24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers

The 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers was organized on May 23, 1862 under the leadership of Major John Scott. This battalion was composed of four companies, A, B, C, and one known by its captain's sur- name, Cropper. Cropper's company appears to have served earlier in the war as the Richmond Flying Artillery. Muster rolls for this battalion have not been located and information about these companies has been taken from bounty rolls, transfer orders, pay slips, a few enlistment documents, and a few discharge papers.

This battalion was noted for its rowdy behavior, in fact, their performance was so bad the battalion was ordered disbanded on January 5, 1863 by Special Orders No. 3, Adjutant and Inspector Generals Office.

The company structure of this battalion appears to be:

Company A, Captain C. C. Callam's Company, which was organized in Richmond on May 23, 1862. Its officers were:

C. C. Callam, Captain
Selden Crow, 1st Lieutenant/Captain
Charles C. DeZouche, 2nd Lieutenant/1st Lieutenant
Henry Simpson, 2nd Lieutenant
J. Wise Hebb, 2nd Lieutenant

Company B, Captain William H. Howard's Company, was organized on May 20, 1862. Its leadership was composed of:

William H. Howard, Captain
Joseph Griffin, 1st Lieutenant/Captain
John T. Clarke, 2nd Lieutenant/1st Lieutenant
McKenzie Pittman, 2nd Lieutenant

Company C, Captain Adolphus M. Pierce's Company, later served as Company H, 17th Battalion Virginia Cavalry and still later Company H, 11th Virginia Cavalry. A total of 62 men have been identified as having served in this company. Leadership was provided by:

Adolphus M. Pierce, Captain
Joshua Sherarrd, 1st Lieutenant
John G. Wymer, 2nd Lieutenant
________ Hodgson, 2nd Lieutenant

Captain Thomas T. Cropper's Company, formerly the Richmond Flying Artill- ery was not given a letter designation, although this company served with the battalion from its inception. Twenty-five men were transferred to Bagby's Virginia Artillery in June 1862. Another 10 men were transferred to Co. F, 1st Virginia Artillery on June 11, 1862. Officers of this company were:

Thomas T. Cropper, Captain
Isaac A. Lewy, 1st Lieutenant
Charles U. Williams, 2nd Lieutenant
Stephen E. Morgan, 2nd Lieutenant

Roster of the 24th Battalion Virginia Partisan Rang- ers

ALEXANDER, LEONARD: Cropper's Co.
ALLEN, JOEL: Co. A
AMES, (AMOS) RICHARD: Cropper's Co.
ANGELO, FRANCIS M.: Co. A
ASHWOOD, JOSPEH HENRY: Co. C

BARKER, B. K.: 2nd Sgt., Co. A
BARR, JAMES H.: Co. C
BARRING, JMAES: Cropper's Co.
BARRY, JAMES: Cropper's Co.
BARRY, JAMES: Cropper's Co.
BAUSERMAN, WILLIAM: Co. C
BEAR, JULIUS: Cropper's Co.
BENDER, GEORGE H.: Co. A
BERTLING, PHILIP: Cropper's Co.
BODGE, JAMES: Co. B
BOYCE, GEORGE B.: Co. C
BRADDAS, J. C.: Co. A
BRADFORD, JOHN M.: Co. A
BRENSON, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
BRILL, JACOB B.: Co. C
BROWN, ROBERT M.: Corp., Cropper's Co.
BROWN, WILLIAM T.: Cropper's Co.
BUCHER, SAMUEL W.: Co. C

CADY, FRANCIS: Cropper's Co.
CALLAN, CHRISTOPHER COUMBUS: Capt., Co. A.
CALLAN, D. W.: Co. A
CALLAN, GEORGE J.: Cropper's Co.
CALLAN, MICHAEL M.: Co. A
CARBAUGH, GEORGE W.: Co. A
CLARK, JAMES H.: Co. C
CLARK, JOHN T.: Co. ?
COLE, FERDINAND: Cropper's Co.
CONE, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
CONNER, GEORGE MORGAN: Co. C
CONNER, JAMES H.: Co. C
CONNER, PATRICK: Cropper's Co.
COPELAND, MOSES R.: Co. C
COSSA (COSSER), GEORGE: Cropper's Co.
CRASSIN, CHARLES: Cropper's Co.
CROPPER, THOMAS T.: Capt. Cropper's Co.
CROSIN, RANDOLPH: 4th Corp., Co. C
CROW, SELDEN W.: 1st Lt./Capt., Co. A

DAVIS, JOHN: Co. B
DAWDY, WILLIAM: Co. A
DECK, WILLIAM A.: Co. A
DeZOUCHE, CHARLES C.: 2nd Lt., Co. A
DINKLE, PETER: 3rd Sgt., Co. C
DOBBS, THOMAS: 1st Sgt., Co. B
DONNEVAN (DONNOVAN), T. (F.): Cropper's Co.
DOWNER, S. W.: Sgt., Co. B
DUNN, JAMES: Cropper's Co.

EDMONDSON, TOBIAS: Co. A
EDWARDS, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
ENGLER, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
ESKRIDGE, GEORGE G.: 1st Sgt., Co. C
EVANS, JAMES B.: Co. A

FAIRBANKS, P.: Co. A
FAUVER, GEORGE: Co. C
FAUVER, JOHN (JONATHAN JAMES): Co. C
FAUVER, SAMUEL: 2nd Sgt., Co. C
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL: Cropper's Co.
FORD, JOHN: Co. A
FRASER, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
FRAYSHER, GEORGE: Co. B
FRYE, ATWELL WASHINGTON: Co. C
FRYE, ISAAC: Co. C
FRYE, JACOB L.: Co. C
FRYE, JAMES M.: Co. C
FRYE, JOSEPH PRESLEY: 2nd Sgt., Co. C
FUNKHOUSER, MARTIN L.: Co. C

GIBBS, GEORGE E.: Cropper's Co.
GILLIS, CHARLES: Cropper's Co.
GORDON, T. K.: Co. A
GRAY, JOHN E.: Co. A
GRAY, THAD K.: Co. A
GREEN, AUGUST: Cropper's Co.
GREEN, JOHN B.: Co. C
GRIFFIN, JOSEPH: 1st Lt./Capt., Co. B
GRUBER, ABRAM W.: Cropper's Co.

HAMBURG, HENRY: Cropper's Co.
HANEY, WILLIAM J.: Co. A
HARBOUGH, SAMUEL E.: Co. C
HARDGROVE, H. C.: Co. A
HARDINGTON, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
HARRISON, JOHN T.: Cropper's Co.
HASTY, THOMAS J.: Co. A
HEBB, J. WISE: 2nd Lt., Co. A
HEENY, GEORGE: Co. A
HENBING, HENRY: Cropper's Co
HENLEY, WILLIAM S.: Cropper's Co.
HENLY, JOHN: Cropper's Co. 4/12/62.
HERMAN, JACOB: Cropper's Co.
HIMMELWRIGHT, JAMES W. S.: Co. C
HIMMELWRIGHT, JOHN W.: Co. C
HIMMELWRIGHT, JOSEPH M.: Co. C
HIMMELWRIGHT, PHILIP: Co. C
HINES, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
HODGE, JOSEPH MONROE: Co. C
HODYSON, S. S.: 2nd Lt., Co. C
HOEFFNER, WILLIAM: Cropper's Co.
HOLLERIN, THOMAS: Cropper's Co.
HOLLMAN, JOHN W.: Co. A
HOLLMOND, J.: Co. A
HOLT, CHARLES: Co. A
HOTT, WALKER: Co. C
HOWARD, JOHN L.: Sgt., Co. A
HOWARD, WILLIAM H.: Capt., Co. B
HUFF, JOHN W.: Co. C
HUGHES, JERRY: Cropper's Co.
HUNTER, WILLIAM: Cropper's Co.
HYDE, JOHN CYRUS HANSFORD: Cropper's Co

JAVENS, THOMAS: Co. A
JOHNSON, PEYTON L.: Co. A
JOHNSON, SAMUEL: Cropper's Co.
JONES, EDWARD J.: Co. A
JONES, JOHN: Cropper's Co
JONES, W. H. H.: Co. A
JORDAN, O. D.: Sgt., Co. B.
JOYNES, GEORGE F.: Cropper's Co.
JOYNES, THOMAS S.: Cropper's Co.

KEIFFER, JAMES N.: Co. C
KELLER, JAMES: Co. C
KELLY, DANIEL: Cropper's Co
KING, LOUIS A.: Co. A
KISSINGER, THEO H.: Co. A
KRESTNER, NICHOLAS: Cropper's Co.

LARY, ALFRED: 1st Sgt., Co. A
LEAVETT, CHARLES P.: Corp., Co. A
LETTELIER, GUSTAVE: Co. A
LEVY, ISAAC A.: 1st Lt., Co. _
LEWIS, GEORGE: Cropper's Co.
LICHLITER, DANIEL HENRY JEFFERSON: Co. C
LINDENBURG, LOUIS: Cropper's Co.
LOWENSTEIN, WILLIAM V.: Co. C
LYNES, JAMES C.: Cropper's Co.

MARKER, JAMES AMOS: 5th Sgt., Co. C
MARTIN, CHARLES: Cropper's Co.
MARTIN, JEREMIAH: Co. A
MARTY, MIGUEL: Co. A
McBRIDE, P. H.: Co. _
McCABE, EDWIN: Cropper's Co.
McCALLEN, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
McCROSSIN, JOHN: Co. B
McDONOUGH, FESTY: Cropper's Co.
McGASLUIS, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
McLAWSON, J.: Co. _
McREA, WILLIAM: Cropper's Co.
MEED, GEORGE: Co. B
MELLER, LUCIUS: Cropper's Co.
MELLON, JOHN W.: Co. C
MILLER, CHARLES: Cropper's Co.
MILLS, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
MORGAN, STEPHEN E.: 2nd Lt., Co. _
MORTON, FRANK: Cropper's Co.
MOULTRAY, JAMES: Cropper's Co.
MURRAY, CHARLES: Cropper's Co.
MURRAY, JOHN: Co. B
MYER, HENRY: Cropper's Co.
MYERS, ISAAC: Co. A
MYERS, JOSEPH H.: Co. B

NELLIGAN, DENNIS: Cropper's Co.
NOE, PETER: Cropper's Co.
NORRIS, J. B.: 1st Lt., Co. A
NULLIGAN, DANIEL: Cropper's Co.
NUNN, J. F.: Co. A

O'BRIEN, DANIEL: Cropper's Co. 4/12/62.
O'BRIEN, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
O'BRIEN, TIMOTHY: Cropper's Co.
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM: Cropper's Co.
OGDEN, GEORGE: Cropper's Co.
ONL, FRANK: Cropper's Co.
ORNDORFF, JOSEPH A.: Co. C
ORNDORFF, MAGUS: Co. C
ORNDORFF, PHILIP SETZER: 2nd Corp., Co. C
ORNDORFF, PHINEAS: 4th Sgt., Co. C
OTTO, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
PARMATIER, FRANK: Cropper's Co.
PEARCE, ANDREW: Cropper's Co.
PHILLIPS, JACOB: Cropper's Co.
PIERCE, ADOLPHUS MANDERVILLE: Capt., Co. C
PIERCE, HUGH OGLEVY: Co. C
PITCOCK, VANCE W.: Co. C
PITTMAN, ALEXANDER McKENZIE: 2nd Lt., Co. B
POWERS, PATRICK: Corp., Co. B

QUIGLEY, JOHN: Co. B

REED, THOMAS: Co. A
REEVES. DAVID JUDSON BURR: Adjutant, F&S
REIDT, PETER: Cropper's Co.
RENO, W. H. C.: Co. B
RICHBURG, L. F.: Cropper's Co.
RUNAGAN, N. B.: Cropper's Co.

SCOTT, JOHN: Major, F&S
SHANNON, JAMES: Cropper's Co. 4/12/62.
SHEA, WILLIAM: Cropper's Co.
SHELL, LEWIS F.: Co. C
SHELL, SAMUEL: Co. C
SHERRARD, JOSEPH HOLMES, Jr.: 1st Lt., Co. C
SIMPSON, HENRY: 2nd Lt., Co. A
SLOAN, JOHN: Co. A
SMITH, CHARLES ALEXANDER J.: Co. C
SMITH, WILLIAM F.: Co. C
SMITH, WILLIAM: Co. A
SPILLMAN, AMOS: 1st Corp., Co. C
STROSNIDER, SIMON W.: Co. C
STUBBLEFIELD, WILLIAM C.: Co. A
SUMERS, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
SWEENEY, W. J. (W. G.) (JOSEPH C.) (W. C.): Cropper's Co.

TACEY, H.: Co. B
THOMPSON, JAMES: Co. B
TODD, W. B.: Co. A
TOWNEY, ISAAC S.: Corp., Co. A
TRAX, ELIAS: Cropper's Co.
TREVALT, PETER W.: Co. C
TURNER, JAMES A.: Co. C
TYLER, ALBERT: Co. C

VanPELT, BENJAMIN S.: Co. C

WAGGONER, CARL: Cropper's Co.
WALSH, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
WARNER, CHARLES: Co. A.
WEIL, ALBERT: Cropper's Co.
WHETZELL, JAMES G.: Co. C
WHITE, ISAAC IRA: 1st Corp. Co. C
WHITTINGTON, W. J.: Co. A
WILFORD, T.: Co. B/A
WILLIAMS, CHARLES U.: 2nd Lt., Cropper's Co.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES: Co. A
WILLIAMS, JAMES: Cropper's Co.
WILLIAMS, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH B.: Co. C
WILLIS, SAMUEL M.: Co. C
WILSON, JOSEPH H.: 1st Sgt., Co. A
WILSON, MARTIN V.: 2nd Corp., Co. C
WISECARVER, (WHITESCARVER) HENRY WILLIAM: Co. C
WOODSON, WILLIAM W.: Cropper's Co.
WRENN, JOHN: Cropper's Co.
WRIGHT, PETER: Cropper's Co.
WYMER, JOHN G.: 2nd Lt., Co. C
WYMER, JOHN J.(JACK): 2nd Lt., Co. C
WYMER, RICHARD L.: Co. C