Elswick, Michael - Company E -
PC#565416, WC#446436 - 5’8”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair -
drafted 26 Sep 1864 Charleston - discharged 3 Jun 1865 - born about 1822 Pike
KY
Epling, Levi A. - Company B -
PC#471264 - enlisted 2 Sep 1861 Peytona, Boone Co. - 5’9”tall, fair complexion,
hazel eyes, dark hair - born about 1843 Giles Co. VA - died 3 Mar 1889 -
married #1 Susan Adkins 12 Apr 1864 Kanawha Co. WV - married #2 Mary A. Shields
26 Oct 1881 Kanawha Co. WV, she previously married Andrew Shields under the
name of Mary Rodgers 6 Aug 1874 Ritchie Co. WV - son Joseph B. born 29 Dec 1877
Eplin, Miles Henderson - Company B PC#276188 - enlisted 2 Sep 1861 Peytona, Boone Co. -
discharged 25 Jan 1865 - 5’10”tall, fair complexion, hazel eyes, dark hair -
born about 1842 Giles Co. VA son of Christopher and Malinda - died 2 Mar 1911
Marmet WV - married Sarah Jane Brown 12 Sep 1866 Kanawha Co. WV - children:
Albert W. born 25 Oct 1868; Josephine born 11 Nov 1877; Julia A. born 13 Mar
1882; Jesse C. born 28 Mar 1884- paroled P.O.W. 16 Aug 1862 “sent to Boone
County “
Epling, William T. - Company B
- PC#484270, WC#392340 - service 8 Jan 1863 to 1 Aug 1865 - 5’5”tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, chestnut hair - born about 1845 Giles Co. VA son of
Phillip and Wilmouth Hodges Epling - died 14 Jul 1893 Hewett, Boone Co. -
married Martha E. Hager 28 Jan 1873 Boone Co., she was previously married to
J.W. Hager, Martha died 15 Jan 1913 - Mrs. W.W.Workman stated in a 1913 pension letter that she was the only
living child of William T. Epling
Emerson, Benjamin - Company E
- born about 1843 - died 9 Mar 1862
Eskins, Dewitt C. - Company H
- PC#207023, WA#661891, MIC#707212 - enlisted 8 Dec 1862 Raleigh Co. VA -
discharged 3 Apr 1865 Gallipolis OH - 5’10”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes,
light hair - born about 1838 Montgomery Co. VA son of George and Eliza
Moorehead Eskins - died 9 Jul 1897 - married #1 Luvina/Savina Ferrell - married
#2 Nancy Jane Estep - also served in Company C 36th VA Inf. Confederate Army
enlisting 3 Jun 1861 Raleigh Co.
Eslin, Samuel - Company E -
enlisted 1 Oct 1861 Point Pleasant WV - captured 3 Jun 1862 Strasburg VA
Esque, Andrew J. - Company M -
enlisted 7 Oct 1864
Esque, German - Company F -
PA#571245 - in hospital July 1862
Eskew/Esque, William H. - Company M - PC#991746, WA#1602587 - enlisted 1 Aug 1864 Buffalo WV
- 5’10”tall, light complexion, grey eyes, light hair - born about 1841 Putnam
Co. VA - died 12 Jul 1919 Charleston WV
Estep, Andrew - Company I -
PC#12090 - enlisted 5 Nov 1861 Wyoming Co. VA - 5’10”tall, fair complexion,
grey eyes, dark hair - born about 1843 Kanawha Co. VA son of Wesley and
Virginia Green Estep - died 17 Jan 1862 Buffalo WV - Wesley died in Sep 1856
Boone Co. VA - siblings: Amy Jane born 10 Oct 1848; Nancy 20 Mar 1851; William
25 Sep 1855; Eli 14 Dec 1858
Estep, Benjamin F. - Company E
- PC#325110 - service 15 Oct 1861 to 1 Aug 1865 - he was a carpenter in the
quartermaster dept. 18 Jan 1862 - 5’9”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, auburn
hair - born about 1841 Kanawha Co. VA - married Jane Baldwin 6 Apr 1860 Boone
Co. VA - child: Eva Nora or Elva Naomi born 19 Oct 1885 - lived Boone and
Jackson Counties
Estep, John W. - Company E -
PC#39098, WC#402010, MIC#438663 - service 15 Oct 1861 to 1 Aug 1865 -
5’10”tall, light complexion, blue eyes, light hair - wounded at the Battle of
Cross Keys - occupation was listed as carpenter - born about 1831 Floyd Co. KY
- died 21 May 1892 - married #1 Julia Tawney 1 Jan 1878 Kanawha Co. WV -
married #2 Elizabeth J. Odell 11 Apr 1889 Cattletsburg KY, she died 3 Apr 1896
- lived Boone Co. WV; Round Bottom Wayne Co.; Mason Co. WV; Spurlockville
Lincoln Co. WV - children: Samuel W. born 11 Jul 1881 and Julian C. born 6 Feb
1879
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