Great news! The soldier from our post of 28 May has been identified. Like the others profiled here, he lies in an unmarked grave. We hope youll consider sponsoring this soldier so that his life can be memorialized. Private George Edward Glenn, 2nd Company A, 25th Virginia Infantry (Heck’s Regiment) George Edward Glenn enlisted as a Private in Company A of the 9th Virginia Infantry Battalion (Hansbrough’s Battalion) on 13 May 1861 at Fetterman, in Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Although most of the area that is now West Virginia opposed secession, some counties did provide some support to the Confederacy. The company that came out of Taylor County was called “The Letcher Guards,” under the command of Captain John A. Robinson. On 1 May 1862 the companies of the battalion were merged into the 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Heck’s Regiment), with Company A becoming 2nd Company A. On 2 June 1862 Glenn was taken prisoner near Woodstock in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, and was sent to Fort Delaware, Delaware. Private Glenn was then sent to Aiken’s Landing where he was exchanged on 5 August 1862. Located about ten miles below Richmond on the James River, Aiken’s Landing was one of two locations designated for prisoner exchange by the Dix-Hill Cartel of 1862. What next happened to Private Glenn is not known, but he was buried in Shockoe Hill Cemetery just one week later on 12 August 1862, the burial record entry reading, “Ed. Glenn, 19, drowned, soldier.” Glenn’s gravesite has no marker visible.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Jun 2014 18:40:14 +0000
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