Pius Francis Topper

Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County lists Pius Francis Topper in its roll of the Clarke Cavalry. The roll says he was wounded at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, and killed in action near Luray in September 1864.

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IDENTITY Unconfirmed Full name as printed in one roll entry (Gold, printed p. 246), which the locator places in the roll of the Clarke Cavalry; no second record has been read.

What distinguishes him: Full name as printed in one roll entry (Gold, printed p. 246), which the locator places in the roll of the Clarke Cavalry; no second record has been read.

Clarke connection: Clarke roll: listed in Gold's roll of the Clarke Cavalry (printed p. 246), a troop that Gold's chapter XXV (printed p. 238) says went from the County of Clarke but was not composed wholly of residents of that county; the roll alone therefore does not show that he lived in Clarke. The roster is introduced on p. 239 and closed on p. 246, and the plate caption just before p. 239 names the company as Company D, Sixth Virginia Cavalry. No birth or residence record has been read.

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What the records say
When	What the record shows	RECORD	IDENTITY	Source
Date not established	Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County, in the roll printed on p. 246, lists: "Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va."	RECORD Likely	IDENTITY UnconfirmedThe roll gives the full name once; no second record has been read.	History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states See the source and its limits ✓ LikelyAn account exists Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County, in the roll printed on p. 246, lists: "Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va." What the source supports What Gold's roll prints for Pius Francis Topper: two events and their dates. Uncertainty As printed, including "Sept., 1864" with no day. It is not checked against any other record. The reviewed crop does not show the roll's heading. The heading is on printed pp. 238-239 (with a portrait-plate caption between them), read in the separate statements on this page, which also record that the troop was not composed wholly of residents of Clarke County; the unit is the roll's and is not stated in the entry itself. The entry gives a full name and no other detail; no second record has been read. Gold's preface to a different company's roll (the Clarke Rifles, printed p. 196) says that roll was rebuilt from memory and "may not be altogether right"; no such statement was read for the roll cited here, and none is assumed. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim. Source Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports the claim at the cited book's own level; the underlying record was not read. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, roll of the Clarke Cavalry, Topper entry Relevant passage Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Date not established	Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."	RECORD Likely	IDENTITY UnconfirmedThis statement is about the roll's heading, not about him; it says nothing of which man is meant and does not by itself place him in the roll.	History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states See the source and its limits ✓ LikelyAn account exists Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war." What the source supports What Gold prints at the head and the close of the roll of the Clarke Cavalry in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands, including that the troop was not composed wholly of residents of Clarke County. Uncertainty As printed. Gold's chapter says the troop "went from the County of Clarke" and in the next sentence that it was not composed wholly of residents of that county, and that men from adjoining and distant counties and from other states enlisted in it. A man's place in this roll therefore shows a Clarke roll, under this site's rule, but does not by itself show that he lived in Clarke County; no birth or residence record has been read for him. His entry is on p. 246, above the closing sentence on the same page and outside the passage quoted here: the placement rests on the alphabetical list of enlisted men that begins under the p. 240 subheading and ends at that sentence. The heading is a run of pages, not one boxed heading on a roll page: the chapter opening (p. 238), the roster's introduction (p. 239, which says "the Company" and does not repeat "Clarke Cavalry"; it refers back to the chapter), the subheading and the closing sentence. The unit "Company D, Sixth Virginia Cavalry" is printed on the plate caption (a separate statement on this page), not in the roster itself. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page of the hosted copy), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim. Source Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 238, PDF p. 264 of the hosted copy, opening of chapter XXV, "The Clarke Cavalry" Relevant passage CHAPTER XXV THE CLARKE CAVALRY AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 238, PDF p. 264 of the hosted copy, chapter XXV, the sentences on who made up the troop Relevant passage It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county. It was a crack corps, and many men from adjoining and distant counties of the State and from other states enlisted in it, Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 239, PDF p. 267 of the hosted copy, introduction to the roster of the Clarke Cavalry Relevant passage The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows: Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 240, PDF p. 268 of the hosted copy, the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list Relevant passage killed in action near Berry's Ferry, July, 1864. ENLISTED MEN Ashby, Lewis; killed in action at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, end of the roster of the Clarke Cavalry Relevant passage The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Date not established	An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY".	RECORD Likely	IDENTITY UnconfirmedThe caption names the captain and the unit, not any man of the roll.	History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states See the source and its limits ✓ LikelyAn account exists An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY". What the source supports What the caption under the portrait of D. T. Richards prints as the company and regiment of the Clarke Cavalry. Uncertainty As printed; line breaks are not marked. The caption print is faint and broken in places, and the closing parenthesis after the first "CAVALRY" is only a faint smudge in the image, so it is marked [)]; the company letter reads D (the PDF text layer misreads it). The caption names D. T. Richards and the company and regiment of the Clarke Cavalry; it names no man of the roll, and it is the only page of the run that gives "Company D, Sixth Virginia Cavalry". Whether the troop of chapter XXV is that company is read from the caption, not from the roster, which says only "the Company". It does not name Pius Francis Topper or place him in any company. Each cited passage was read twice, the second time independently: first as a rendered page image of a digital reproduction (a 300 dpi render of the stated PDF page of the hosted copy), then on a cropped image of the same page. Both readings support the claim; neither was of the paper itself. The crop is held privately and is not shown on this site. Nothing beyond the quoted passage was read from the page. No human historian has reviewed this claim. Source Later historical account Evidence role: supports. Supports what the cited page says (RECORD label); it does not by itself establish that the man is the one in the roll entry or that he lived in Clarke County. See limits. History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Thomas D. Gold · 1914 (publication) Locator: Unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239, PDF p. 265 of the hosted copy, caption of the portrait of D. T. Richards Relevant passage D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, "CLARKE CAVALRY," (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: gold-1914. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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The opening of chapter XXV, The Clarke Cavalry, in Gold's history (1914), printed p. 238, including the sentences on who made up the troop.
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Thomas D. Gold, History of Clarke County, Virginia (1914), p. 238. Rights Changes: Cropped to the document only (box 100,380 1150x1620 pixels of the page image); not retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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Passage it reproduces: Printed p. 238, PDF p. 264 of the hosted copy, opening of chapter XXV, "The Clarke Cavalry"
Statements on this site that rest on it:
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; the R. O. Allen entry stands among the officers on p. 240, which then has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN"; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the William Moore entry stands on p. 241; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
People namedPius Francis Topper, R. O. Allen, William Moore
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CHAPTER XXV THE CLARKE CAVALRY AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry. It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county. It was a crack corps, and many men from adjoining and distant counties of the State and from other states enlisted in it, attracted by its reputation for dash and gallantry, and the character of the material of which it was composed. There was organized in that part of the County of Frederick which is now embraced in the territory of the County of Clarke, for service in the war with Great Britian [sic] in 1812, a company of cavalry commanded by Captain Eben Taylor. It is said that the names on the roster of the Company last mentioned and the names on that of the Clarke Cavalry were to a large extent the same, from which the inference is drawn that many of the men composing the Clarke Cavalry that took part in the war between the states were descendents of the men who, in the war of 1812, enlisted under the command of Captain Taylor. Throughout the period between the War of 1812 and that of 1861–65, this Company preserved its organization in a general way; its existence was not continuous, but with short intervals of interruption the organization 238
Source
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Thomas D. Gold
Date as printed
1914 (published)
Page
238 as printed; PDF page 264
Passage
Printed p. 238, PDF p. 264 of the hosted copy, opening of chapter XXV, "The Clarke Cavalry"
What it supports
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
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RECORD Likely IDENTITY Unconfirmed
This statement is about the roll's heading, not about him; it says nothing of which man is meant and does not by itself place him in the roll.
See the original
The end of the officers' list and the heading ENLISTED MEN of the Clarke Cavalry roll in Gold's history (1914), printed p. 240. The second lieutenant listed is R. O. Allen.
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Thomas D. Gold, History of Clarke County, Virginia (1914), p. 240. Rights Changes: Cropped to the document only (box 130,130 1150x998 pixels of the page image); not retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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What this image is evidence for
Passage it reproduces: Printed p. 240, PDF p. 268 of the hosted copy, the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list
Statements on this site that rest on it:
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the William Moore entry stands on p. 241; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
People namedPius Francis Topper, R. O. Allen, William Moore
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240 HISTORY OF CLARKE COUNTY 1st Lieut, Joseph McKay Kennerly, promoted to be captain of the Company Oct. 28th, 1864, to rank from June 4, 1864, permanently disabled by a wound received in action at Ream's Station July, 1864. R. O. Allen, 2nd Lieut., permanently disabled by a wound received at the Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863. C. George Shumate, 3rd Lieut., wounded at Brandy Station, June 9, 1863, at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864, and killed in action near Berry's Ferry, July, 1864. ENLISTED MEN Ashby, Lewis; killed in action at Trevillian Station, June 11, 1864. Ashby, Buckner; discharged under an Act of Congress. Ashby, George; discharged on surgeon's certificate. Ashby, Shirley C. Anderson, Milton B.
Source
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Thomas D. Gold
Date as printed
1914 (published)
Page
240 as printed; PDF page 268
Passage
Printed p. 240, PDF p. 268 of the hosted copy, the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list
What it supports
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Treatment
Cropped to the document only; no retouch, no highlight.
RECORD Likely IDENTITY Unconfirmed
This statement is about the roll's heading, not about him; it says nothing of which man is meant and does not by itself place him in the roll.
See the original
The end of the Clarke Cavalry roll in Gold's history (1914), printed p. 246, with the closing note that the roll embraces the names of all enlistments in the troop.
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Thomas D. Gold, History of Clarke County, Virginia (1914), p. 246. Rights Changes: Cropped to the document only (box 130,1198 1150x450 pixels of the page image); not retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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What this image is evidence for
Passage it reproduces: Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, end of the roster of the Clarke Cavalry
Statements on this site that rest on it:
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; the R. O. Allen entry stands among the officers on p. 240, which then has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN"; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the William Moore entry stands on p. 241; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
People namedPius Francis Topper, R. O. Allen, William Moore
Typed transcription
Wigginton, James D. Wheat, Joseph N.; taken prisoner Sept. 18, 1864, at Winchester, Va. Wheat, F. W.; orderly sergeant. Count F. Zulasky; promoted to lieutenancy and put in command of battery at Rockett's, near Richmond. The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war.
Source
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Thomas D. Gold
Date as printed
1914 (published)
Page
246 as printed; PDF page 274
Passage
Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, end of the roster of the Clarke Cavalry
What it supports
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County opens chapter XXV, "THE CLARKE CAVALRY," on printed p. 238 with "AMONG the military organizations that went from the County of Clarke in defense of the State and Southland in the war between the states, was a troop of horse known as the Clarke Cavalry," and goes on to say "It is not to be understood that this troop was composed wholly of residents of said county." Printed p. 239 introduces "The roster of the Company when it engaged in the war of 1861–65 with changes and additions in its officers herein below noted, were as follows:"; p. 240 has the subheading "ENLISTED MEN" that begins the alphabetical list in which the Pius Francis Topper entry stands on p. 246; and p. 246 closes the roster with "The foregoing embraces the names of all enlistments in the Clarke Cavalry, including those that enlisted during the war."
Treatment
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RECORD Likely IDENTITY Unconfirmed
This statement is about the roll's heading, not about him; it says nothing of which man is meant and does not by itself place him in the roll.
See the original
The caption under the portrait of Captain D. T. Richards, Clarke Cavalry (Company D, Sixth Virginia Cavalry), on an unnumbered plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's history (1914).
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Thomas D. Gold, History of Clarke County, Virginia (1914), unnumbered plate between pp. 238 and 239. Rights Changes: Cropped to the document only (box 40,1790 1260x190 pixels of the page image); not retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
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Passage it reproduces: Unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239, PDF p. 265 of the hosted copy, caption of the portrait of D. T. Richards
Statements on this site that rest on it:
An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY".
An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY".
An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY".
People namedPius Francis Topper, R. O. Allen, William Moore
Typed transcription
D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, "CLARKE CAVALRY," (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY [separate note: the caption print is faint and broken in places]
Source
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Thomas D. Gold
Date as printed
1914 (published)
Page
PDF page 265
Passage
Unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239, PDF p. 265 of the hosted copy, caption of the portrait of D. T. Richards
What it supports
An unnumbered portrait plate between printed pp. 238 and 239 of Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County carries the caption "D. T. RICHARDS CAPTAIN, 'CLARKE CAVALRY,' (COMPANY D, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY[)] LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, SIXTH VIRGINIA CAVALRY".
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RECORD Likely IDENTITY Unconfirmed
The caption names the captain and the unit, not any man of the roll.
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The Clarke Cavalry roll in Gold's history (1914), printed p. 246: the entry for Pius Francis Topper, wounded in action at Brandy Station on June 9, 1863, and killed in action near Luray, Virginia, in September 1864.
What this image does and does not showA crop of part of one printed page; the rest of the page and the book is not shown. Text at the edge of the crop is cut off.
Thomas D. Gold, History of Clarke County, Virginia (1914), p. 246. Rights Changes: Cropped to the document only (box 0,187 1367x438 pixels of the page image); not retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
Source: History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states Open the full image
What this image is evidence for
Passage it reproduces: Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, roll of the Clarke Cavalry, Topper entry
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Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County, in the roll printed on p. 246, lists: "Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va."
People namedPius Francis Topper
Typed transcription
Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va.
Source
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Thomas D. Gold
Date as printed
1914 (published)
Page
246 as printed; PDF page 274
Passage
Printed p. 246, PDF p. 274 of the hosted copy, roll of the Clarke Cavalry, Topper entry
What it supports
Gold's 1914 history of Clarke County, in the roll printed on p. 246, lists: "Topper, Pius Francis, wounded in action June 9, 1863, at Brandy Station; killed in action Sept., 1864, near Luray, Va."
Treatment
Cropped to the document only; no retouch, no highlight.
RECORD Likely IDENTITY Unconfirmed
The roll gives the full name once; no second record has been read.
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History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Printed p. 238, PDF p. 264 of the hosted copy, chapter XXV, the sentences on who made up the troop. The page was read on its image; no crop of it is shown yet.
History of Clarke County, Virginia and its connection with the war between the states, Printed p. 239, PDF p. 267 of the hosted copy, introduction to the roster of the Clarke Cavalry. The page was read on its image; no crop of it is shown yet.

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