A Long Time Ago/31 Records of Military Service

Records of Military Service

This page is part of A Long Time Ago: A History of the Atkins-Paynter and Allied Families, the chunked book edition on the Wally Atkins Family Wiki.

Book section: Records of Military Service
Page range in the book: 217-227
Chunk order: 31 of 36

This section preserves the military records of the family across the American Revolution and the Civil War. Names marked with (D) are direct ancestors.

Campaign Theater Map

The interactive map below surveys the Revolutionary encampments and Civil War battlegrounds where family soldiers served:

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Regimental Service Hierarchy Diagram

The diagram below structures the military service units of direct and allied family veterans across two defining American conflicts:

graph TD subgraph American_Revolution["American Revolution (1775–1783)"] REV_VA["4th Virginia Continental Line"] --> JA["Sgt. John Atkins (D) (1740–1804)"] REV_NC["10th Va. Regt. & 2nd N.C. Bn. (Valley Forge Encampment)"] --> BA["Sgt. Benjamin Atkins (Enlisted Dec 10, 1777)"] REV_MICH["Virginia Continental Militia (Under Lafayette)"] --> CRM["Col. Robert Michie"] end subgraph Civil_War["Civil War (1861–1865)"] MUSTER["Charlotte Rifles Muster (1859) Robey's Shop, Charlotte Co."] --> 18VA["Company K, 18th Virginia Infantry (Hunton's Brigade, Pickett's Division)"] MUSTER --> 1VA["Company B, 1st Virginia Infantry (Kemper's Brigade, Longstreet's Corps)"] 18VA --> PHA["Patrick Henry Atkins (D) (2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Pickett's Charge, Petersburg)"] 1VA --> AJA["Andrew Jackson Atkins (Staunton River Bridge, Gettysburg)"] 30VA["Company B, 30th Virginia Infantry (Corson's Brigade, Pickett's Division)"] --> TP["Thomas Paynter (D) (Overland Campaign to Appomattox)"] end

Military Ancestor Register

Cleaned Import

The military section of the book combines roster-style family military references with more detailed narratives for selected men in the line. The book treats names marked with (D) as direct ancestors and the others as collateral figures.

Revolutionary War

The book identifies John Atkins as a Sergeant in the 4th Virginia Continental Line. This gives the older Atkins generation a direct place in Revolutionary War service.

The section also identifies Benjamin Atkins as another brother in that generation. It says that he enlisted on December 10, 1777, served as a Sergeant in Scott's Company, 10th Regiment for three years, was sick at Valley Forge, and was later attached to Captain Coleman's Company, 2nd North Carolina Battalion, under Colonel John Patten.

Civil War

Patrick Henry Atkins

The roster section identifies Patrick Henry Atkins with Company K, 18th Virginia Infantry, in the Staunton Hill Artillery context, under Captain Thomas J. Spencer, with ties to the Charlotte Rifles.

He enlisted at Robey's Shop, Charlotte County, Virginia, in 1859, served in the Charlotte Rifles, and was assigned permanently to Company K, 18th Virginia Infantry. Units engaged at 2nd Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg (Pickett's Charge), Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Saylor's Creek.

Andrew Jackson Atkins

The roster section identifies Andrew Jackson Atkins in Company B, 1st Virginia Regiment, stationed at Staunton River Bridge. Transferred to Longstreet's 1st Army Corps, Kemper's Brigade.

Thomas Paynter

The roster section identifies Thomas Paynter in Company B, 30th Virginia Regiment, participating from Sharpsburg and the Overland Campaign through the Appomattox surrender.