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Balsor Hammer Pullin

Birth	:	22 Jan 1827 Virginia, USA
Death	:	29 Dec 1912 Highland County, Virginia, USA
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Description	:	Balsor H. Pullin Name of Regiment: 31st Virginia Infantry - Side: Confederate - Company: B - Soldier's Rank In: private - Soldier's Rank Out: private. CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry 31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861. Many of its members were raised in Marion, Pendleton, and Gilmer counties. The unit was active in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and Jackson's Valley operations. Later it was assigned to General Early's, W. Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 31st participated in the difficult... Read More	Balsor H. Pullin Name of Regiment: 31st Virginia Infantry - Side: Confederate - Company: B - Soldier's Rank In: private - Soldier's Rank Out: private. CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA TROOPS 31st Regiment, Virginia Infantry 31st Infantry Regiment was organized under W.L. Jackson and mustered into Confederate service in July, 1861. Many of its members were raised in Marion, Pendleton, and Gilmer counties. The unit was active in Lee's Cheat Mountain Campaign and Jackson's Valley operations. Later it was assigned to General Early's, W. Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 31st participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then moved with Early to the Shenandoah Valley and was active around Appomattox. This regiment reported 13 casualties at Greenbrier River, 37 at Camp Alleghany, 19 at McDowell, and 97 at Cross Keys and Port Republic. It lost 3 killed and 17 wounded at Cedar Mountain, had 5 killed and 20 wounded at Second Manassas, and suffered 1 killed and 7 wounded at Sharpsburg. Of the 267 in action at Gettysburg, ten percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 7 officers and 49 men of which 22 were armed. The field officers were Colonels John S. Hoffman, William L. Jackson, and Samuel H. Reynolds; Lieutenant Colonels Francis M. Boykin, Alfred H. Jackson, and J.S. Kerr McCutchen; and Majors James C. Arbogast, Joseph H. Chenoweth, and William P. Cooper. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM, National Park Service, Washington , D. C., researched by Richard Parker, February 2011. Balsor H. Pullin, son of Loftus and Frances "Fanny" (Hammer) Pullin - 1st wife: Martha Dever - 2nd wife: Elizabeth Lamb.

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Balsor Hammer Pullin death on 29 Dec 1912 in Highland County, Virginia, USA