Confederate Cabells
Cabell Family Members Enlisted in the Armed Forces of the Confederate States of America
Major General John Cabell Breckinridge, the highest-ranking Cabell in the Confederate Army.
In 1938, Lt. Col. Julian Mayo Cabell, US Army, used confiscated Confederate records available at the War Department in Washington, D.C. to generate a list of Cabell descendants who served for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. He forwarded this list in December of that year to Carrington Cabell Tutwiler, then at work on a revised edition of Alexander Brown’s The Cabells and Their Kin. It appears that Lt. Col. Cabell derived his genealogical information from an 1895 edition of Brown, and he found reference in that volume to 129 men who served the Confederacy.
A small number of Cabells also served in the Union Army, bringing the family total to 134 Civil War soldiers.
| Name | Available Branch of Service, Rank, and/or Unit Information | Details |
| Abell, Addison S. | Died in the service. | |
| Bohannon, George W. | Died in the service. | |
| Breckinridge, Clifton R. | CSA and CSN | |
| Breckinridge, Joseph C. | Major, 2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry | |
| Breckinridge, John C. | Major General, CSA | |
| Breckinridge, Robert J. | Colonel, 2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry | |
| Breckinridge, Robert J. | Medical Inspector, CSA | |
| Breckinridge, Stanhope P. | Surgeon, CSA | |
| Breckinridge, William C. P. | Colonel, 9th Kentucky Cavalry | |
| Brown, Alexander | CSA | |
| Brown, George M. | Captain, CSA | Killed. |
| Brown, Robert L. | Lieutenant, CSA | |
| Brown, William B. | Colonel, Missouri Regiment | Killed. |
| Bruce, Charles | Captain, Staunton Hill Artillery | |
| Bullock, Waller R. | Captain, CSA | |
| Cabell, Algenon S. | Major, CSA | |
| Cabell, Benjamin E. | Lieutenant, 38th Virginia Infantry | Died in the service. |
| Cabell, Charles | 3rd. Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, David S. G. | 49th Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, Edward C. | Colonel, Staff, CSA | |
| Cabell, Frederick E. | Lieutenant, 3rd Virginia Cavalry | |
| Cabell, George C. | Colonel, 8th Virginia Infantry | Wounded twice. |
| Cabell, George W. | 28th Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, Henry C. | 1st Virginia Artillery | |
| Cabell, Henry L. | Surgeon, CSA | |
| Cabell, James C. | Lieutenant, 60th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. |
| Cabell, James L. | Surgeon, CSA | |
| Cabell, John G. | Lt. Colonel, 6th Virginia Cavalry | Recommended by J.E.B. Stuart to be Colonel for gallantry & c.; later Surgeon. |
| Cabell, John R. | Captain, 49th Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, Joseph C., Jr. | Lieutenant, 49th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. Died in the service. |
| Cabell, Joseph L. | Surgeon, CSA | |
| Cabell, Joseph R. | Colonel, 38th Virginia Infantry | Killed in command of his regiment. |
| Cabell, Nicholas, Jr. | CSA | |
| Cabell, Lewis B. | Lieutenant, 19th Virginia Infantry & 2nd Cavalry | |
| Cabell, Patrick H. | CoE, 11th Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, Patrick H. | CoQ, 11th Virginia Infantry | Died in the service. |
| Cabell, Patrick H. | Surgeon, Alabama, CSA | |
| Cabell, Paul Carrington | Lieutenant, 1st Virginia Infantry | Wounded three times. |
| Cabell, Paul Clement | 2nd Virginia Cavalry | |
| Cabell, Philip B. | CSA | |
| Cabell, Robert G. | Cadet, VMI | In charge at New Market. |
| Cabell, Robert S. | 49th Virginia Infantry | Wounded twice. |
| Cabell, Samuel J. | 25th Virginia Infantry | Died in the service. |
| Cabell, William A. | 4th Mississippi Cavalry and Bradford [?] | |
| Cabell, William D. | Nelson Co. Commissary and Home Guard | See personal memo of his service. |
| Cabell, William H. | Cadet, VMI, 1st Sergeant | Killed in New Market charge. |
| Cabell, William H. | 2nd Virginia Cavalry & 8th Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, William L. | Brigadier General, CSA | Wounded twice. |
| Cabell, William M. | 1st Virginia Infantry | |
| Cabell, William S. | 28th Virginia Infantry | |
| Carrington, Abram C. | 18th Virginia Infantry | Killed. |
| Carrington, Alexander B. | Chaplain, CSA | |
| Carrington, Edgar W. | Captain, 38th Virginia Infantry | Killed. |
| Carrington, Gilbert P. | Mississippi Battalion, CSA | |
| Carrington, George B. | 19th Virginia Infantry | |
| Carrington, Henry A. | Colonel, 8th Virginia Infantry | Wounded twice. |
| Carrington, Isaac H. | Major, 38th Virginia Infantry | |
| Carrington, Reid C. | 18th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. |
| Carrington, Robert G. | CSA | |
| Carrington, William A. | Medical Director | |
| Carrington, William C. | Lieutenant, 19th Virginia Infantry & 5th Cavalry | |
| Castleman, Humphreys | Captain, Morgan’s Cavalry | |
| Castleman, John B. | Major, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry & Morgan’s Cavalry | |
| Castleman, Lewis | Arkansas, CSA | |
| Chadwick, Edward S. | Alabama, CSA | |
| Chadwick, Robert A. | 5th Alabama Infantry | Wounded. |
| Chadwick, Shelby W. | 5th Alabma Infantry | |
| Chadwick, William H. | Alabama, CSA | |
| Clark, John | Lieutenant, CSA | |
| Clark, Patrick H. | Captain, Virginia Artillery | Died in the service. |
| Clay | “Four sons of Gen’l Odin G. Clay and Anne C. E. Clay (160). Names not given in The Cabells and Their Kin.” 2nd Virginia Cavalry | |
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| Davies, John W. | 19th Virginia Infantry | Killed. |
| Davies, Roderick H. | 2nd Virginia Cavalry | Wounded twice. |
| Davies, William B. | 1st Sergeant and Surgeon, 2nd Virginia Cavalry | Killed. |
| Flournoy, Cabell E. | Colonel, 6th Virginia Cavalry | Promoted ’63 by Genls. J.E.B. Stuart and L. Lomax for valor & c. at age 23; killed ’64 in leading a charge. |
| Flournoy, Henry W. | 6th Virginia Cavalry | Wounded and transferred to 1st Virginia Artillery. |
| Flournoy, John J. | 1st Virginia Artillery | |
| Flournoy, John J. | 3rd Virginia Cavalry | |
| Flournoy, Nicholas E. | 14th Virginia Infantry and Virginia Artillery | |
| Flournoy, Thomas S. | Colonel, 6th Virginia Cavalry | |
| Flournoy, William S. | CSA | |
| Grayson, John B. | Brigadier General, Kentucky, CSA | |
| Grayson, John B., Jr. | Lieutenant, Louisiana Artillery, CSA | |
| Grayson, William P. B. | Colonel, 13th Kentucky Cavalry, CSA | |
| Hannah, William S. | Captain, CSA | Wounded and died. |
| Henry, William W. | CSA Artillery | |
| Higginbotham, John C. | Captain, 25th Virginia Infantry | Promoted to Brigadier Gen’l in ’64 at age 22 after being wounded seven times; killed soon thereafter. |
| Horsley, John D. | 49th Virginia Infantry & Mosby’s Cavalry | |
| Horsley, John Jr. | Jackson’s Corps, CSA | |
| Horsley, William H. | Captain, 49th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. |
| Horsley, William N. | Captain, CSA | |
| Irvine, Edward C. | Captain, 2nd Virginia Cavalry | |
| Irvine, Jesse | 2nd Virginia Cavalry | Wounded twice. |
| Jones, Archelaus K. | 12th Mississippi Infantry | Wounded three times. |
| Jones, Eugene D. | Lieutenant, 36th Mississippi Infantry | Wounded. |
| Jones, Joseph C. | 1st Mississippi Artillery, CSA | |
| Jones, Meriwether L. | 12th Mississippi Infantry | Killed. |
| Jones, Thomas H. | 4th Mississippi Cavalry, with Forrest | |
| Jones, William S. | 12th Mississippi Infantry | Wounded. |
| McClelland, James B. | Major | Died in the service. |
| McCulloch, Champe C. | Major and Adjutant, 2nd Missouri Cavalry | |
| McCulloch, Richard E. | 16th Missouri Infantry | Killed. |
| McCulloch, Robert | Captain and Adjutant, 18th Virginia Infantry | Wounded four times. |
| McElroy, Edwin | CSA | Killed. |
| McElroy, Samuel | CSA | Killed. |
| Meredith, Richard W. | Black Horse Cavalry | |
| Miller, Charles E. | Virginia Cavalry | |
| Miller, Thomas S. | 26th Virginia Infantry | Wounded and died. |
| Miller, William B. | Lieutenant, Virginia Infantry & Cavalry | |
| Nicholson, William | CSA | Killed. |
| Pollard, Richard | Captain, 25th Virginia Infantry & Virginia Artillery | |
| Pollard, James R. | Surgeon, Hampton’s Legion | |
| Powell, John T. | Captain, 19th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. |
| Rives, Alexander | Surgeon, CSA | |
| Rives, Alfred L. | Colonel, CS Engineers | |
| Rives, Charles M. | 1st Virginia Artillery | Killed. |
| Rives, Edward | Brigadier Surgeon, Pickett’s Division | |
| Rives, George T. | Captain, Virginia Infantry | Killed leading a charge. |
| Rives, James H. | Captain, Virginia Artillery | |
| Rives, Henry | Captain, 28th Virginia Infantry | |
| Rives, Landon C. | Surgeon | Died in the service. |
| Rives, Robert, Jr. | 28th Virginia Infantry | |
| Wilkinson, John C. | CSA | |
| Wood, Henry | Captain, Virginia Infantry | |
| Wood, John S. | Captain, 38th Virginia Infantry | |
| Wood, William W. | Colonel, 14th Virginia Infantry | Wounded. |
Summary:
| Total | 129 |
| Killed | 15 |
| Died of Wounds | 3 |
| Died in service | 8 |
| Wounded once or more | 19 |
Additional Source Consulted:
Carrington Cabell Tutwiler, Cabell Family Genealogical Notes, ca. 1938-1950, Accession #9764-a, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Especially Box 6, Folder 135: Julian Mayo Cabell to Carrington Cabell Tutwiler, 26 and 31 December 1938