Independent post commanders in Virginia

[Stryker65]

Especially in the Shenandoah Valley, there were many miscellaneous towns that a disliked or convalescing Confederate officer were assigned as commandant. I am still trying to find others, but these are those that I can find:
1864:
- Charlottesville, Va.: Brig. Gen. Francis R. T. Nicholls
1865:
- Danville, Va.: Brig. Gen. Henry H. Walker
- Danville Prison, Va.: Col. Robert E. Withers (18th Va.)
- Lynchburg, Va.: Brig. Gen. Raleigh E. Colston
- Staunton, Va.: Brig. Gen. Robert D. Lilley

I am always interested in finding these, as often these are where miscellaneous Confederate reserve troops and others disappear out of the records. The 3rd Va. Reserves, for example, was at Danville.

Any others you can find? Post commanders in the other Confederate states are pretty well-documented, especially in Alabama and Mississippi.

 

[52ndFandS]

My wife and were moving up gtom Florids and we ended up on this winding road going to the only hotel we could find that took pets in that area of Virginia. I didn't realize how far were up and on the winding road back down I saw possibly the most well preserved earthworks I have ever seen. It was near frozen in time.

I saw a gold and blue sign that read Confederate Fort and had some spiel under it. I can't remember where it was but it was definitely no place I had ever heard of. I wondered who was commanding and then put ot out of my mind.

That was absolutely of no help I realize. It does show that even the smallest places, and it looked like a crossroads, were of importance.