Private Benton V. Graves was wounded at the Battle of Gaines Mill, June 1862. He is listed as one of the wounded in The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) on June 30, 1862 and his application for a new "wooden leg" is contained in the Virginia Confederate Military Archives of 1882. Family verbal history describes his loss of his leg as a result of being hit by a cannon ball while riding a horse.
Private Frederick Meyer was born in Germany and lived in Richmond, Virginia according to the 1850 Federal Census.
Captain William Graves Crenshaw raised and equipped at his own expense a battery of artillery known as Crenshaw's Battery which was accepted into the Confederate Army on March 14, 1862. Crenshaw resigned his commission on April 15, 1863 to become a purchasing agent for the Confederate government in England. He was born July 7, 1824 in Richmond, Virginia, and married Fanny Elizabeth Graves of Orange County on May 25th, 1847. He died on May 24, 1897 at Hawfield about six months after his wife; both are buried in Hollywood Cemetery at Richmond.
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Captain William Graves Crenshaw
