HALIFAX OLD MEN AND BOYS AT THE BRIDGE
Company "D" 1st Regiment, Virginia
Reserves
Confederate States Army
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W. B. HURT, Captain
ABRAM P. NEWBILL, 1st Lieut.
WILLIAM S. WOOTTON, 2nd Lieut.
JOHN W. HODGES, 3rd Lieut.
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FIRST SERGEANT
William Coles
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SERGEANTS
Thomas W. Leigh
Thomas W. Moorefield
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CORPORAL
James Vaughan
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PRIVATES
William J. Anderson
James Barley
Charles H. Beale
Robert E. Brown
E. Blankenship
Thomas W. Bradley
( ) ( ) Burton
C. H. Blackstock
R. D. Bunton
Geo. W. Blueford
Henry Conner
Robert or R. T. Carr
James B. Coates
Henry Covington
T. B. Clardy
W. B. Chandler
R. H. Carlton
Robert Dalton
Walter J. Davis
W. J. Dalton
J. D. Fisher
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G. W. Foster
J. D. Glass
W. H. Guthrie
M. T. Glass
A. P. Green
T. H. Hall
William R. Hudson
William Hughes
G. Henry Hudson
John W. Hughes
J. A. Hankley
John W. Hodges
Frank Irby
H. C. Irby
R. L. Law
Robert McGhee
Henry T. McKenney
Isiah W. McKinney
J. J. Martin
James Moore (Lt.)
T. G. Moorefield
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J. P. Morris
W. J. Overton
Taylor H. Powell
William A. Penick
Isaac Powell
J. W. Powell
H. L. Perkins
G. D. Palmer
J. H. Puckett
R. W. Robey
J. J. Robey
J. J. Ragsdale
Jacob Saunders
Amos Seay
W. T. Sneed
W. D. Spencer
J. H. Tucker
M. R. Womack
E. D. Waller
D. N. Waller
Lt. Weatherford
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Co. D. Captain William B. Hurt’s Company.
Formerly Co. D. Farinholt's Br. Va. Reserves.
Roster shows Company organized April 23, 1864.
Rolls show Company enlisted May 24, 1864
Also At The Bridge
J. M. Carrington
Elijah Jordan
Dr. Isaac Coles
Thomas Jackson Wood
James Medley
Lt. Thomas Watkins Leigh
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J. W. Whitlow
W. H. Llewellyn
Charlie E. Owen
Archer Hubbard Farmer
John C. Bailey
William Randolph Barksdale
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Dr. J. B. King (Surgeon)
Captain E. B. Jeffress
Ludson Cardwell
George B. Wilkins
Philip Howerton
William Philip Howerton
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The Battle of the Staunton
By: Patricia Kell Kendrick
Tread softly upon this soil
where blood and sweat have lain,
where men have cried and boys have cheered,
where history’s mark was laid.
A battle was fought not long ago
took husband, son, and father,
and left its mark upon the hearts
of wife, young child, and mother.
Grant set his eyes upon the map
of the mighty Staunton bridge,
and Lee, he sent the order
to the men upon the ridge.
“Rally round,” Ben Farinholt cried,
both North and South to wonder,
as the train pushed back and came again,
forcing Wilson and Kautz asunder.
The mighty Staunton flowed in peace
‘neath the battle and its thunder.
Its calm so precious as to wage
a battle in its honor.
Reflections of the battle
can be seen, I’ve heard some say,
if you look upon the water
as it moves along its way.
The river rolls on slowly,
paying honor to the name
of the trestle high above it
threatened by the Northern flame.
The bridge above a lifeline
tween those who posed to fight.
They dug in deep and held their ground,
encamped throughout the night.
Mixed voices on the night air
filtered round the low ground plain
as wounded cried and leaders feared
what tomorrow’s light would bring.
Yet morning brought us victory-
forty-two and eight, less arms-
the gallantry of men and boys,
now returning to their farms.
The battle fought that hot June day
o’er river water as it churned
is a story of determination
and of a bridge that would not burn
In humble recollection,
‘tis a moral to this tale
of the thousands who fought against us
and of the hundreds who prevailed.
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