The Captain had moved his quarters from Mr. Humphrey’s to the home of Mr. Park. Shepherd, in Clarke county, where his devoted and heroic little wife joined him, and under her care he was soon convalescent.
On the 28th of October, Col. Bradley T. Johnson, (afterwards Brigadier-General of the Maryland Line,) then A. and I. G. on Stuart’s staff, came over, and after superintending the organization, mustered White’s Battalion regularly into the service.
Capt. White was unanimously elected Major, and Lieut. Myers became Captain of Company A, with Barrett, Marlow and Ben. F. Conrad, for his Lieutenants.
Company B, organized by electing George W. Chiswell, Captain; Joshua R. Crown, 1st Lieutenant; Nich. W. Dorsey, 2d Lieutenant; and Ed. J. Chiswell, 2d Lieutenant, Jr.
Company C, elected Richard B. Grubb, Captain; W. Flavius Dowdell, 1st Lieutenant; and Sam. E, Grubb, 2d Lieutenant.
Company D, was already organized, being Trayhern’s old company, and now officered by Lieuts. Anderson, Spangler, and Sam. Baker.
Company E, had Capt. Grabill, Lieut. Grubbs, and —— ——, for officers.
There was some difficulty in the case of the other company, which had been organized in Albemarle county, under Capt. Geo. N. Ferneyhough, for service in Scott’s Battalion—and although it was present, under command of Lieut. Woods, was not mustered in until some months later.
Capt. Grubb and Lieut. Anderson were both prisoners, having been captured a week before, in the battle of Glenmore.
Major White now appointed Lieut. Crown, Adjutant, and Capt. J. Mort. Kilgour, Quartermaster. After which, he rode back to Mr. Shepherd’s again, leaving Capt. Myers in command, with instructions to look out for the advance of the Yankee army, which, under Burnside, was about to “on to Richmond” again.