Lieutenant Samuel W.N. Feamster

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"Lieutenant Samuel W.N. Feamster of Greenbrier County, W.Va, served with the 14th Virginia Cavalry. The 14th regiment was under the command of McCausland and part of JEB Stuart's Cavalry."

 

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LT. Feamster family left all their family papers form 1794 to 1967.....with the Library of Congress...

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/mss/eadxmlmss/eadpdfmss/2010/ms010313.pdf


Scope and Content Note
The papers of the Feamster family consist of diaries and notebooks, correspondence, financial
papers, legal papers, trust agreements, notes and essays, circulars, certificates, tickets, newspaper
clippings, genealogical material, and miscellaneous items. The collection is organized in four
series: Diaries and Notebooks, Correspondence, Financial Papers, and Miscellany.
The papers span the years 1794-1967, with the bulk of the material originating between 1813-1946.
Within this period the papers illustrate the activities of four interrelated families, whose members
were engaged in farming, the law, medicine, the military, politics, religion, and other pursuits.
The correspondence is replete with descriptions— physical, social, economic, and educational— of
various areas and states in which members of the family visited or resided: Virginia, West Virginia,
Feamster Family Papers 7

 

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"Lieutenant Samuel W.N. Feamster of Greenbrier County, W.Va, served with the 14th Virginia Cavalry. The 14th regiment was under the command of McCausland and part of JEB Stuart's Cavalry."

Samuel William Newman Feamster

Residence Lewisburg WV; a 25 year-old Farmer.

Enlisted on 5/23/1861 at Lewisburg, WV as a 1st Lieutenant.
On 5/23/1861 he was commissioned into "A(1st)" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
He was discharged on 11/22/1861
(Company disbanded)

On 4/21/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
He was listed as:
* Commanding Carrick's Ford, VA (date not stated) (Commanded rear guard)
* On rolls Brandy Station, VA (date not stated)
* On rolls Dry Creek, VA (date not stated)
* On rolls Five Forks, VA (date not stated)
* On rolls Martinsburg, WV (date not stated)
* On rolls Petersburg, VA (date not stated)
* On rolls South Mountain, MD (date not stated)
* On rolls Winchester, VA (date not stated)
* Detailed 9/15/1862 Lynchburg, VA (Estimated day. Guard with POWs)
* Detailed 1/15/1863 Botetourt County, VA (Estimated day. Searching for deserters)
* On rolls 3/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* On rolls 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* On rolls 11/6/1863 Droop Mountain, WV
* On rolls 6/18/1864 Lynchburg, VA
* On rolls 7/9/1864 Monocacy, MD
* On rolls 7/12/1864 Charleston, WV
* Wounded 7/12/1864 Charleston, WV
* On rolls 8/31/1864 (place not stated)
* Wounded 9/24/1864 Timberville, VA (Wounded through both lungs)
* Absent, wounded 12/31/1864 (place not stated)
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut
* 2nd Sergt 4/21/1862
* 2nd Lieut 4/8/1863
He also had service in:
"C" Co. VA Mooreman's Cavalry
Other Information:
born 2/21/1836 in Greenbrier County, WV
died 4/18/1915 in Alderson, WV
Buried: Greenbrier Baptist Church Cem., WV

(Brother of Joseph A. and Thomas L. Feamster.)

After the War he lived in Alderston, WV
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Thomas Lewis Feamster



Residence was not listed; 32 years old.

Enlisted on 4/21/1862 at Lewisburg, WV as a 1st Sergeant.

On 4/21/1862 he mustered into "A(2nd)" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* On rolls 9/15/1862 (place not stated)
* Witness 1/15/1863 Dublin, VA (Estimated day)
* Detailed 3/15/1863 (place not stated) (Estimated day. On horse detail)
* On rolls 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA
* Commanding company 4/30/1864 (place not stated)
* Wounded 7/12/1864 Rock Creek, VA (Wounded in the neck and jaw)
* Absent, wounded 12/31/1864 (place not stated) (Absent through this date)
* Paroled 5/12/1865 Charleston, WV
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut 10/28/1862
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 9.0", light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair

Other Information:
born 11/12/1829 in Greenbrier County, WV
died 12/31/1906 in Lewisburg, WV
Buried: Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cem., WV

(Postwar: Farmer and Postmaster, Lewisburg
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Joseph Alderson Feamster



Residence Lewisburg WV; a 30 year-old Farmer.

Enlisted on 11/17/1864 at Luray, VA as a Private.

On 11/17/1864 he mustered into "K" Co. VA 14th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Detailed 12/15/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day. In pursuit of deserters)
* Paroled 6/3/1865 Charleston, WV
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 10.0", dark complexion, black eyes, black hair

Other Information:
born 12/24/1833 in Greenbrier County, WV
died 7/7/1917

 

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This is an interesting the site tells several stories about Civil War vets....It tells two interesting stories form the war about Feamster... If true he was one of the last common soldier to speak to General Lee before his surrender at Appomattox....on page 4...His full name is Samuel William Newman Feamster...

http://www.fridley.net/arb/arbv4n1.pdf