Comments on: David Hunter Strother on Antietam http://behind.aotw.org/2010/01/14/david-hunter-strother-on-antietam/ the backwash of a digital history project Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:32:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: JC http://behind.aotw.org/2010/01/14/david-hunter-strother-on-antietam/comment-page-1/#comment-81152 JC Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:18:53 +0000 http://behind.aotw.org/2010/01/14/david-hunter-strother-on-antietam/#comment-81152 I enjoyed the article & photo. I have a Strother in the family tree, not much info about her other than her marriage notice. I came across this site while seeking general "Strother" info. David Hunter Strother seems to have been a talented & controversial man. His photo shows a handsome man,too. Although the beard is "impressive", I think I'd prefer him clean shaven! I enjoyed the article & photo. I have a Strother in the family tree, not much info about her other than her marriage notice. I came across this site while seeking general “Strother” info. David Hunter Strother seems to have been a talented & controversial man. His photo shows a handsome man,too. Although the beard is “impressive”, I think I’d prefer him clean shaven!

]]> By: Sarah Strother King http://behind.aotw.org/2010/01/14/david-hunter-strother-on-antietam/comment-page-1/#comment-29496 Sarah Strother King Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:54:18 +0000 http://behind.aotw.org/2010/01/14/david-hunter-strother-on-antietam/#comment-29496 You write: In June 1862 Strother accepted a commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry regiment. West Virginia wasn't a state until 1863. Prof. Eby writes on p.121 of his biography of David Hunter Strother that Strother was commissioned Lt.Colonel of the Third Mounted Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. Eby also writes, on p.5 of Strother's biography, that John Strother was a lieutenant colonel in the 67th Regiment of Virginia militia by the 1820's. If I read Heitman correctly, the John Strother he lists died in 1815. My g-g-grandfather died in 1862. You write: In June 1862 Strother accepted a commission as Lieutenant Colonel of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry regiment.

West Virginia wasn’t a state until 1863. Prof. Eby writes on p.121 of his biography of David Hunter Strother that Strother was commissioned Lt.Colonel of the Third Mounted Regiment of Virginia Volunteers.

Eby also writes, on p.5 of Strother’s biography, that John Strother was a lieutenant colonel in the 67th Regiment of Virginia militia by the 1820′s.

If I read Heitman correctly, the John Strother he lists died in 1815. My g-g-grandfather died in 1862.

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