Cpt. Alfred Glascock Co. D
b. Mar.4, 1838, at "Rockburn", Fauquier County, son of Aquilla and Mary Bishop Glascock
m. April 12, 1865 to Hattie Fadeley
d. Dec. 19, 1880, buried in Union Cemetery, Leesburg, VAAn early member of Mosby's command, he joined sometime between the unit's inception in early 1863 and the end of April of that year, when he is first noted as participating in attacks on General Stahel's expeditin into Fauquier County.
Prior to joining Mosby's command, he was in Company A of the 7th Va. Cavalry, having enlisted on April 19, 1861, promoted to Ordinance Sgt. and then elected Brevet 2nd Lt. Prior to the war, he had served in Turner Ashby's Mountain Rangers.
Many of the men in Mosby's command were officers who had not been reelected in the April 1862 officers elections mandated by the Confederate Congress, and this was true of Lt. Glascock as well.
Mosby promoted him to 1st. Lt. on April 1, 1864 and to Captain on October 18 of that year.
He participated in, a large number of raid and other actions, including the Berryville Wagon Raid (see Keen/Mewborn, p. 323 for complete list.)
After the war, he rebuilt his father's house, Rockburn, which had been burned during the War.
He was also half-uncle of fellow Ranger Pvt. Aquilla Glascock (Co. A) and presumably some relation to Pvt. Roger Glascock (co. unknown), whose father was also named Alfred Glascock and who was also from Fauquier.
Mentions in various references:
(incomplete, more to be added)The Letters of John S. Mosby (published by the Stuart-Mosby Society), pps 98, 224
Mosby's Rangers, by Ranger James J. Williamson, 1896 (reprinted by Time Life Books) pps 57, 69, 154, 160, 192, 208, 257, 313, 352, 353, 356, 357, 395, 416, 417
IBID: reference to "Glascock's Burnt House", p. 79 (ca. June, 1863)
Genealogy Links Online:
Glascock Surname Message Board, on GenForum
Family Tree Maker User's Home Page, "Descendants of Hans Richter"
An Alfred Glascock is listed in Family Tree Maker "World Family Tree" CD #2, Tree #2144, also in WFT CD 22, Tree #3193, and (ibid) Tree #3198. As these trees feature families from Virginia and this is not a particularly common surname, this is probably "our' Alfred Glascock. The above links are to pages describing the CD's, available for online subscription or purchase from Broderbund, not to the trees themselves. There is also an Alfred Glascock mentioned in Genealogy.com's CD, "Family History: Virginia Genealogies #4, 1600s-1800s (#205)
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