Frances headstone
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vastones/frederick/greenhills...George headstone
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vastones/frederick/greenhills...http://newtownhistorycenter.org/town-history/people-of-our-p...small bio and photo here
George A. Grove
George Addison Grove was the son of John Wetzel Grove (1792-1873), a local militia commander and wagonmaker who, in the 1820s, helped to establish a unit called the Newtown Artillery. George A. Grove later took command of this unit when his father retired after 1850. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, George enlisted at Stephensburg in the Confederate army with other members of the Newtown Artillery. This unit was eventually consolidated with other militia companies into the 4th Brigade under the command of Col. Arnold Elzey in Gen. Joseph Johnston’s Army of the Shenandoah. We know from other local primary sources that George A. Grove was at home in Newtown during the events of late May and early June 1864, when the town was almost burned to the ground on orders from Union General David Hunter. It is likely that the forty-seven-year-old George A. Grove was among the delegation of town officials who approached Major Joseph K. Stearns of the 1st New York Cavalry to persuade him to disobey General Hunter’s orders. Prior to the war George served as a secretary to the trustees of the town, and after the war he held a number of offices, including postmaster (1881-1885), councilman, and mayor. At the time of his death he was the president of the Green Hill Cemetery, the place where his body is interred.
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https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/1st_Regiment,_Virgini...Company C
Culpeper County; formerly Capt. George A. Groves' Battery Va. Light Arty; formerly Capt. Robert F. Beckham's Battery; enlisted April 19, 1861 for one year; disbanded in the fall of 1862 and the men assigned to Capt. John Pelham's Co., Stuart Horse Arty. Captains: George A. Groves, Robert Franklin Beckham.
Roster
AKA - Newtown Artillery
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http://www.stephenscity.vi.virginia.gov/PDF%27s%202012/Histo...note page 2, #17
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mentioned in:
https://books.google.com/books?id=M4_E1tUl4g4C&pg=PA111&...Flames Beyond Gettysburg
By Scott L. Mingus
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http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/artillery/1st_lit...************************
http://www.oocities.org/heartland/hills/1850/Chewsdetails.ht...Newtown Artillery
Originally organized as the Newtown Artillery, this company was formed under the command of Captain George A. Groves in Newtown, Frederick County on April 19, 1861. A short-lived battery, it participated in only one engagement, at 1st Manassas on July 21, 1861. Later commanded by Capt. Robert Franklin Beckham and, still later, by Lt. John Pelham, the battery was instantly associated with the oncoming formation of the horse artillery. The battery had suffered most severely from desertions by the fall of 1861. Though the life of the company was rapidly coming to a close and was disbanded in the fall of 1861, Pelham brought with him his notoriety for fighting spirit and gallantry that had been well recognized by J.E.B. Stuart. Stuart, like Ashby, had sought his own horse battery and found it in Pelham and the remnants of the Newtown Artillery that served as the very nucleus for the Stuart Horse Artillery.
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https://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/primary-data/how-to-use-t...ARMY OF THE SHENANDOAH: General Joseph E. Johnston
Col. W. N. Pendleton – Chief of Artillery (OR)
Rockbridge Artillery: Col. W. N. Pendleton (OR) (Captain J. B. Brockenbrough)
One12-pdr Field Howitzer, M1841
One 6-pdr Gun, M1841
Two Light 6-pdr “Cadet” Guns
Staunton Artillery: Captain John D. Imboden (M, OR)
Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841
Wise Artillery: Capt. E.G. Alburtis (Lt. John Pelham# (PC))
Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841
Newtown Artillery: Capt. George A. Groves (Lt. R.F. Beckham#)
Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841
Thomas Artillery: Captain Philip B. Stanard
Four 6-pdr Guns, M1841
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Lots on the Artillery on this site:
http://www.firstbullrun.co.uk/Shenandoah/Fourth%20Brigade/ne...********************
http://www.researchonline.net/vacw/records.htm#.VULac_C9h14contact about #89
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