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This page is dedicated to my Civil War
ancestors. West Virginia was then part
of Virginia so some took up arms for the North
and others for the South.
Union Veterans
John William Mercer (gggrandfather)
Pvt. Co.C, 15th WV Inf.
Laben Mercer
Pvt. Co.H, 15th WV Inf.
Jacob Mercer
Pvt. Co.C, 7th WV Inf.
William Mercer
Pvt. Co.H, 1st WV Inf.
Felix Youst
Pvt. Co.M, 4th WV Cav.
Aaron Youst
Pvt. Co.H, 1st WV Inf.
William Metz
Pvt. Co.K, 7th WV Inf.
William Darrah
Pvt. Co.L, 6th WV Inf.
Jacob Darrah
Pvt. Co.L, 6th WV Inf.
James Darrah
Pvt. Co.A, 12th WV Inf.
Francis Taylor
Pvt. Co.F, 7th WV Inf.
Henry Taylor (gggrandfather)
Pvt. Co.N 6th WV Inf.
George Marriner
Pvt. Co.A 140th PA Inf.
Merriman Youst
Pvt. Co.G 7th WV Inf.
Abraham Taylor
Pvt. Co.F 7th WV Inf.
Thomas Taylor
Pvt. Co.F 7th WV Inf.
Confederate Veterans
Jacob Youst
Sgt. Co.A 20th VA Cav.
William Youst
Pvt. Co.A 20th VA Cav.
Dr.Fielding H. Youst
Asst. Surgeon of the Vol. Forces of VA.
Elias Youst
Pvt. Co.I 4th VA Cav.
Dr.Jehu Youst (still researching)
Lest We
Forget
This is a letter written by my ggreat
uncle,
Jacob Mercer:
[ Camp near Petersburg, Va. June
19th, 1864 ]
Dear brother, I take my pen in hand to
inform
you I received yours of the 12th this
evening. Was glad to hear from you. I am
well. Truly hope this may find you
enjoying
good health..You said you had not got a
letter from me for some time. I have
written
two letters to you..You stated Elias had
been
in two fights and come out safe. We have
been
in one for the last forty five days and
nights. I am still safe. We are now
within
five hundred yards of the rebs works. We
are
also in works. We still keep up
continual
firing both day and night. We are within
one
mile of Petersburg, Va. and old Bob Lee
is in
the town....Our men have taken eight or
nine
forts from the rebs. Three lines of
works.
Very heavy works...
I shall now tell
you
the
loss of our company. Since May 3rd we
have
lost 32 killed and wounded. 9 of our
company
taken prisoner. Which makes 41 out of
60. The
regiment has lost over two hundred
killed and
wounded since May 3rd....Tell Henry
Metz's
father and mother that he is either
killed or
taken prisoner on the 16th. It was after
night when we was charging. Some of the
boys
we know was taken. It is supposed Henry
was
taken. Reuben A. Martin was wounded
yesterday
in the arm while lighting his pipe.
I
shall
soon have to close.. Hoping to hear from
you
soon. Tell father and mother I am well.
I
will write as often as I can. You do the
same. Have that land run off soon as you
can,
if you haven't got it done. Give the
title
bond up to my wife. Let her keep
it..This
from your brother Jacob Mercer to
William
Mercer.
[Written down the side of
the
letter
is this postscript]
Dear brother,
since I
wrote this letter I have been wounded in
the
right arm. My arm is broken. I think I
will
get along all right. Hope so, at least.I
wrote this yesterday evening. This
morning
the 20th I am wounded and gone to the
hospital. I don't know where I will be
when I
write again....Written by Sgt. J. R.
Goodwin
after Jake was taken to the hospital....
Jacob
Mercer did not get along alright. He
died
from his wounds on Aug 11, 1864 at
Campbell
Hospital, Washington D.C. He is interred
at
Arlington Cemetary, Va., in section 13,
grave
7446.
WV
VETERAN'S MEDALS
In 1866 the state of West Virginia
authorized
the minting of over 26,000 medals to
honor
its Civil War Union soldiers. Today,
many
medals still remain unclaimed. These
medals
can be claimed by descendants. Visit
the
West Virginia State Archives web site
for
more details:
West Virginia Civil War Veteran
Medals
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here for larger
image
In
l997, I
successfully claimed the medal of my
ggreat
uncle, William Darrah, Pvt. Co.L 6th WV
Inf.
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