Col. (CSA) Benjamin R. Linkous

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"The following reference was found concerning the war with Mexico: "Captain James F. Preston of Montgomery Co. raised a company and was attached to the Virginia Regiment. Many of these men who went with the Virginia Regiment to Mexico became distinguished soldiers in our late Civil War. Captain James F. Preston was made Col. of the 4th VA. Regiment. Benjamin Linkous, another member of Preston's Company became a Col. of a Confederate Regiment of the Stonewall Brigade 36th Virginia Infantry. According to the 1860 census, Benjamin was living in Beckley, Raleigh Co., West Virginia (Virginia at the time) with wife Susan and son Charles. The city of Beckley, W.VA and his wife's maiden name are likely not a coincidence. His real estate and personal property were valued at $6000. They are listed as landlord and landlady with housekeeper and gardner. In 1876 and 1877, Benjamin and Susan acquired large acreage of land on Price Mountain in Montgomery Co., Virginia. Benjamin and Augusta are buried in the Municipal Cemetery of Christiansburg, Virginia."

partial Civil War timetable

• March 30 Lieutenant Colonel Linkous resigned to return to the Virginia legislature. Major Smith was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain William E. Fife of Company A was promoted to major.
• May The 36th VA Assigned to Breckinridge’s Command.
• May 9 Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain

The regiment lost 18 killed, 58 wounded and 35 missing. Lieutenant Colonel Linkous, who was waiting for his resignation to be accepted, was wounded and captured, and Lieutenant Colonel Smith was wounded.

• May 12 Lieutenant Colonel Linkous was paroled.