Nathaniel C. Cash, (CSA)

• VA Artillery Civil War
  • wounded more than once; hospitalized
• Regiment: Lamkin's Company, Virginia Light Artillery
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208251376/nathaniel-c-cash
    • the date of deah on findagrave is incorrect: Nathaniel was alive for the 1910 Census. (findagrave mgr. alerted 3/16/2022)

Brief History

Lamkin's Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Confederate) Nelson Light Artillery No. 1 was organized in September, 1861 with men recruited in Nelson County. The company surrendered with 1 officer and 12 men. Captains James N. Lamkin and Woodville Latham were in command.

There was another <Cash> in his CSA unit"
Cash, B. M. ~• same as 1860 census
Side: Confederacy
Location: Virginia
Battle Unit: Rives' Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Nelson Light Artillery)
Function: Artillery
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleU...

"Rives' Company, Virginia Light Artillery (Nelson Light Artillery)
OVERVIEW:
Nelson Light Artillery No. 2 was organized during August, 1861, with men from Nelson County. This battery was assigned to A.W. Stark's, J.M. Maury's, and C.E. Lightfoot's Battalion, Department of Richmond. For a time it was stationed at Chaffin's Farm near Petersburg, then was active in the Richmond and Petersburg lines and the Appomattox Campaign. In July, 1862, it contained 2 officers and 69 men, but only 2 were present at the surrender. Captain J. Henry Rives was in command."

• Residence: 1880 - Temperance, Amherst, Virginia, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Feb 19 2016, 4:55:12 UTC

Name: Nathaniel Cash
Enlistment Date: 1 Jun 1863
Enlistment Place: Massies Mill, Virginia
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 1 Jun 1863
Muster Place: Virginia
Muster Company: Lamkin's
Muster Regiment: Amherst-Nelson LA
Muster Regiment Type: Artillery
Muster Information: Enlisted
Casualty Date: 30 May 1864
Casualty Place: Wayside Hospital, Richmond, Virginia
Type of Casualty: Hospitalized
Side of War: Confederacy
Residence Place: Amherst County, Virginia
Notes: 1864-06-01 Transferred, (Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA); 1864-10-18 Furloughed, (Lowesville, VA), 30 days
Additional Notes: Postwar: farmer, Lowesville in 1907 age 66.
Additional Notes 2: Casualty 2 Date: 30 Sep 1864; Casualty 2 Place: General Hospl 24, Richmond, Virginia; Casualty 2 Casualty Type: Hospitalized; Casualty 3 Date: 07 Oct 1864; Casualty 3 Place: Moore Hospital, Danville, Virginia; Casualty 3 Casualty Type: Hospitalized;
Title: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records; The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

sources

• https://www.beyondthecrater.com/resources/units/conf-u/conf-art/va-...
• Civil War era map of Nelson County https://www.loc.gov/resource/gvhs01.vhs00319/?r=0.373,0.292,0.115,0... ; note "Cash Corner" and the Orange & Alexandria Rail line.