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About Robert "Robin" Alford,
ALFORD, Robert 'Robin'- CIVIL WAR VETERAN- CONFEDERATE- 34th Battalion Virginia Calvary- (Witcher's Battalion) also 1st Battalion Virginia Mountain Rifles.--Fought against 'General' George Armstrong Custer in one battle - Farmer 1870 Putnam County, VA (my 3x great grandfather's son/ Neal line)
Hardesty's The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia - Volume 7, Page 122-123, listing for Lafayette Alford mentions Robert "Robin" Alford:
...His father, who is now sixty-eight years of age, was shot through the thigh while in Tennessee serving in the Confederate army, Wicher's Battalion. He was badly crippled by his injury, one leg remaining seven inches shorter than the other...
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After the death of his first wife, Leanzy Coon, Robert married his nephew WIlliam Alford's widow, Sarah Dolin Alford. Family information indicates that Robert abandoned his second wife and sonafter his return from action in the Civil War.
Robert Alford enlisted in Company B, (1st Battalion Virginia Mountain Rifles)on 6 April 1862 in Logan County (now WV). He transferred to Company D, Capt. Carter's Company, on 19 Nov 1862. Witcher's Battalion is officially known as 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry.
Cole, Scott C. 34TH VIRGINIA CAVALRY. Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1993. From The Virginia Regimental Histories Series.] After the Civil War started Robert took his best horse and joined the C.S.A. A crippling injury in Tennessee caused one leg to be shorter than the other.
After the death of his first wife, Leanzy Coon, Robert married his nephew WIlliam Alford's widow, Sarah Dolin Alford. Family information indicates that Robert abandoned his second wife and son after his return from action in the Civil War.
Census, 1870 (30 Aug1870) - Curry District, Putnam County, West Virginia: Pg. 13, #92-91 Robert ALFORDAge 56 Farmer Lafayett Age 19 Farmer Mary A. Age 16 Keeping home Belle D. Age 13 At home James B. Age 14 Farm laborer Elizabeth Age 11 At home
Note: The surname for Robert and family was spelled "ALFRED" in the 1860 Federal census (Cabell County, Virginia).
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Robert "Robin" Alford,'s Timeline
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1814
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Middle Fork Mud River, Cabell, Virginia (WV after 1863), United States
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November 22, 1837
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Cabell, VA
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September 1839
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Mud River, Putnam, West Virginia
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1840
Age 26
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Cabell, Virginia, United States
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April 1841
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Cabell County, West Virginia, United States
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October 1843
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Cabell County, West Virginia, United States
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1844
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Cabell County, West Virginia, United States
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1846
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Mud Creek, Amherst County, Virginia, United States
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May 14, 1847
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Cabell County, West Virginia, United States
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