Pvt John Alexander Muse, (CSA)

Civil War Veteran -

Company C "Lee's Light Horse" of Westmoreland County, 9th Virginia Cavalry, W.H.F. Lee's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence was not listed; 20 years old.
Conscripted, he was enrolled 6/10/1864 and mustered into "C" Co. VA 9th Cavalry as a Private at Camp Lee, VA. on 6/13/1864.
Present on rolls through 10/1/1864 final roll.
Hospitalized 4/1865 in C.S.A. General Hospital #3, Greensboro, NC.
Oath Allegiance 4/20/1865 near Burkeville Junction, VA.

The 9th Cavalry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, using the 1st Battalion Virginia Cavalry as its nucleus. Its companies were from the counties of Stafford, Caroline, Westmoreland, Lancaster, Essex, Spotsylvania, Lunenburg, King William, King George, and Richmond.

They fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, Culpeper Court House, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.

On 4/3/1909, as a 64 year-old farmer living in Montross, Westmoreland County, he applied for a full disability Confederate Pension due to "rheumatism resulting from exposure during the war" which caused him to be "disabled from earning an adequate livelihood".

He was approved for $15.00 per annum. In 1917 he was re-rated and approved for $50.00 per annum.

He is buried with his wife in the Confederate Section of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.

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John Alexander Muse (1843-1928) was a son of James H Muse & Elizabeth B Walker.

Husband of Rose Lee Davis (1871-1934).

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6945702/john-alexander-muse