Miss Nannie Neblett, daughter of Dr. Sterling Neblett, at that time a patriotic young belle of the county, sister to Colin

1These names illegible on muster roll are supplied from pay roll of Sept. 25, 1861.

Neblett, a Lieutenant in the company, presented to the company "a beautiful silken flag with the name of the company embroidered on it and also Our Rights." "At her request," says Captain Allen, "I presented the banner to the company at Spring Hill Church on May 18, in a speech of a few minutes."2

The company remained in camp until Friday, May 23, 1861. The men then dispersed to their homes with instructions to rendezvous at Camp Taylor the following Monday. "So," says Captain Allen, "on said date we gathered at Camp Taylor about 9 o'clock. It was a sad day, yet good spirits prevailed. All the neighbors, and many who lived too far off to be called neighbors, collected at Camp Taylor to bid us 'Good-bye.' Many sent their wagons and buggies to take us to the railroad station, Blacks and Whites (now Blackstone), in Nottoway Co., on the (then) South Side Railroad."

The company proceeded to Richmond by way of Burkeville "Junction" and the Richmond & Danville Railroad. Upon reaching Richmond the company bivouacked in Old Trinity Church for several days, and on May 29th, 1861, the company was inspected by Col. Jno. B. Baldwin and mustered into the service of the State of Virginia for one year.1

Two of the company, R. E. Ragsdale and J. G. T. Shell, were rejected because they were not eighteen years of age.

"At the time of this muster, after excluding these rejected men, the company," says Captain Allen, "had 102 men." It had a few more a month or so later, according to the first official muster roll that has survived.

Upon being inspected and mustered into service, the company was ordered to the camp of instruction at the Hermitage Fair Grounds, and that evening the soldiers there assembled were addressed by President Davis and Honorable Louis T. Wigfall of Texas, and great enthusiasm prevailed.

Major Nat. Tyler was assigned to command the battalion of which this company was a part, and the ten companies in the in

1Captain Allen's MS.

2Id.

SId.

struction camp were organized into the 20th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.1 This regiment was commanded by Lieut. Col. John Pegram, an old United States army officer, afterwards a Major General in the Confederate Army, who was killed at Five Forks, April 2nd or 3rd, 1865.

Captain George C. Orgain enlisted a company at Lewiston (Lunenburg C. H.), on May 21, 1861, which also became a part of the 20th regiment of Virginia Volunteers. The detailed movement of this company from the time of its enlistment until it became a part of this regiment seems not to have been recorded. Its roll is as follows:

Muster roll of George C. Orgain's company of the 20th Regt. Virginia Volunteers. Lt. Col. James R. Crenshaw (formerly Jno. Pegram), from June 30, 1861, to August 31, 1861.

This company was enlisted at Lewistown on May 21, 1861.

George C. Orgain, Captain.
James L. Williams, 1st Lieut.
George C. Lester, 2nd Lt.
Thomas A. Orgain, 2nd Lt.
Samuel R. Brown, 1st Sgt.
James R. Orgain, 2nd Sgt.
William J. Cox, 3rd Sgt.
John T. Crymes, 4th Sgt.
Richard D.(?) White,

1st Corp.

Joel M. (W.) Parrish,

Corpl.

Samuel C. Fowlkes, Corpl.

Douglass B. Woodson, Corpl.

Ashworth, Joel T.
Arvin, Samuel T.

Burnette, James R.

Barnes, Clement

Barnes, Pleasant
Bradshaw, William L.

1Captain Allen's MS.

Buckner, William R.
Buckner, James H.
Bayne, John W.
Bentley, John J.
Barton, William A.
Barton, John T.
Bridgforth, William L.
Crafton, Richard W.
Crafton, John A.
Crafton, William T.
Crafton, Lewellyn M.
Collins, John C.

Coleman, Thomas C.

Dodd, James W.

Dungans, John A.

Dupriest, James A.

Dupriest, John H.

Eggleston, E. J.

Fowlkes, William E.

Flowers, John R.

Foster, Josiah W.