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COMPANY "E" 52ND VIRGINIA INFANTRY 4TH BRIGADE
This Company was formed of men residing almost exclusively
South and West of Lexington, in the Collier's Creek, Buffalo, Broad
Creek and Natural Bridge section of the County, and was mustered
into service at Staunton, Virginia, August 1st, 1861, and there
drilled in a Camp of Instruction. It became a part of the 52nd
Regiment of Virginia Infantry, which was commanded by Col. John B.
Baldwin. This Regiment was assigned to Gen'l Edward Johnston's
Brigade and operated in Western Virginia, until the spring of 1862,
when it returned to the Valley of Virginia and in May of that year
joined the Army of the Valley, then under the command of Gen'l
Thos.J.(Stonewall) Jackson, and continued in his division until his
death, and afterward in the same division until the close of the
war. The Company had but two Captains, Thos.H.Watkins and Sam'l W.
Paxton; the former being promoted to Lieut.Colonel of the Regiment
and killed at Cold Harbor, and the latter being twice wounded.
Company E. needs no credentials save its long list of battles and
its killed and wounded.
ROLL OF COMPANY "E", 1861
Captain Thos.H.Watkins; Lieutenant Jos.S.Paxton,
Lieutenant Wm.V.Knick, Lieutenant M.B.Campbell; S.W.Paxton, First
Sergeant; ------Second Sergeant; G.W.
Ackerly, Third Sergeant; J.A.Fisher, Fourth Sergeant; W.S.Newcomer,
First Corporal; J.H.Shafer, Secon Corporal; ------
-- Third Corporal; ------Fourth Corporal.
PRIVATES
Arthur Jos.D. Hamilton A.C.
Black John Hayslett B.F.
Black James Hayslett R.M.
Black A.M. Hayslett Wm.
Black A.D. Hicks W.H.
Byers W.C. Hostetter L.J.M.
Barger Joel Hostetter Henry
Beard W.B. Hogue Wm.M.
Crossly S.W. Hughes Lewis
Camden Layne Hughes D.E.
Camden John Hughes J.Frank
Cash Jos. Hayslett S.McD.
Drain David Irwin Geo.
Drain L. Jones Oliver
Dixon W.A. Jenkins J.A.J.
Entsminger J. Knick Jas.C.
Fisher Jos.S. Kidd J.P.
Ford W.A. Long J.M.
Glenn Jos. Long W.P.
Griffith Wm. Lawhorn J.K.
Gilbert A.J. Lawhorn Sam'l
Gilbert J.M. Lackey W.H.
Gilbert A.J. McManamy W.C.
Glenn Jas. Muterspaw Daniel J.
Gilmore Sam'l D. Miller J.P.
Hall W.L. Miller Jas. H.
Hall W.T. Miller Jos.
Harris John Moore B.T.
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Ochiltree D.L. Scott C.A.
Patterson J. Syron Simon
Parsons W.A. Self B.D.
Phillips J.S. Tinsley Geo.
Reed W.H. Tygret Rob't
Ruly J.F. West Wm.
Robinson A.D. Whitten J.W.
Smith Ananias White W.W.
Smith J.W. Woody H.
Smith Josephus White J.M.
Shafer R.P.G. Wallace J.M.
Shepherdson A. Wilhelm Wm.
Simpson W.D. Zollman A.
Simpson J.J. Zollman J.W.
Scott T.F.
RECRUITS
Ayres ------Paxton W.L.
Bradshaw A.K. Reese J.A.
Camden Jas. Reed J.A.
Clark J.A. Selph W.J.
Clark J.D. Smith J.A.
Hayslett B. Shafer S.J.
Hughes R.H. Silvey Jas.
Johnston R.M. Simpson C.A.
Lacy or Lang Robert Tucker G.L.
Lam Jos. Wiseman J.A.
Miller B.F. Wood J.A.
Ochiltree T.A.
List of battles in which Company "E" 52nd Va.Regiment
participated: Alleghany Mountain, McDowell, Winchester, Strasburg,
Cross Keys, Port Republic, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Slaughter's
Mountain, Second Manassas, Chantilly, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Second Fredericksburg, Second Winchester, Gettysburg,
Mine Run, Bristow Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania C.H., Cold
Harbor, Winchester 1864, Middletown, Hatcher's Run, Fort Steadman,
Sailor's Creek.
CASUALTIES
At McDowell - May 8th. 1862 - Killed, W.H.Hicks and Alfred
Shepperson; wounded John A.J.Jenkins
At Cross Keys - Wounded R.M.Hayslett. Ananias Smith and John
W.Zollman
At Port Republic - Wounded, Jos.Knick and Wm.Hayslett
At Gaines' Mill - Wounded, Sylvester W. Crossley (lost arm),
S.D.Gilmore, Wm.B. Beard, John W. Zollman, W.L. Paxton,
B.F. Miller, W.S. Newcomer and J.A.Wiseman
At Slaughter's Mountain - Killed, Lieut.Wm.Knick, John Black,
and Jos. Smith; wounder, Sergeant J.A. Fisher (lost arm),
R.P.D. Shafer
At Winchester, 1862 - Killed W.C.McManamy and Jas.W.Smith
At Winchester, Sept. 19th, 1864 - Killed W.L.Paxton
At Sharpsburg - Killed A.H. Black; wounded, Joseph Phillips
At Cold Harbor - May 30th, 1864. Killed, Lieut. Col. Thos. H.
Watkins, Jas.S.Fisher, B.F. Self and Wm Wilhelm;
Wounded, Jos.S.Paxton
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At Spottsylvania - Killed, Jas. Black, W.A.Parsons,
Geo.Tinsley; Wounded, Capt.S.W.Paxton, Wm.M.Hogue
At Gettysburg - Killed, J.M.Gilbert
At Middletown - Wounded, J.A.J.Jenkins, J.P.Miller and J.A.Reese
At the Wilderness - Killed, A.D.Black
At Fort Steadman - Wounded Capt.S.W.Paxton
DIED OF DISEASE
Layne Camden, John Camden, David Drain, W.T.Hall, Lewis Hughes,
Oliver Jones, John Muterspaw, David L. Ochiltree, T.F.Scott
and John W. Whitten