Confederate Reunion Identifications Needed


These images are portions of a panoramic photograph donated to the Amherst County Museum by Mr. H.E. Albright of Richmond, VA. Dated 1903, it was taken at the Amherst County Courthouse on the occasion of a Confederate veterans reunion. Do you recognize any of these men? Let us know if you do, please email the Museum. Some have been identified, and some identified with uncertainty.

  • 1. Seaton Stinnett (see Amherst New Era-Progress, Thursday, July 1, 1976, Bicentennial Edition)
  • 2. Albert Harrison (see Amherst New Era-Progress, Thursday, July 1, 1976, Bicentennial Edition)
  • 3. Obadiah ("Obie") Fitzgerald, 19th Virginia Infantry, Massie's Mill, identified by a great-great-grandson.
  • 4. Houston Joyner (see Amherst New Era-Progress, Thursday, July 1, 1976, Bicentennial Edition)
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  • 16. Valerius McGinnis (uncertain identification)
  • 17. James Madison Garvin, of Monroe, as identified by a resident of old Pera community
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  • 26.Thomas Varland Richeson (an Amherst County Supervisor at about the time the photograph was taken; see Amherst County Story). Also identified as Alexander Addison Loving. According to Loving family tradition at one time during the war he spent a night at the church in Nellysford.
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  • 33.Feldon Tyler (see Amherst New Era-Progress, Thursday, July 1, 1976, Bicentennial Edition)
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  • 36. Believed to be James E. Jennings who served in Co. E, Second Virginia Cavalry. Also identified as Captain Bob Eubank (see Amherst New Era-Progress, Thursday, July 1, 1976, Bicentennial Edition)
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  • 39. This could be William Wilmer.
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  • 65.Identified as Devereaux Allen, father of Florence Allen Watts.
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  • 70. Believed to be Robert Jackson Hudson who served in Co. E, Second Virginia Cavalry.
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    Click here to see parts three and four of this panamoric photo.
  • Updated 08/18/2008