Roster of the Alstadt Grays.
Owing to the large number still living in
Chesterfield county, and to the relatives and families of many who are no more,
Mr. W. B. Ashbrooke has compiled a roster of the famous
Alstadt Grays, who were mustered in and about
Manchester.
The
Grays belonged to
Mahone's Brigade, of
Anderson's Division, of
A. P. Hill's Corps, of the Army of Northern Virginia.
They were mustered into service on May 24, 1861.
They surrendered at
Appomattox.
They took part in the charge of
Mahone's Division at the
battle of the Crater.
The membership of the company, as compiled, reads as follows:
Captain, E. H. Flournoy;
First Lieutenant, Charles Friend;
Second Lieutenant, Samuel Flournoy;
Third Lieutenant, David M. Goode;
First Sergeant, Charles Fossey;
Second Sergeant, Samuel Woodfin;
Third Sergeant, J. W. Jones;
Fourth Sergeant, George Woodfin; First
Corporal, Cornelius Wilkinson; Second
Corporal, Wesley Rudd; Third
Corporal, Joseph Dorsett; Fourth
Corporal, Calhoun Hawkins;
Privates, J. H. Ashbrooke,
W. B. Ashbrooke,
Thomas Bailey,
Joseph Bailey,
James H. Bailey,
John A. Bailey,
William E. Bailey,
Robert H. Bass,
Joseph Bass,
John Bass,
Aaron H. Branch,
Lucius Branch,
Merritt Boatwrights.
R. M. Cheatham,
A. A. Cheatham,
John F. Cheatham,
William E. Cheatham,
Julius C. Condrey,
Lewis Dorsett,
William Dorsett,
A. A. Ellett,
C. C. Ellett,
Richard Ellett,
Joseph Elam,
Richard Elam,,
Abner E. Fossey,
David Fossey,
Samuel Fossey,
A. A. Ford,
M. W. Ford,
Samuel Flournoy,
T. C. Farley,
William F. Fuqua,
David H. Franklin,
James B. Goode,
E. C. Goode,
Robert Godsey,
John E. Goode,
J. W. Goode,
W. D. Goode,
Lemuel J. Goode,
Charles Hancock,
Newton Horner,
William S. Hobson,
William A. Harris,
Richard Jones,
John D. Jones,
Samuel J. Jones,
Henry Lee,
John F. Martin,
George O. Markham, G .
A. Morris,
James A. Morrissett,
John Moody,
James Moore,
Wilson Moore,
Edgar Nunnally,
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Edward T. Osborne, Eddie Phaup,
William Pinchback,
Coleman Purdie,
John E. Porter,
Lewis Porter,
William Rudd,
Samuel Rudd,
Richard Stratton,
R. O. Stratton,
John W. Simes,
J. B. Simes,
T. M. Simes,
Alexander Simes,
A. C. Wilkinson,
John Wilkinson,
Samuel Wilkinson,
Richard Wilkinson,
William C. Woodfin,
James F. Woodfin,
Charles Worsham and
Marcellus Williams.
Coughed up a bullet.
Out of the many wounded of the
Alstadt Grays, two notable instances yet survive in the persons of Julius Chesterfield and
Lewis Dorset, of
Richmond.
Mr. Condrey was so desperately wounded in the neck by a minnie ball that his surgeons advised against an operation, and he carried the ball in his neck for twelve years.
One Sunday, after attending church, he returned home and lay on his bed. He leaned far over and coughed.
The bullet fell out on the floor.
'
Squire Cheatham, of
Oak Grove, vouches for this incident, which he related yesterday afternoon.
In the case of
Mr. Lewis Dorset, who was wounded in a fight below
Petersburg, the soldier was left on the field to die, remaining on the ground for many hours.
The ball which struck
Mr. Dorset entered the left breast just above the heart, penetrated the lung, and tore away the anterior portion of the right shoulder blade.
Mr. Dorset has been refused by practically every insurance company in the country; he nevertheless enjoys good health at an advanced age.
