Jackson County in the Civil War

This section contains information on the various events that happened in Jackson County during the Civil War and is dedicated to Delmer R. Hite who cherished the history of Jackson County and her people.

Delmer was born in 1920 and served 23 years in the United States Air Force, retiring in 1965 as a Master Sergeant. He was interested in all military history. Delmer served as the editor of the Jackson County Historical Society Newsletter from 1971 - 1991. He passed away in 1998.

All articles are written by Delmer R. Hite, unless otherwise noted.

**Civil War Information printed in the JCHS Society Newsletter during the years 1970-1990**
Article
A. F. Parsons captured
Big Run and Upper Mill Creek Troubles
Buffington Island
Horse Stealing
Incidents Pertaining to Jenkin's Raid in Ravenswood
Jackson County in the Civil War
James Smith Guerrilla
Joab Smith - Journal of a Soldier 1861
Phelps Letter
Sheriff King Captured
4 Month Campaign of the 9th Regiment
A Confederate Prisoner of War Diary
The Casto Hole
Tidbits of Civil War
Safreed Diary
Colonel Daniel Frost
Aplin
Duskey's Raid on Ripley
Civil War Letters
Ripley was Jackson Court House
Memoir of a Youthful Confederate
Bounties and Officers
Roster of Jackson County Civil War Union Soldiers Abbot-Donahue
Roster of Union Soldiers Donelson--McBride Roster of Union Soldiers McBrien--Sheppard Roster of Union Soldiers Sheppard--Young
Roster of Confederate Soldiers
List of Home Guards Adams--King
List of Home Guards King--Young
Pensioners

Colonel Daniel Frost

Daniel Frost was Jackson County’s highest ranking Union officer in the Civil War. He was living in Jackson County as early as 1850, operating a wharfboat at Ravenswood. In 1858 he purchased The Virginia Chronicle, the first regularly published newspaper in the county, from his brother William. He served in the House during the first session of the Legislature of the Reorganized Government of Virginia 1861-1862, serving as speaker of the House until resigning to accept a commission with the 11th (W.) Va. Infantry Volunteers. The 11th West Virginia was organized at Elizabeth, Wheeling, Burning Springs, Ravenswood, Kanawha Station, and Point Pleasant in western Virginia between October 29, 1861 and October 8, 1862 and contained many Jackson Countians. In the engagement at Snicker’s Ferry, Virginia, July 18, 1864, while rallying his men who were under heavy attack from Confederate General Jubal A. Early’s army, Frost was mortally wounded.