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Hiram S Robbins

Biography
Born 3/1837
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 10/1903
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Hiram Robbins
Mother Elizabeth
Married ca. 1875
Spouse Margaret J. -----
Military Units
22nd Cavalry
2nd VSL
37th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
22nd Cavalry
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37th Infantry
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Census Information:

1850: 1267, Age 10
1860: 726, Age 22
1870: Not found
1880: Macon Co., MO, Eagle 78, Age 41
1900: Elk Garden 352, Age 63
1910: DEAD
1920: DEAD
1930: DEAD

Miscellaneous Information:

Letter mention: Cowan/Fletcher
Letter mention: James H. Barrett
Filed pension: 1900, Russell County

Newspaper mention:
Lebanon News, 6/1/1900

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Company I, 37th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll dated May 31st, 1861

Enrolled for active service on: May 3
Enrolled for active service at: New Garden
Enrolled by: Capt. J. F. McElhenney
Period: 1 year

Age: 23

Company was enrolled for active service at Honaker, Va., on the 3rd day of May, 1861 and travelled then to Abingdon where it arrived on the 30th, 1861, a distance of 34 miles.

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. S. Hunt
Period: 12 mo

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Dunbar
To what time: June 30

Present or absent: x
Remarks: Sick at Monterey

x Name appears in Column of Names Present

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Jan. & Feb., 1862 (Dated June 13, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 1 year

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. White
To what time: Aug. 31

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: On furlough reenlisted

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1862 (Dated Aug. 15, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 12 mos.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Cole
To what time: Feb. 28

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 3 y's

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 6

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1862 (Dated Sept. 28, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 3 ys

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent:
Remarks: Deserted Aug. 2d

Card 7

Appears on a muster roll for Sept. & Oct., 1862 (Dated Dec. 11, 1862)

Enlisted:
When: May 2, 1861
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 3 ys

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Haller
To what time: Oct. 31

Present or absent:
Remarks: Deserted

Card 8

Appears on a muster roll of Companies G and I (consolidated) for Nov. & Dec., 1862 (Not dated)

Enlisted:
When: May 2
Where: New Garden
By whom: Capt. Hunt
Period: 1 yr

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Haller
To what time: Aug. 31

Present or absent: Absent
Remarks: Absent without leave

Card 9

Appears on Bounty Pay and Receipt Roll dated Camp Mason, Va., Feby 18, 1862

Bounty: $50
Signature: by mark

Card 10
Private, Company D, 22nd Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a muster roll for to Oct. 31, 1863 (Dated Oct. 31, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: May 1, 1863
Where: Russell Co., Va
By whom: Capt. Ball
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 11
Corporal, Company D, 22nd Virginia Cavalry

Appears on a
List
of Prisoners confined in Military Prison at Wheeling, Va. (also known as Atheneum Prison).
Aug. 10/64

Age: 18 years; height: 5 ft. 9 in.
Complexion: dark; eyes: grey; hair: light
Occupation: Farmer

Residence:
Town:
County: Russell
State: Va

Arrested:
By whom: Genl Averal
Where: Moorfield Va
Date: Aug. 7, 1865

Charges:
Remarks: Sent to Camp Chase O. Aug. 11/64

Card 12

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
forwarded from Harper's Ferry, West Va., to Camp Chase, O., August 11, 1864.

Roll dated Hd. Qrs., Dept. West Va., Office Provost Marshal General, Harper's Ferry, Aug. 24, 1864.

Where captured: Moorefield, Va
When captured: Aug. 7, 1864

Card 13

Appears on a Descriptive Roll of
Prisoners of War
at Camp Chase, Ohio.

Arrested:
Where: Moorefield, Va
When: Aug. 7, 1864

Received at Camp Chase, Ohio:
When: Aug. 12, 1864
Whence: Wheeling Va
By whose order: Capt. E. W. Over

Date of departure: Mch 18, 1865
Remarks: Transferred to Pt. Lookout, Md

Card 14

Appears on a
Roll of Prisoners of War
transferred from Camp Chase, Ohio, to Point Lookout, Md., March 18, 1865, for exchange.

Roll dated: Not dated

Where captured: Moorefield Va
When captured: Aug. 7, 1864
Remarks: Transferred to Pt Lookout Md March 18, 1865

Card 15

Name appears as sigature to a
Roll of Prisoners of War
paroled at Camp Chase, Ohio, and transferred to Point Lookout, March 18, 1865.

Roll dated Hd. Qrs., Camp Chase, O., March 18, 1865.

Where captured: Moorefield Va
When captured: Aug. 7, 1864

x Signs Roll by mark

x Roll indorsed: "Boulware's Wharf, March 27th, 1865. Received on the within rolls one thousand and eighty-eight (1088) paroled Confederate prisoners of war, including thirty (30) officers. W. H. HATCH, Asst. Agency of Exch."

Card 16

Appears on a RECEIPT ROLL for clothing, for 2 Qr., 1864

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