Son of Siffrein M. and Susan Fitzhugh Vass; brother of Pvt Townshend Dade Vass, and Pvt James A. Vass, both also of the "Black Horse Cavalry".
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Culpeper County, Va.
Enlisted on 6/20/1861 at Camp Gibbons, VA as a Private, he mustered into "B" Co. VA 13th Infantry.
Absent, sick 7/1861.
Absent, sick 12/19/1861.
He was Mustered Out on 1/17/1862.
2/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry (postwar Roster).
Killed In Action in the morning at Meadows Bridges, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
(Original basic submittal by P.L. Delosh.)
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Culpeper County, Va.
Enlisted on 6/20/1861 at Camp Gibbons, VA as a Private, he mustered into "B" Co. VA 13th Infantry.
Absent, sick 7/1861.
Absent, sick 12/19/1861.
He was Mustered Out on 1/17/1862.
2/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry (postwar Roster).
Killed In Action in the morning at Meadows Bridges, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
(Original basic submittal by P.L. Delosh.)
Son of Siffrein M. and Susan Fitzhugh Vass; brother of Pvt Townshend Dade Vass, and Pvt James A. Vass, both also of the "Black Horse Cavalry".
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Culpeper County, Va.
Enlisted on 6/20/1861 at Camp Gibbons, VA as a Private, he mustered into "B" Co. VA 13th Infantry.
Absent, sick 7/1861.
Absent, sick 12/19/1861.
He was Mustered Out on 1/17/1862.
2/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry (postwar Roster).
Killed In Action in the morning at Meadows Bridges, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
(Original basic submittal by P.L. Delosh.)
Company H "Black Horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Culpeper County, Va.
Enlisted on 6/20/1861 at Camp Gibbons, VA as a Private, he mustered into "B" Co. VA 13th Infantry.
Absent, sick 7/1861.
Absent, sick 12/19/1861.
He was Mustered Out on 1/17/1862.
2/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. VA 4th Cavalry (postwar Roster).
Killed In Action in the morning at Meadows Bridges, Va.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
(Original basic submittal by P.L. Delosh.)
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