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A. D. Hudgins
Enl. 4/61 and served to the end of the war per PWR. Possibly A. S. Hudgins. Mathews Light Artillery

A. R. Hudgins
Rank: PrivateCo. D. 
Paroled Mechanicsville 5/1/65. Res. of Mathews Co.

A. S. Hudgins
Born: ca 1844, Mathews Co. VA
Company: Mathews Light Artillery
Described as age 20, 5’8”, blue eyes, dark hair, res. of Mathews Co. on 7/29/64 document 

Albert F. Hudgins
Born: ca 1842, Mathews Co. VA
Company: Co. F. 5th VA Cavalry
Rank: Private

Albert Gallatin Hudgins
Born: Oct. 20, 1840, Mathews Co. VA
Death: Jan 3, 1895, (presumed) Culpeper County, VA
Rank: Midshipman, Master, Lieut. C. S. Navy
Service Record: Resigned as Acting Midshipman U. S. Navy March 11, 1861. Commissioned by the C. S. Congress. Midshipman April 15, 1861. Acting Master Sept. 24, 1861. Lieut. Feb. 8, 1862. 2nd Lieut. Feb. 8, 1862. 2nd Lieut. Oct. 23, 1862, to rank from Oct. 2, 1862. 1st Lieut. Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864, to rank from Jan. 6, 1864. Served on C. S. S. “Sumter”, 1861; ordered to take charge of prize brig “Cuba”, captured July 4, 1861; captured at sea, 1861. C. S. S. “Baltic”, 1862-63. Participated in expedition for the capture of U. S. S. “Satellite”, and “Reliance” Aug. 23, 1863. Johnson’s Island expedition, Oct. 1863. C. S. S. “Raleigh”, 1863-64. Special duty, 1864. C. S. S. “Virginia (No. 2)”; detached January 23, 1865 and ordered to C. S. S. “Richmond”, Semmes Naval Brigade, 1865.

Alexander Randolph Hudgins
Born: 4/29/1846, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 12/15/1902 
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, VA
Enlistment: UnknownCompany: Co. F 5th VA Cavalry Co. F(3rd)Rank: Private Service Records: Issued clothing 7/27/64 

Alfred F. Hudgins
Born: 7/17/1841
Rank: PrivateCo. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews Bn. VA Militia Mathews C. H. 7/23/61 age 22. Transf. Co. F, 5th VA Cav. 5/15/62 age 21. Presence or absence not stated through 12/62. Ab. sick 11-12/63. Pres. 1-4/64. Captured Yellow Tavern 5/11/64. Sent to Ft. Monroe. Transf. Pt. Lookout and Elmira. Released 6/19/65. 5’8”, forid comp. dark hair, hazel eyes, res. Gloucester Pt.

Charles D. Hudgins
Born: 1844, Mathews Co. VA
Death:  2/19/1931, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Enlistment:  7/18/61, Mathews C. H. Company: Mathews Light ArtilleryService Record: Present on 4/30/64 roll. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5’11”, hazel eyes, light hair, res. of Mathew Co. Released after taking the oath, sent to Baltimore, MD. 

Charles E. (W.?) Hudgins
Enl. 12/16/63 in Henrico Co. Pres. on 4/30/64 roll. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5’10 1/8”, grey eyes, brown hair, res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

Charles H. Hudgins
Born: 1840
Death: 1917
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Enlistment: 7/13/61, Mathews Court HouseCompany: Mathews Light ArtilleryRank: 2nd Lt. Service Record: Elected 2nd Lt. on enlistment. Paid $222 on 10/28/61. Has a ration receipt in file dated 12/17/61, then NFR. Served 19 months per PWR. 

Charles Henry Hudgins
Born: 1/13/1840, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 12/22/1917
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Enlistment: 7/23/61, Mathews Court House
Company: Co. F(3rd).
Rank: Private
Service Record: Discharged as School Teacher 6/6/62. 5’5”, dark comp., dark hair, dark eyes. 

Charles Houlder Hudgins
Born: 4/4/1836, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 12/12/1917, New York, NY
Enlistment: Unknown
Company: Co. F. 5th VA Cavalry
Rank: Private 

Ezekiel L. Hudgins
Born: 1838, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1924
Buried: Family Cemetery, Route 692, Mathews Co. VA
pension application. 

George W. Hudgins
Born: ca 1835, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1925
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private, Co. F., 5th VA Cavalry
Co. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61 age 27. Presence or absence not stated 7-12/62 age 29. Pres. 11/63-4/64. Issued clothing 7/27/64. NFR. 

George W. Hudgins
Born: 1840, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1927, Mathews Co. VABuried: 
St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA 
Rank: Private, Co. F., 5th VA Cavalry
Co. F(3rd) 
Enl. 4/61 and served 4 years on pension application. May have received Cross of Honor from the Sallie Tompkins Chapter on Sept. 15, 1909

Henry Clay Hudgins
Born: Sept. 19, 1841, Mathews Co. VA
Death: Aug. 6, 1913
Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, VA

Humphrey Hudgins
Born: 10/31/1820, Mathews Co. VA
Death:  8/16/1899
Buried: Family Cemetery, Route 605, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Quarter Master Sgt. Mathews Light Artillery
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Detailed to QM Dept. 7/1-10/31/62. Pres. on all rolls. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65. 
Occup: Merchant & Farmer. 

Isaac T. Hudgins 
Born:  2/29/1844, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 12/16/1920, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Milford Cemetery, Route 198, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA Cavalry
Co. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews Co. VA Militia, Mathews C. H. 7/23/61 age 18. Transf. Co. F, 5th VA Cav. 5/1/62. Presence or absence not stated through 12/62. Pres. 11/63-4/64. Issued clothing 7/25/64 and 11/9/64. NFR. 

J. L. Hudgins
Received his cross of honor in 1912

James B. Hudgins
Born: 6/28/1844, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 6/13/1909
Buried: Brooks Cemetery, Route 600, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private
Enl. On 12/16/63 in Henrico Co. Pres. on all rolls. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65.  Mathews Light Artillery

James K. Hudgins 
Born: 1/21/1843, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 12/26/1917, King Daughters Hospital in Portsmouth, VA
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Deserted on 2/28/64 per 4/30/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 3/14/64, dark hair, blue eyes, 5’6 ½”, res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery. 

Jesse Cowles Hudgins
Born: 6/16/1838
Death: 1864
4th Sgt. Killed at Petersburg. C. D. 26th Regiment, Wise’s Brigade

John D. Hudgins
Born: 1838, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1900
Rank: 5th Sgt.
Enl.  7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64, 10/31/64 and 12/31/64. AWOL in Mathews Co. since 1/10/65 per 2/28/65 roll. Buried in a family cem., Mathews Co. VA. Mathews Light Artillery

John Elsie Hudgins 
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA Cavalry
Co. F(3rd). On postwar roster. Possibly John S. Hudgins 1835-1921, 
Buried: Family cemetery  on Rt. 691, Mathews Co. VA

John Hudgins 
Enl. 2/14/65 in Henrico Co. Pres. on 2/28/65 roll. Deserted on 3/18/65, sent to the Provost Marshal in Washington, DC. 
Buried in the Pear Tree Cem., Mathews Co., VA. 
Mathews Light Artillery

John R. Hudgins 
Born: 12/27/1841, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 10/30/1920, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Corp., 
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5’7 ¾”, light hair, grey eyes. Res. of Mathews Co.  Mathews Light Artillery

John T. Hudgins 
Born: 8/3/1835, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 3/25/1905
Enl. On 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. In Camp Winder Hosp. 6/13-7/18/62 with typhoid fever. Pres. on 4/30/64 and 10/31/64 rolls. Detailed on 12/31/64 roll. Pres. on 2/28/65 roll. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65. Lived in the Port Haywood Community, Mathews Co. On 1909 Mathews Co. Pension list drawing benefits under act of 1902. Buried in a family cem. In Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

John T. Hudgins
Born: ca 1827
Rank: Private Co. F(3rd).
Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Reenl. 3/62 age 35. Presence or absence not stated 5-6/62. Horse killed 7 Pines. Paid $225. Presence or absence not stated 7-12/62. Ab. detailed as Blacksmith Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Hqtrs., 11/63-8/31/64. Captured Luray 9/24/64. Sent to Pt. Lookout. Exchanged 3/19/65. NFR. Bur. Mathews Co. on UDC list.

John W. Hudgins
Enl. 10/9/62 in Henrico Co. Pres. on all rolls. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65. Mathews Light Artillery Buried Pear Tree, marker Armistead’s Co. Va L Arty C.S.A.

Labin Hudgins 
Born: 12/6/1843, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 9/6/1914, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Family Cemetery, Route 611, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: CorporalLaborer/Corp., 
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on all rolls. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65. In Hosp. 4/15/65 at Burkesville, VA with a contusion of the foot. Mathews Light ArtilleryReceived Cross of Honor from the Sallie Tompkins Chapter, Sept. 15, 1909

Lemuel W. Hudgins
Born: 9/11/1839
Death: 9/25/1909
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Quarter Master Sgt.Co. D. 26th Regiment. Wise’s Brigade. Served 4 years. 

Lewis Gee Hudgins
Born: ca 1822, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 4/19/1910, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Providence Cemetery, Route 660, Mathews Co. VA 
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA CavalryCo. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Reenl. 3/62 age 34. Discharged for overage 8/1/62. Age 35, 5’11”, dark comp., dark hair, dark eyes, Sail Maker. Served in C. S. Navy. Receiving pension Mathews Co. 1898 age 72. 

Milton J. Hudgins
Born: 12/6/1843, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 9/6/1914, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Armistead/Hudgins Cemetery, Route 601, Mathews Co. VA 
Enl. 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64 described as 5’6”, black hair, hazel eyes, res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

R. S. Hudgins
Death: 8/17/1863 
Enl. In 1/63 in field, age 20, blue eyes, dark hair, 5’8”, res. of Mathews Co. Died of disease in brigade hosp. Mathews Light Artillery

Robert Benjamin Franklin Hudgins 
Born: 10/7/1842, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 9/16/1922, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Gwynn’s Island Cemetery, Route 633, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA Cavalry
Co. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews Bn. VA Militia Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Transf. 5/15/62 age 20. Presence or absence not stated 5/12/62. Ab. on horse detail 1/12/63. Pres. 1/4/64. WIA (leg-severe) Yellow Tavern 5/11/64 and totally disabled. NFR. Fisherman.

Robert F. Hudgins 
Born: 10/4/1842, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 9/16/1922, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Pear Tree Cemetery, Route 677, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: 2nd Sgt.
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on all rolls as Pvt. Paroled at Appomattox C.H. on 4/9/65 as Sgt. WIA late in war. In U. S. Army XXIV Corps Field Hosp. 4/11/65. In Petersburg Gen. Hosp. 5/1/65 for treatment of wound in left arm. Discharged from hosp. on taking oath on 5/19/65, then age 22. Superintendent of the Poor at Fitchetts, postwar. Mathews Light Artillery

Samuel Degge Hudgins
Born: 12/9/1830, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 3/25/1910, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA CavalryCo. F(3rd).  Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Reenl. 3/8/62. Presence or absence not stated 5/12/62. Paid 4/15/63. Pres. 11/63-3/64. Ab. sick 4/1/64. Pres. 4/30/64. NFR. Carpenter. Received Cross of Honor from the Sallie Tompkins Chapter on Sept. 15, 1909

Samuel Hudgins
Pvt., Co. I. 
Enl. Co. C. 3rd VA Arty. Requested transfer 4/28/62. NFR.

Samuel T. Hudgins
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. 
Pres. on all rolls. Paroled, date and place not recorded. On 1909 Mathews Co. Pension list drawing benefits under act of 1902. Mathews Light Artillery

Shed B. Hudgins
Enl. 10/10/61 at Mathews C.H. Deserted on 2/28/64 per 4/30/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 3/14/64, described as 5’10”, brown hair, blue eyes. Res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

Theodore Thomas Hudgins
Born: 1/19/1845, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 8/22/1866 
Rank: Private
Enl. 7/20/61 at Mathews C.H. Made application for 7 day furlough on 4/7/63 at Taylor’s Farm. Pres. on 4/30/64, 10/31/64 and 12/31/64 rolls. Absent sick in hosp. Per 2/28/65 roll. Paroled at Appomattox C.H., VA on 4/9/65.  Mathews Light Artillery

Thomas J. Hudgins
Born: 10/5/1835, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 3/5/1901, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Family Cemetery, End of Route 652, Mathews Co. VA
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Absent on 30 day furlough since 4/8/64 per 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 10/22/64, described as 5’11”, brown hair, grey eyes. Res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

Thomas J. Hudgins
Armistead’s Co. VA Lt. Arty C. S. A 
Pear Tree Cemetery, no dates

Thomas Jefferson Hudgins 
Born: ca 1842, Mathews Co. VA 
Death: 8/21/1927, Mathews Co. VA 
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA 
Obit states he was a Confederate veteran

Thomas Roland Hudgins 
Born: 4/25/1819, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1/25/1902, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Private, Co. F. 5th VA CavalryCo. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Detailed to work on gunboats 3/1/62 and 5-6/62. NFR. Detailed to work in Navy yard on postwar roster. 

Walter Gwynn Hudgins, Jr.
Born: 4/1/1835, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 2/6/1911, Mathews Co. VA
Buried: Family Cemetery, Route 633 Gwynn’s Island, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: Sgt., Co. D. 24th VA CavalryServed until surrender. 
Occup: Farmer & Merchant

Warner L. Hudgins 
Born: 7/8/1836, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1895
Buried: St. Paul’s Cemetery, Route 14, Mathews Co. VA
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Absent on 30 day furlough since 4/8/64 per 4/30/64. Deserted on 10/13/64 per 10/31/64 roll. Took oath at Fort Monroe on 11/13/64, described as 5’10 ¾”, black hair, brown eyes. Res. of Mathews Co. Mathews Light Artillery

William Edward Hudgins
Born: Apr 7, 1838, Mathews Co. VA
Death: 1920, Norfolk, VA 
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA
Rank: Lieutenant, Confederate NavyCommissioned by the C. S. Congress. Enlisted from Virginia. Served as Lieut. In the Virginia Revenue Service in Virginia waters in 1861. Was 1st Lieut. aboard the “Savannah” in Georgia waters in 1863-64.Per obit

William H. Hudgins 
Death:  4/1903, Mathews Co. VA
Enl. 7/18/61 at Mathews C.H. Pres. on all rolls. Served 3 ½ years per PWR. Mathews Light Artillery

William P. Hudgins
Born: ca 1820, Mathews Co. VA
Rank: PrivatePvt., Co. F(3rd). 
Enl. Mathews C. H. 7/23/61. Age 42 on rolls 5-6/62. Deserted 5/1/62. NFR.

William R. Hudgins
Rank: PrivateCo. I, Enl. Co. C, 3rd VA Arty. Requested transfer 4/28/62. NFR.

William T. Hudgins
Enl. 5/18/61 in York Co., VA Absent on 30 day furlough since 4/8/64 per 4/30/64 roll. NFR. Mathews Light Artillery