luther G. Mitchell
W. H. Mitchell
Albert Putnam
William R. Putnam
William Ridgeway
B. F. Rinker
Enoch Robinson
Elisha Roy
William Sumption
James Schwartz
Tobias Stickley
James A. Thornhill
Gibson Vaught
Simeon Vaught
Cornelius Vincent
E. L. Wilkerson

Company D, 49 Virginia Infantry

Lieut. E. W. Boyd (K)
Lieut. John O. Brown
Lieut. Col. R. D. Funkhouser
Capt. Bailey S. Jacobs (K)
Lieut Abe Updike
Capt. J. B. Updike
Major Manley T. Wheatly, 49 Virginia Infantry

SERGEANTS

L. D. Baker
R. N. Bolen
J. B. Compton
William A. Compton
Theodore Garmong (K)
W. G. Wharton

CORPORALS

George W. Fox
George W. Martin
W. A. McFarland

PRIVATES

Arom Allen
John Allen
Luther D. Atwood (K)
Samuel Atwood

K FOLLOWING A NAME INDICATES KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE

Second panel

ATLANTA
CEDAR MOUNTAIN
FISHER'S HILL
GETTYSBURG
NEW MARKET
PORT REPUBLIC
SHILOH
WILDERNESS
RESACA

Company D, 49 Virginia Infantry

PRIVATES

William A. Beatty
John S. Barber
Joseph W. Barber
Henry Bennett
John Bennett (K)
Robert Blackwood
Kenton A. Bolen
Benjamin Brown
Henry J. Brown
James Cain
Simeon Corder (K)
Alpheus Cornwell
[illegible] Cornwell
William M. Coulter
John V. Craig (K)
Parkinson Craig
Jameson Darnell
Scott Darr
Samuel Day
John J. Eastham
Samuel P. Eschesman
James Fish
Addison Fletcher
John R. Foster
Anthony Fox
John Fox
Thomas Fox
Thomas W. Fristoe (K)
Jesse T. Funk
John Garr (K)
K. M. Garrett
Oliver Gordon (K)
DeWitt G. Gorg
William Grove (K)
George W. Hall (K)
George W. Henry
Gibson Henry
John J. Henry
John W. Henry (K)
Moses Henry
John W. Hoffman
Richard Holder
Alpheus Houch
George Hoffman (K)
Luther Jetty
John Johnson
William Jones
William Leach (K)
William Lovelace
Horace Manks (K)
Charles M. Matthews
Robert I. Matthews
W. F. Mauck
Robert McFarland
Charles E. Mills
Henry Mills
James W. Mills
Marcus Mills
Thomas M. Pomeroy (K)
J. William Ranker
John W. Ridenour
William H. Ridgeway (K)
Daniel Robinson
George W. Rudacille (K)
Isaac Rudacille
Isaac Santmyers
John B. Santmyers
Morgan Snapp
James Sealock
Joseph C. Sealock
James W. Stokes
John Stokes (K)
Richard B. Stokes
John T. Sumption
George Vaught
Richard Vincent (K)
William Vincent (K)
James H. Walker
John W. Walter
David R. Williams

Company E, 7 Virginia Cavalry

Capt. Walter Bower
Capt. Thomas R. Buck
Lieut. William Walter Buck (K)
Lieut. William Jennerly
Capt. Samuel J. Simpson
Lieut. McK. M. Wells

SERGEANTS

Edwin C. Buck
D. M. Cloud
L N. Cloud
William M. Cloud
John R. Jenkins
Pendleton Long

CORPORALS

John Heater (K)
Thomas M. Roy
A. A. McKay

PRIVATES

Alexander Adams
John M. Ash
Richard Bayly
G. H. Beatty
William Benn (K)
Joseph M. Bennett
Edward B. Brown (K)
J. M. Brown
J. W. Brown
James H. Brown
T. William Buck (K)
William A. Buck
William A. Churchill
Byrd Clapsaddle
M. A. Clapsaddle
Harry C. Cline
William R. Cline
C. Wythe Cook
W. Scott Cook
Robert F. Crupper
Broadus Doran
Phil Eastham
Jacob Emerson
C. A. Foster
W. L. Foster
Dr. M. L. Garrison
Casper Green
F. W. Green
Bushrod Grubbs
Nathan Grubbs
Henry Heater
Robert Helm
Charles Henry (K)
Hugh Henry
W. F. A. Houser
Marcus B. Irwin
William T. Jackson (K)
John I. Johnson (K)
Middleton Jordon
James W. Kendrick
George Knave
Henry E. Lacey
J. Rush Lacy
W. H. Mitchell
Joseph D. Neville
P. C. Neville
James W. Oliver
A. B. Parkins
John W. Peyton
James K. Putnam
Charles O. Richardson
William Robinson
William A. Rogers
Theodore Rotston (K)
Frank F. S. Steed
Shelton Steed (K)
W. T. Steed
Anthony Vaughn
George Vaughn
George Williams
Burrell Wines
Robert Wright

Company E, 12 Virginia Cavalry

Lieut. William B. Conrad
Capt. James Marshall
Lieut. Thomas Marshall (K)
Capt. Jesse McKay

SERGEANTS

Joseph D. Amiss
William Berryman
Morton A. Boyd

CORPORALS

Edward A. Green
George McDonald
W. H. Painter

PRIVATES

George Berryman
Thomas Berryman
Alfonso Bolen
Hayward Bolen
J. Frank Boyd
John W. Brewer
James Derflinger
John A. Derflinger
Jacob Fawley
Sidney Fox
James H. French
Robert Garrett
David Hall
Elijah Hall
Jefferson Hall
Wesley Hall
William A. Hoskins
Peter S. Hyde
Gabriel Jenkins
Peyton T. Johns
Joseph H. Johnson (K)
Patrick Kelley
George Knight
Edward Kouser
Bushrod Legg
Charles J. Maddox
Harvey Maddox
John M. Maddox
Russell B. Maddox
Travis Maddox
William B. Maddox
Jacob McKay
Robert Mills
Joseph A. Painter (K)
George Pickerell
Henry Pickerell
Robert Van. Riley
D. W. Robinson
Benjamin F. Rowzie (K)
Samuel Rucker
George Sealock
Jacob Shipe
John Strother (K)
Arthur M. Smith
John H. Smith
William Williams

K FOLLOWING NAME INDICATES KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE

Third panel

BRANDY STATION
FRANKLIN
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN
MALVERN HILL
NASHVILLE
PERRYVILLE
PETERSBURG
VICKSBURG
WINCHESTER VA

Company I [or T], 12 Virginia Cavalry

Capt. A. M. Earle, Regimental Quartermaster
Col. Thomas B. Massie, 12 Va. Cavalry
Sergeant Major Edward G. Massie
Lieut. Granville Eastham
Lieut. John R. Henry
Lieut. M. Clay [illegible]
Lieut. John W. McKay

SERGEANTS

John W. Ashby (K)
James Grubbs
Charles L. McKay
Bushrod Rust

CORPORALS

Peter F. Cooley

PRIVATES

C. Albert Ash
John B. Ash
Lewis Ashby (K)
Russell Ashby (K)
Jonas Baker
Elias Biggs
George H. Bowman
Samuel Breedlove
James Brown
John T. Brown
George W. Chapman
Samuel C. Cooley
Smith S. Cooley
Lewis Coverstone
A. C. Davis (K)
William H. Eastham
William M. Harrison
Edward L. Hefflybower
W. F. Holmes
Daniel M. Hoskins (K)
John W. Hoskins
Thomas M. Johnson
Thomas B. Kenner
Isaac Laing
Enoch A. Lake
John N. Lake
George Martin
Benjamin Massie
Charles McDonald (K)
Harvey McDonald (K)
Joseph C. McKay
William Moomaw
Alfred A. Oliver (K)
John B. Oliver
Robert R. Palmer
George N. Petty
John W. Powers
W. R. Putnam
George W. Reid (K)
John R. Reid
Joseph Ridgeway
Newton Ridgeway
James W. Riley
James T. Robinson
Benjamin Ruffner
Charles Russell
D. M. Santmyers
George W. Siebert
Charles Stokes
I. N. Stokes
Charles Talbert
John Talley (K)
James E. Templeman
Philetus Thornhill
J. Calvin Turner (K)
James Vermillion
James W. White
Wesley Whitmore
John W. Womack

Mosby's 43 Virginia Battalion Cavalry

J. Pollard Bowen
William B. Bowen
Henry P. Boyd
Eugene Brown
Joseph M. Carter
Z. T. Compton
Charles Conrad
W. G. Conrad
Alpheus Figgins
Charles Fish
Noah Hockman
Thornton V. Leach
B. D. Maddox (K)
Samuel McDonald
Johnson Pomeroy
Henry C. Rhodes (K)
Harrison Ritter
John Robinson
Vincent Robinson
James A. Silman
John A. Silman
James Sills
S. H. Smith
Alfred Thompson
John D. Thompson
B. Trenary
James F. Trenary
F. D. Triplett
W. S. Woodward

White's 35 Battalion Virginia Cavalry

William Brown
Marcus J. Foster
Charles B. Fristoe
Phil A. Hockman (K)
Clinton Jennings
F. N. Jennings
Benjamin F. Kilber
Charles W. Kilber
William Nail
Jacob F. Rudacille
Jacob Rudacille of J.
Thomas Rudacille
Newton Santmyers
Jack Thompson
Peter Winsboro

18 Virginia Cavalry

John R. Hammock
W. B. Henry
Milton M. Hottle
G. L. Laing
J. T. Martin
J. M. Santmyers
James Vermillion
Henry Viands

Chew's Virginia Battery

T. William Buck
George Cooper
Samuel Everly

Company A, 39 Battalion Virginia Cavalry

William V. Green
J. B. Lehew

1 Missouri Infantry

Lieut. Charles Bennett, Adj. (K)
Private Phil A. Spengler

2 Missouri Infantry

Private J. Marshall Blakemore
Private Alexander Cook
Private William Cook

Miscellaneous

Private Lewis Ashby, 6 Virginia Cavalry (K)
Capt. William H. Balthis, 21 Virginia Cavalry
Private John Barbee, 6 Virginia Cavalry (K)
Private Marcus M. Bayley, 13 Virginia Infantry
Private Thomas Beaty, 1 Virginia Cavalry
Private Alexander W. Blakemore, Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry
Private George B. Blakemore, Engineer Corps A.T.
Private James H. Blakemore, Mahone's Div. A. N. Virginia
Lieut. Richard M. Blakemore, Adj. Forrest's Battalion Artillery
Private Robert N. Blakemore, Cheatham's Div. A. T.
Capt. William T. Blakemore, A.D.C. to Gen. B. R. Johnson
Captain Samuel D. Buck, 13 Virginia Infantry
Private Beverly Cornwell, 8 Virginia Infantry
Private John Cusack, 17 Virginia Infantry
Private J. Smith Davison, Quantrell's Guerillas
Major Henry Lane, 42 Virginia Infantry (K)
Private Martin P. Marshall, Stribling's Virginia Battery
Private George W. Martin, 33 Virginia Infantry
Private Frank Ralls, Co. E, 48 Virginia Infantry
Private William H. Riley, Stribling's Virginia Battery (K)
Dr. John M. Rust, Surgeon Floyd's Div.
Private Thomas F. Showalter, 11 Virginia Cavalry
Private Innman Thompson, Carpenter's Virginia Battery
Private Thomas W. Timberlake, 2 Virginia Cavalry

[could not transcrible last column of men listed in the Miscellaneous section]

K FOLLOWING A NAME INDICATES KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN BATTLE

Names have been alphabetized by surname within the unit listing.

Due to the height of the monument, the age of the panels, and the sun at the time of day I photographed this memorial, some of the names may not be transcribed correctly. If you note an error, please leave a comment below with the correction. Thank you.


World War I and World War II memorial; personal
collection

THEY SOUGHT NO GLORY BUT THEIR COUNTRY'S GOOD

In memory of those who served in defense of their country in World War I 1917-1918 and World War II 1941-1945

World War I

Baker, Clifton D
Derflinger, Clarence F.
Hall, Granvell
Nelson, Clifton A.
Potterfield, Lester E.
Pullin, Shirley P.
Redman, Samuel C.
Reedy, Carl
Robinson, Wilber
Rosenberry, Frank O.
Richards, Neville H.
Thrush, Edgar R.
Venable, James T.

World War II

Atkins, Roxie L.
Beard, Bryan F., Jr.
Beaty, James F.
Broy, Howard N.
Ballard, John C., Jr.
Bloom, Morton I.
Cameron, Orndorff H.
Cullers, Hollie G.
Calkley, Churchill
Cassaroti, Edward F.
Corron, George W., Jr.
Cary, Francis H.
Derflinger, James R.
Derflinger, James M.
Derflinger, Floyd Lee, Jr.
Dalton, Joseph Shelton
Dulaney, James Wilford
Esteppe, David W.
Fletcher, Hunter
Fletcher, James H.
Grove, Orville D.
Gaillard, Theodore
Hollman, Samuel A., Jr.
Hoar, Glen U.
Holland, John L.
Hockman, Franklin L.
Hall, Eugene E.
Hallman, Samuel A.
Henry, Earlie F.
Henry, James O.
LIggett, Winfield
Lockhart, Harold E.
Lockhart, John F.
Lawson, Marcellous
Molden, Ashby Lee
McIntyre, William A.
Nelson, Bennie, Jr.
Petty, Thomas, M.
Pingley, William C., Jr.
Robinson, Roy M.
Roesler, Herbert S.
Soules, Charles J.
Smith, James
Shehan, John H.
Simpson, Maney O., Jr.
Smith, Charles E.
Spaven, George N., Jr.
Sealock, Warren H.
Stover, Robert White
Vaught, Jerome E.
Walker, Winifred B.
Webb, Donald C.
Wyant, Carl

Korea and Vietnam memorials; personal collection

Korea and Vietnam

Larry E. Smedley
CPL Marine Corps

Congressional Medal of Honor

Born: March 4, 1949, Warren County, VA
Died: 21 Dec 1967, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Wesley L. Fox
1st LT U.S. Marine Corps
Native of Warren County, VA

Congressional Medal of Honor

Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, 22 February 1969
Co. A, 1st Battalion 9th Marines 3rd Marine Division

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE DURING THE KOREAN AND VIET NAM CONFLICTS

Korea (1950-1955)

Clowe, Algernon S.
Coverstone, William
Davenport, Edward
Dodson, George
Hall, Charles N.
Henry, Robert L.
Henry, William L.
Mowery Lewis D.

Viet Nam (1964-1975)

Clem, Thomas S.
Curry, Larry E.
Davis Charles William
Jenkins, Samuel C.
Johnson, Dale L.
Kidwell, Roger G.
McLemore Tilgham
Miller, Delaney E.
Pennington, Phillip E.
Powell, Donald K.
Rector, William T.
Seekford, Joseph L.
Sours, Gary
Tharpe, Samuel C.

We also express our gratitude to all the members of the armed forces who served honorably in the above conflicts.

Erected by the veterans organizations  and community minded citizens of Warren County, Virginia.
1983

This post was written as a contribution to the Honor Roll Project, which was created by Heather Wilkinson Rojo, author of Nutfield Genealogy.

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