August 1894 or June 1919 Co. E, 35th Bttn. Va. Cav. Reunion
Company E, 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry
Reunion
August 1894 or June 4, 1919
Company E had members from both Page & Shenandoah County, Virginia. The original of this photo was presented to 1st Lt. Arthur Ashby Grove by his father John W. Grove who was a member of Co. E, 35th Bttn. Va. Cav. The original had the following inscribed on the back: "This Battn. was commonly called White's Battn. and was commanded by Lt. Col. Elijah V. White an excellent officer and gallant soldier and was frequently in history as "White's Comanches." At first, this reunion was believed to have taken place in 1919, however, an original photo taken by Silas K. Wright in Luray and labeled as such is identical in pose to this photo and indicates that this reunion, more than likely took place in August, 1894. Beginning with the rear rank and continuing from left to right: George Alva Goyer, William H. Rodgers, Middleton Warfield Yates, George Henderson (Co. B), John Pendleton Grove, Jacob Dallas Slusher, Jacob C. Kibler, Daniel Kemp, Howard Richards (Co. A), James H. Shenk (Co. D, 7th Va. Cav.), John Robert McCullough, Philip Monroe Kauffman, John W. Grove, James Booton Compton, Joseph C. Ambrose (Co. C), Milton Bowman, Joseph M. Huffman, Franklin Clem, Captain John H. Grabill, Lieutenant Harrison Monroe Strickler, CHarles Bailey Fristoe, Milton N. Rhodes, Isaac Newton Jennings (Co. A & D), Samuel B. Bowman, ____ Hutchinson (Co. A), Andrew Jackson Brumback, Joel Moreland, Samuel C. Golladay, John P. Mauck, _______ Rudaciller, James W. Thomas Warren, William Edwin Grayson, John Henry Flinn, Ira C. Bumgardner, William T. Kibler, _______ Rudaciller.
A related article from Page News & Courier's Heritage & Heraldry column entitled "White's Comanches, including leaders, men of Grabill's Company E."
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