Thanks to Find A Grave contributor George Seitz for providing Alexander's Full Birthdate, and for sending the following information:
Matriculating to VMI from Stevensville, he stayed there 13 months, leaving to become Second Lieutenant in the King and Queen Artillery. By November, 1862, he had been promoted to Captain and was placed with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Artillery. His men served as artillery or infantry, and as infantry they captured United States guns at the Battle of Seven Pines. When the guns had been taken, he turned them on the enemy with great effect. He credited the training he received at VMI , which enabled him to do this. His men also played a gallant role in repulsing the attack at The Crater. Bagby was shot in the back at Sayler's Creek on 6 April 1865 and was paroled at Petersburg ten days later. He was listed as a prisoner in a Petersburg Hospital on 25 April 1865. Post-bellum, he returned to quieter pursuits, farmer, miller, merchant, agent.
Matriculating to VMI from Stevensville, he stayed there 13 months, leaving to become Second Lieutenant in the King and Queen Artillery. By November, 1862, he had been promoted to Captain and was placed with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Artillery. His men served as artillery or infantry, and as infantry they captured United States guns at the Battle of Seven Pines. When the guns had been taken, he turned them on the enemy with great effect. He credited the training he received at VMI , which enabled him to do this. His men also played a gallant role in repulsing the attack at The Crater. Bagby was shot in the back at Sayler's Creek on 6 April 1865 and was paroled at Petersburg ten days later. He was listed as a prisoner in a Petersburg Hospital on 25 April 1865. Post-bellum, he returned to quieter pursuits, farmer, miller, merchant, agent.
Thanks to Find A Grave contributor George Seitz for providing Alexander's Full Birthdate, and for sending the following information:
Matriculating to VMI from Stevensville, he stayed there 13 months, leaving to become Second Lieutenant in the King and Queen Artillery. By November, 1862, he had been promoted to Captain and was placed with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Artillery. His men served as artillery or infantry, and as infantry they captured United States guns at the Battle of Seven Pines. When the guns had been taken, he turned them on the enemy with great effect. He credited the training he received at VMI , which enabled him to do this. His men also played a gallant role in repulsing the attack at The Crater. Bagby was shot in the back at Sayler's Creek on 6 April 1865 and was paroled at Petersburg ten days later. He was listed as a prisoner in a Petersburg Hospital on 25 April 1865. Post-bellum, he returned to quieter pursuits, farmer, miller, merchant, agent.
Matriculating to VMI from Stevensville, he stayed there 13 months, leaving to become Second Lieutenant in the King and Queen Artillery. By November, 1862, he had been promoted to Captain and was placed with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Artillery. His men served as artillery or infantry, and as infantry they captured United States guns at the Battle of Seven Pines. When the guns had been taken, he turned them on the enemy with great effect. He credited the training he received at VMI , which enabled him to do this. His men also played a gallant role in repulsing the attack at The Crater. Bagby was shot in the back at Sayler's Creek on 6 April 1865 and was paroled at Petersburg ten days later. He was listed as a prisoner in a Petersburg Hospital on 25 April 1865. Post-bellum, he returned to quieter pursuits, farmer, miller, merchant, agent.
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