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Judge John Nathaniel “Tanny” Peed

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Judge John Nathaniel “Tanny” Peed

Birth
Hampstead, King George County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Feb 1935 (aged 91)
Owens, King George County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Owens, King George County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Company I "Potomac Cavalry", 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beale's Brigade, W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Owens, King George County, VA; 18 years old.
Enlisted 1861 in King George County, VA., he had been mustered into the 25th Virginia Militia (Cavalry) as a Private.
Also, in the Company was his paternal Uncle Lt. Philip M. Peed, maternal Uncle Pvt. John E. Owens (Acting Company Commissary Sgt.), and brother Pvt. James Oscar Peed.
[This Company was transferred 10/12/1861 into the 9th Virginia Cavalry as Company I.]
Promoted to Bugler 12/1/1861.
Present on all rolls through 10/10/1864 final roll.

Many of his wartime letters are housed in the Dept. of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame, IN.
Other wartime letters are housed in the Library of Va.: Letters, 1864-1865, from John Nathaniel Peed (1843-1935), 9th Virginia Cavalry,

Postwar, he lived in King George County, a prosperous farmer and longtime judge; married, fathered 4 children.

The 9th Cavalry Regiment was officially formed December 18, 1861, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.

Company I "Potomac Cavalry", 9th Virginia Cavalry, Beale's Brigade, W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Owens, King George County, VA; 18 years old.
Enlisted 1861 in King George County, VA., he had been mustered into the 25th Virginia Militia (Cavalry) as a Private.
Also, in the Company was his paternal Uncle Lt. Philip M. Peed, maternal Uncle Pvt. John E. Owens (Acting Company Commissary Sgt.), and brother Pvt. James Oscar Peed.
[This Company was transferred 10/12/1861 into the 9th Virginia Cavalry as Company I.]
Promoted to Bugler 12/1/1861.
Present on all rolls through 10/10/1864 final roll.

Many of his wartime letters are housed in the Dept. of Special Collections, University of Notre Dame, IN.
Other wartime letters are housed in the Library of Va.: Letters, 1864-1865, from John Nathaniel Peed (1843-1935), 9th Virginia Cavalry,

Postwar, he lived in King George County, a prosperous farmer and longtime judge; married, fathered 4 children.

The 9th Cavalry Regiment was officially formed December 18, 1861, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.
It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.

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  • Maintained by: BigFrench
  • Originally Created by: Bobby
  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10302583/john_nathaniel-peed: accessed ), memorial page for Judge John Nathaniel “Tanny” Peed (11 Mar 1843–20 Feb 1935), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10302583, citing Oakland Baptist Cemetery, Owens, King George County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).