While a southern point of entrance to Fort Valley is had via Page County, Fort Valley itself is in Shenandoah County. He doesn’t appear in the 1860 census for Page County and I think the enlistment information for Daniel Cullers suggest that he resided in Shenandoah rather than Page. He did not enlist in a Page County company, but in Co. K, 33rd Virginia Infantry. Co. K of the 33rd which was from Shenandoah County (the company was called “Shenandoah Sharpshooters”). He had only enlisted 16 days prior to his death at Manassas. That said, however, there were Cullers men [Eli, Isaac, James, James C., James H., John C., Joseph Beddinger, Joseph L., Robert Milton, and William Henry] in Page County companies, but many of them were from points north of Luray, including Hope Mills, Cedar Point, and Rileyville.

Though there were Gaines family members [Isaac, James H., John (who served in the Dixie Artillery, and later the Purcell Battery), and William E., the last three being all sons of William Edward Gaines and Elizabeth Shotwell] in companies from Page County, John H. Gaines is not among the list. In all likelihood, John H. Gaines is John Hopkins Gaines of Co. H, 10th Virginia Infantry. Company H was from Rockingham County and Shenandoah counties and was known as “Chrisman’s Infantry.” He was born in Rockingham County on 5/4/1842, listed as having a fair complexion, dark hair, dark eyes, and 5’11.” He enlisted in Harpers Ferry on 5/24/61 as a private. He was captured at Gettysburg on 7/3/63 and sent to Ft. McHenry, Md., and later (in the same month) moved to Ft. Delaware, De., and eventually (10/63) to Pt. Lookout, Md. He was exchanged 2/18/65 and paroled on 5/65 in Staunton, Va. He died 5/6/80 in Chrisman, Va.

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Robert @ Cenantua’s Blog

I’ll let Robert Moore know that you’re looking for the info, and maybe he’ll respond here.