Arthur Military Records

Thomas Arthur

Civil War Service Records, Part 1

(Confederate.) A -- 8 Cav. -- Va. Thos. Arthur, Pvt, Co. I, 8 Reg't Virginia Cavalry.* Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above, for May, 1863 to Oct 31, 1864. Where  Tazewell. By Whom  Capt Lewis. Period  War. Last paid: By whom  Never paid To what time {blank}, 186{_}. Present or absent  Absent. Remarks:  Captured June 5. 64 at Piedmont. *This company was formerly Cavalry Company K, 22d Regiment Virginia Infantry. Book Mark:  {blank} {signed} W. Har{S}cott, Copyist
(Confederate.) A -- 8 Cav -- Va T Arthur Pvt Co I 8 Regt Va Cav Appears on a List of Prisoners under guard at Staunton, Va., June 8, 1864. List dated Not dated, 186{_}. Remarks: {blank} List indorsed: "Roll of Prisoners of War captured by Genl. Hunter's forces and sent to Wheeling, Va., July, 1864." Number of roll: 1{3} sheet 1 {signed} {AM} Crosby Copyist
(Confederate.) A -- 8 Cav -- Va T. {looks like small "x" or plus sign" between & over initials} S. Arthur Pvt Co. I 8. Va. Cav. Name appears as signature to a Roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Camp Morton, Ind., and forwarded via Baltimore, Md., to Point Lookout, Md., for exchange, in pursuance of instructions received from the Commissary General of Prisoners, dated Office of Commissary General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C., Feb. 14, 1865. Roll dated Headquarters Camp Morton, February 19, 1865. Where Captured  Piedmont, Va. When Captured  June 5, 1864. Remarks {blank} {N}umber of roll: {58;} sheet 12 {signed} RW Br{adle}y Copyist
(Confederate.) A -- 8 Cav. -- Va. Thomas Arthur Pvt. Co. I, 8 Reg't. Va. Cav. Appears on a List of prisoners of war paroled May 1 to 31, 1865, at various places in Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. List dated Not dated, 186{_}. Date May 30, 186{_}. By whom given  Wm G{amm} Maj. & Pro. Ma{r} Where given  Charleston W. Va Remarks {blank} Number of roll: 49; sheet 9 {signed} {I} A. Boyd Copyist
(Confederate.) A. -- 8 Cav -- Va Ths Arthur Pvt Co I. 8 Reg Va Cav Appears on a roll of Prisoners of War at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana. When received  June 21, 1864. Where captured  Piedmont Va. When captured  June 5, 1864 Remarks, charges, &c.:  Transferred for Exchange Feb 19 1865. Camp Morton, Ind., Register No. 1; page 297 159 {signed} {can't read initials} {P}alten Copyist

Submitted by Pat Peckenpaugh.
Online transcriptions by Susan Shields Sasek.  Items in curly brackets { } are my notes or words/characters I had difficulty reading. 

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