Saunders, Silas
Pvt., Co H Va Inf
1860 census age 22, farmer. Arrarat P.O., Patrick, County. enl 5/22/61, Spoon Creek, Patrick County. To hospital, sick, by 10/27/61`. Warm Springs hospital and home on sick leave through 4/1/62. Wounded 5/8/62, McDowell (W. Va.) Absent through 12/31/62. AWOL. Court martialed 1/27/64, guilty AWOL, sentenced to forfeit 4 months pay, to cut and carry wood 60 days for his company; to stand on the block 4 feet high for 2 hours every alternate day on the color line of the regiment with a placard on his back labeled "absence without leave" for 15 days and was not to be excused from any fights during that time. Captured 5/12/64 near Spotsylvania C.H. Point Lookout, Md. 5/18 to 8/3/64. Elmira NY 8/6/64 to 4/15/65 when he desired to take oath, saying he was "tired of war, [and he] desires to go to Kentucky where he has a sister residing." Released on oath, 6/21/65. 5'10" florid complexion, auburn hair, blue eyes.
