Martin, Redmond - Company L -
PA#393716 - enlisted 18 Aug 1864 Coalsmouth WV - 5’7”tall, dark complexion,
blue eyes, dark hair - born about 1824 Kanawha Co. VA
Marsh, John - Company F -
enlisted 20 Sep 1861 Red House - 5’8”tall, dark complexion, black eyes, black
hair - born about 1839 Putnam Co. VA - died 24 Nov 1861 Sissonsville VA
Mason, Lewis - Company I -
MA#295726 - enlisted 6 Feb 1862 Wyoming Co. VA - 5’10”tall, fair complexion,
blue eyes, light hair - born about 1834 Logan Co. VA son of Edward and Margaret
Mason - Lewis served about 4 months in the Logan Wildcats, Confederate Army
with his brother Nimrod - his mother Margaret applied for a pension in 1894
while living at Nelson WV - Lewis was the oldest of 11 children 6 boys and 5
girls - the only siblings in pension letters were: Leander S. born 6 Jun 1852;
Tinsley? 15 Mar 1855; Emmazetta 23 Dec 1857; Mirah 25 Apr 1862 - his father
Edward died 9 Jul 1877 - at enlistment the family lived on Huffs Creek, Logan
Co.WV, about 3 miles from it’s mouth next door to Evan Brown - in 1863 the
family moved to a place close to Ironton OH - after the war they returned to
Tony’s Fork of Huffs Creek - they later moved to Hopkins Fork of Laurel Creek
in Boone County WV
Mason, Nimrod - Company I -
PC#19196, WC#712523 - 1st Lt. - enlisted 25 Feb 1862 Wyoming Co. VA - 5’6”tall,
fair complexion, grey eyes, light hair - born about 1838 Logan Co. VA - died 6
Dec 1909 Griffithsville WV - married Mary Etta White 5 Nov 1868 Boone Co. WV -
children: Aaron born 28 Jul 1869; Flora 26 Oct 1870; Columbia 15 Sep 1872;
Gordon 2 Apr 1874 and Almeda 29 Mar 1877 - Nimrod also served in the Logan
Wildcats of the Confederate Army
Massie, Charles - Company L -
PC#690711, WC#729573 - enlisted 5 Mar 1864 - discharged 1 Aug 1865 - 5’6”tall,
light complexion, blue eyes, light hair - appointed bugler 24 May 1864 - born
about 1846 Raleigh Co. VA - died 15 Oct 1908 Tularosa New Mexico - married #1
Jennie Purks, she died about 1882 - married #2 Della Vaught 24 Dec 1884 Kanawha
Co. WV - children: Maggie born July 1887; Phillip born December 1889; Jessie 22
Feb 1894; Blanche 18 Sep 1895
Massey, Garrison - Company G -
WA#582611, MIA#872638 - enlisted 5 Sep 1861 Mud River - discharged 1 Aug 1865 -
5’7”tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair - arrested as a deserter 13 Feb
1864, sent to Cumberland MD 5 Mar 1864 - born about 1842 - died 16 mar 1875
Mossy WV - married Rachel P. Scarborough 7 Aug 1870, she married as a widow
Allen Stover 26 Mar 1878 Fayette Co. WV, Rachel died 14 Jan 1911 Harrisburg IL
- children: Vianne Massey Sawyer 16 Apr 1876; Lewis Brackenridge 26 Aug 1871
Matheny, William - Company K -
PC#578557, WC#609124 - 23 years old - 5’7” tall, dark complexion, brown eyes,
black hair
Mathers, Francis - Company I -
PC#288619, WC#296613 - captain - enlisted 5 Oct 1861 Wyoming Co. VA - 5’5”
tall, dark complexion, black eyes, black hair - born about 1820 Ohio Co. WV -
occupation tinner
Maxwell, John B. - Company G -
MC#181871 - enlisted 14 Sep 1864 Charleston - 6’1” tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, dark hair - born about 1844 Mercer Co. VA son of Matthew and Juliet
AnnMaxwell - died 31 Oct 1864 Charleston WV - Matthew Maxwell died 12 May 1862
Raleigh Co. VA - Juliet moved from Soap Creek, Raleigh Co. 1862 to live with a son in Jackson Co. WV
Maxwell, Robert A. - Company G
- enlisted 4 Sep 1864 - promoted to Sgt. 31 Oct 1864 - 6’1”tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, light hair - born about 1834 Mercer Co. VA
Maynor, Columbus - Company A - PC#252202, WC#972668 - also served in Company G 31st
US Inf. and Company G 13th US Inf. - enlisted 7 Oct 1861 Charleston WV; wounded at Rocky Gap VA 26 Aug 1863 -
Columbus served in Company G 31st US Inf. from 29 March 1866 to March 1869; he
was discharged at Harrison Co. Iowa where he resided until 1873 - born 29 March
1841 Beckley WV son of Joseph and Elizabeth; died 14 Oct 1925 Praise KY ; lived
Pike Co. Kentucky 1887 to 1906 - 6’1” tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, black
hair - married #1 Louisa Phillips 1875 Raleigh Co. WV. She was living in Praise
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