David Hunter Strother
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David Hunter Strother was an American journalist, artist, brevet brigadier general, innkeeper, politician and diplomat from West Virginia. Both before and after the American Civil War, Strother was a
Strother during Civil War
A sketch of Col. Strother
A Storer College student, 1874; sketch by Porte Crayon
The 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organization began in late 1861, but was not completed until late in the war.
David Hunter Strother
…in the Union Army and was assigned to assist General Nathaniel Banks in the Valley campaign. In June 1862, he accepted a commission as Lt. Col. of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, and was the topographer on General Pope's staff during the Battle of Cedar Mountain and the Second Battle of Manassas. During the Antietam campaign…
August 1863: West Virginia, Virginia, and surrounding area
3rd West Virginia Cavalry monument at Gettysburg battlefield
The Union Army fled north.