(13th Battalion, Company B, Virginia Light Artillery)


Achillies Whilocke Hoge and his brother Moses J. Hoge were both members of the Ringgold Battery fron its inception in February 1862 to the battle of Cloyd's Farm where they were both killed in action. Whitlocke Hoge began his military service as a Hampden-Sidney Boy at Rich Mountain in June 1861, escaped capture, and then joined the Ringgold battery with his brother. Whit was initially elected Junior 2nd Lieutenant, was promoted twice and was Junior 1st Lieutenant at Cloyd's Farm.
Private James Poke Watlington is buried in the old cemetery in Chatham, Virginia.
Bugler John Jones Wilkinson served in Company B, 13th Battalion, Virginia Light Artillery. His captain was Timothy H. Stamps. He enlisted at Danville, Virginia on February 15, 1862 and was present on muster rolls for January and February of 1865. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 according to a copy of a War department letter dated January 31, 1934.
Private Robert Wilson Burch lived until 1927 and is buried in the family cemetery at Chalk Level.
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