Balaam TETER

1. Civil War Service 62nd Virginia Infantry Brief History of the Regiment The men of the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry were primarily residentsof the war created state of West Virginia. With her sister units ofthe Northwestern Brigade, the 62nd Virginia was tasked for most of itscareer with guarding the Shenandoah Valley. Always greatly outnumberedand virtually forgotten by the Richmond authorities the NorthwesternBrigade spent the final two desperate years of the war as theguardians of the Valley of Virginia. The 62nd Virginia was not officially recognized until January 28,1863, although its history actually dates from May 7, 1862 whenCaptain John D. Imboden of the Staunton Artillery was commissionedcolonel and authorized to raise a regiment of partisan rangers.Imboden spent the rest of 1862 recruiting the First Regiment VirginiaPartisan Rangers in the western counties of Virginia. The Colonel metwith such success that by early 1863 his command was able to subdivideinto a mounted cavalry regiment (18th Virginia Cavalry) and anartillery battery (McClanahan's). These units were brigaded as theNorthwestern Brigade and Imboden was promoted to brigadier general. The 62nd Virginia began its active career in the Jones-Imboden Raidfollowed by participation in the Gettysburg Campaign. one of theregiment's most noted engagements occured on July 6 when it helped tosave the Southern wagon train at Williamsport, Maryland. During thefive month period from mid-May through mid-October, 1864 the 62ndVirginia participated in all the hard fought battles in the ShenandoahValley in addition to joining the Army of Northern Virginia at theSecond Battle of Cold Harbor. The 62nd Virginia faced its most severe test at the Battle of NewMarket where it bore the brunt of the Confederate casualties butreceived little recognition for its contribution to the Southernvictory. The regiment rejoined the Northwestern Brigade following theBattle of Lynchburg for Early's march on Washington. Two months ofskirmishing northeast of Winchester was followed by participation inthe disastrous battles of Third Winchester and Fisher's Hill afterwhich the regiment went on outpost duty in the Page Valley. The lackof food and forage forced the 62nd Virginia to temporarily disband inmid-January 1865. The regiment saw little action upon its return toactive duty in late February 1865 as the surrender of the Army ofNorthern Virginia on April 9, 1865 virtually ended the warfare in theOld Dominion. Companies: A (1st) - Capt. George W. Imboden's Co. (portion became Co. B, 1st Va.Partisan Rangers; afterwards Co. K (2nd), 62nd Regt.; subsequnetlybecame Capt. John H. McClanahan's Battery) A (2nd) - Capt. Houston Hall's Co. (formerly Co. I (1st), 25th Regt.) B (2nd) - Hardy Blues (Hardy Co.)(formerly Co. I (1st), 25th Regt.) C (2nd) - Capt. Absalom H. Nelson's Co. (formerly Co. E (1st) 1st Va.Partisan Rangers) D (1st) - Capt. D. Edward Beall's Co. (later assigned to 18th Va.Cav.) D (2nd) - Capt. Soloman Flesher's Co. (formerly Co. K, 1st Va.Partisan Rangers) E (2nd) - Capt. Hannibal Hill's Co. (formerly Co. C (1st), 1st Va.Partisan Rangers) F (2nd) - Franklin Guards (formerly Co. F (1st), 25th Regt.) G (1st) - Capt. George W. Stump's Co. (later Co. B, 18th Va. Cav.) G (2nd) - Capt. Conrad Currence's Co. (formerly Co. I (1st), 1st Va.Partisan Rangers) H (1st) - Capt. Mathias Ginevan's Co. (Hampshire Co.) (later manytransfered to the 18th Va. Cav.) H (2nd) - Capt. Granville Carlin's Co. (formerly Co. F (1st), 1st Va.Partisans; later Co. A, 18th Va. Cav.) I (2nd) - Pendleton Rifles (formerly Co. E (1st), 25th Regt.) K (2nd) - Capt. James H. Carrickhoff's Co. (formerly Co. B (1st), 1stVa. Partisan L (1st) - Capt. John Hanson McNeill's Co. (transferred as Co. H, 18thVa. Cav.) L (2nd) - Capt. Thomas Dolan's Co. (formerly Co. C, 41st Bn. Va. Cav.,and Co. K (1st), 23rd Va. Cav.) M (1st) - Capt. Wesley Makely's Co. (formerly of the 41st Bn Va. Cav.;subsequently Co. D, 35th Bn. Va. Cav.; afterwards Co. D, 18th Va.Cav.) M (2nd) - Capt. T.M. Grigsby's Co. N - Capt. R. Bruce Muse's Co. (previously 114th Va. Militia and Co. D,33rd Regt; afterward Co. F, 18th Va. Cav.) O - Capt. Alex Monroe's Co. (arose from men of the 114th Va. Militia(Hampshire Co.); afterward Co. K, 18th Va. Cav.) Q - Capt. Frank M. Imboden's Co. (later assigned as Co. H, 18th Va.Cav.) Amos Teter Balaam Teter Cyrus Teter Isaac Teter William C. Teter

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