1861 ~ 1865
More than 1,500 men and boys from Suffolk and Nansemond County left their homes and families in defense of constitutional liberty and states right to face overwhelming odds. Many paid the ultimate price; all endured hardships and suffering while maintaining the reputation of the greatest fighting force the world had ever known. Placing their faith in God, the southern soldiers fought for a just cause and the light of their accomplishments can never be dimmed or shadowed by any revision of history.
Listed below are many of the companies mustered in whole or in part plus other units and places of enlistments in Suffolk and Nansemond County:
The first departure was May 3, 1861
(column 1)
Chuckatuck Light Artillery
Co. F, 9th VA Infantry
Enlisted Chuckatuck
Enlisted Cedar Point, Nansemond County
Cohoon's Battalion
Confederate Defenders
Co. B & G, 61st VA Infantry
Enlisted Suffolk
Enlisted Blinkhorn Point, Nansemond County
Cypress Chapel Sharpshooters
Co. I, 41st VA Infantry
Enlisted at Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County
Godwin's 57th North Carolina Infantry
Independent Signal Corps and Scouts
Enlisted Suffolk
Enlisted Nansemond County
(column
2)
Marion Rangers
Co. A, 16th VA Infantry
Enlisted Suffolk
Enlisted Fair Grounds, Nansemond County
Nansemond Cavalry
Co. G, 5th VA Cavalry
Co. I, 13th VA Cavalry
Enlisted Suffolk
Nansemond Guards
Rice Button Company
Co. E, 6th VA Infantry
Enlisted Bethlehem Christian Church, Nansemond County
Nansemond Home Guards
59th VA Militia
14th VA Infantry
Enlisted Camp Randolph, Suffolk
Enlisted Camp Hargroves, Nansemond County
Nansemond Rangers
Co. F, 3rd VA Infantry
Enlisted Hargroves Tavern & Godwin's Point, Nansemond County
(column 3)
Norfleet's Cavalry
Co. L, 62nd GA Cavalry
Co. D, 8th Confederate Cavalry
Co. I & K, 24th VA Cavalry
Mustered South Quay, Nansemond County
Randolph Dragoons
Co. G, 5th VA Cavalry
Co. C, 13th VA Cavalry
Enlisted Suffolk
Roy's Scouts
Formed around Chuckatuck, Nansemond County
South Quay Guards
Co. K, 41st VA Infantry
Enlisted South Quay, Nansemond County
Suffolk Continentals
Co. B, 16th VA Infantry
Enlisted Suffolk
Enlisted Blinkhorn Point, Nansemond County
Enlisted Collins Farm near Somerton, Nansemond County
(column
4)
Wilson Guards
Co. B, 7th VA Battalion
Co. B & I, 61st VA Infantry
Enlisted Blinkhorn Point, Nansemond
Co. A & B, 12th VA Infantry
Co. D & E, 9th VA Infantry
Enlisted Nansemond County
Co. F, 3rd VA Infantry
Enlisted Godwin's Point, Nansemond County
Co. F, 9th VA Infantry
CSS Virginia
Co. H, 9th VA Infantry
Enlisted Pig Point, Nansemond County
Co. I & K, 13th VA Cavalry
Enlisted Yeates Lower Free School House, Nansemond County
As the resident volunteers filled the local ranks, many went outside the county to enlist. The enemy occupation of Suffolk in 1862 also made this necessary. Some of those places are listed below:
(column 1)
Beaver Dam, Isle of Wight County
Camp Lee, Richmond
Camp Withers, Norfolk County
Center Hill, North Carolina
Craney Island, Norfolk County
Entrenched Camp, Norfolk County Franklin
(column 2)
Fredericksburg
Gates County, North Carolina
Glebe School House, Norfolk County
Gosport Navy Yard, Portsmouth
Huger Barracks, near Norfolk
Isle of Wight County
Jerusalem, Southampton County
(column 3)
Norfolk City
Petersburg
Pinner's Point, Norfolk County
Portsmouth
Rockyhock,
North Carolina
Sewells Point, near Norfolk
Tanner's Creek Crossroads, near Norfolk
This shaft of granite was reverently placed during the first year of the sesquicentennial commemorating the War Between the States. It once served as one of eight footers supporting the columns of the Marshall/Richmond Theatre that was located at 7th & Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. Jefferson Davis, his family, many southern soldiers, as well as famous actors and actresses, walked on this stone. This historic piece was rescued during the demolition of the building in 2005.
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