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THE WARREN BLUES—EXTRA BILLY'S MEN.


Roll of Officers and Men of a Famous Band of Veterans.


Company roll of the officers and men of the Warren Blues, Company E, and afterwards Company D, of the 49th Virginia Infantry, Extra Billy Smith's Regiment, Pegram's Brigade, Early's Division, Stonewall Jackson Corps, Army of Northern Virginia:

This company was mustered into service at Front Royal, Va., on the 1 7th day of June, 1861, with the four first commissioned officers, to-wit:

Wheatley, Manley T., captain and promoted to major in October; died in December, 1861.

Jacobs, Bayley S., first lieutenant and captain; was killed at Gettysburg.

Updike, John B., second lieutenant and first lieutenant, captain; wounded at Spotsylvania, I2th of May, 1864, and retired.

Funkhouser, Robert D., Jr., second lieutenant, first lieutenant, captain and acting lieutenant-colonel; wounded at Winchester, 19th of September, 1864, and captured at Fort Steadman, near Petersburg, 25th of March, 1865.

Boyd, Emory V., orderly sergeant and second lieutenant; killed below Richmond, 25th of June, 1862.

Brown, John G., color sergeant and second lieutenant; captured at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; was sent with the famous 600 Confederate officers to Morris Island, off South Carolina, under the so-called retaliation act; living.

Updike, Abraham, elected second lieutenant in October, 1864; was captured at Fort Steadman, 25th of March, 1865; dead.

Atwood, Luther, private, killed at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862.

Atwood, Samuel, private, died in hospital, Richmond.

Allen, John, private, wounded September 17, 1862, Sharpsburg (dead).

Allen, Arch, private, wounded.