History Of Unit
Since 1841, Danville had boasted of the "Danville Blues" infantry company. John Brown's raid so swelled its ranks that within two months a second company, the "Danville Grays," had organized. Scores of mothers, wives, sweethearts and sisters painstakingly sewed new uniforms. ...still in progress...
Descriptive Muster Roll
Abell, Benjamin F.: (August 7, 1863); of Albemarle Co.; 6', blue eyes, red hair, florid complexion; reported AWOL, Dec. 25, 1863; captured Apr. 6, 1865, at Sayler's Creek; June 23, 1865: paroled at Point Lookout Prison.
Adams, Nicholas J.: (April 23, 1861); 25; clerk; wounded June 27, 1862, at Gaines' Mill.
Adkins, John J.: (November 5, 1861); substitute for J. C. Beavers; Apr. 12, 1862: admitted to Chimborazo Hospital with measles, died there, May 18, 1862, of typhoid fever.
Adkins, Wilson J.: (April 23, 1861); wounded Spet. 14, 1862, at South Mountain; returned to duty in Jan., 1863; wounded and captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; died Oct. 15, 1863, at Fort Delaware Prison. Buried in Finns Point National Cemetery, N.J.
Ayres, David: (Apr. 23, 1861); born June 11, 1841; clerk; discharged from service, May 18, 1862; died June 9, 1908. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville.
Ayres, William, Jr.: (April 23, 1861); born May 14, 1840; clerk; absent sick: Aug. 26, 1861, until Mar. 6, 1862, discharge after providing a substitute; died Sept. 22, 1905. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville.
Bagley, Albert L.: (April 23, 1861); 23; mechanic; apptd. Cpl., Apr. 27, 1862; wounded June 27, 1862, at Gaines' Mill; promoted to Sgt., Nov. 28, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863; present on duty: Sept., 1863-Dec., 1864.
Baines, Thomas J.: (April 23, 1861); 21; "gentleman;" wounded June 1, 1862, at Seven pines; hospitalized: Feb.-Aug., 1863, because of syphilis; returned to duty but absent sick from July through at least Dec., 1864.
Barker, Henry F.: (April 14, 1862); 21; farmer; 5'6", blue eyes, light hair and complexion; suffered dislocated shoulder from shell wound, Sept. 17, 1862, at Sharpsburg; died Dec., 1862, of smallpox.
Barnes, James Allen: (September 1, 1863); born May 22, 1836; 5'7", brown eyes, black hair, dark complexion; Apr. 6, 1865: captured at Sayler's Creek; paroled June 23, 1865, at Point Lookout Prison. died Charlotte Co., Nov. 12, 1926.
Beavers, Jeduthan C.: (April 23, 1861); 25; farmer,5'9", blue eyes, light hair and complexion; May 6, 1862: secured J.J. Adkins as substitute.
Betterton, Nathan J.: (April 24, 1861); 23; farmer; wounded and captured at Gettysburg; Oct. 31, 1864: dropped from rolls as supposedly dead.
Blake, Ebenezer: (May 31, 1862); killed June 27, 1862, at Gaines' Mill.
Brinsley, Joseph: (August 14, 1862); substitute; deserted May 9, 1863.
Bruna, Juan: (March 14, 1862); deserted Apr. 17, 1862.
Bryan, John E.: (April 23, 1861); 23; druggist; 1st Sgt. at muster; July 21, 1861: shot in head and killed at First Manassas. Buried in Grove Street Cemetery, Danville.
Bunger, Louis F.: (April 23, 1861); born 1840; mechanic; captured Sept. 14, 1862, at South Mountain; excahnged two months later; detailed to C. S. Arsenal at Danville for remainder of war; died 1921. Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Danville.
Cheatham, Thomas J.: (August 5, 1864); of Appomattox Co.; Dec. 31, 1863: detailed to Boykins Station on surgeon's certificate; dropped from rolls in Nov. 1864, for "varicosis of several years' duration."
Chocklett, John: (September 1, 1864); captured Apr. 6, 1865 at Sayler's Creek; died June 15, 1865, of measles at Point Lookout Prison.
Claiborne, Felix Grundy: (April 23, 1861); 20; planter; discharged from service, May 29, 1861.
Claiborne, Thomas D.: (April 23, 1861); born Dec. 25, 1835; planter; Capt. at muster; absent sick: July-Sept. 1861; died Dec. 29, 1864, at Danville.
Clay, Charles T.: (April 23, 1861); 34; laborer; on detached service as teamster for much of 1863; present with regt. through Dec. 1864.
Clements, Lewis H.: (April 1, 1863); of Albemarle Co.; 5'1", hazel eyes, black hair, dark complexion; Sept. 25, 1863-Aug. 26, 1864: absent sick with chronic rheumatism and debility; captured Apr. 3, 1865, in Amelia Co.; paroled at Point Lookout Prison, June 22, 1865.
Clopton, John P.: (April 23, 1861); 19; student; killed Sept. 14, 1862, at South Mountain.
Collins, Brice : (August 14, 1862); conscript; never reported to company because of illness; died in June 1863, of disease.
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From information gathered from the "18th Virginia Infantry Regimental History" by Dr. Robertston
