MILITARY INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES

 The Lord Dunmore War

In 1774, Lord Dunmore was the British governor of Virginia. After the Peace of Paris of 1763, the British had undisputed claim to the area west of the Appalachian Mountains. The people of Virginia did not like the British presence in their state. Also, the British did not want the Virginians to settle on any land west of the Appalachians, but the Virginians did not agree. Many white people were continuing to settle on lands west of the Appalachian Mountains and the Indians were harassing them.

Lord Dunmore went to Pittsburgh in the spring of 1774 hoping to make peace with the Indians. Soon, it became clear that peace would not happen. He began recruiting men and soon had a force of about 1,000 soldiers. After a couple of weeks of drill, Dunmore led the troops to the mouth of the Little Kanawha River.

While camped at the Little Kanawha River, Dunmore was to meet with his officers who already had about 1,000 men camped about six miles away from Dunmore. The Battle of Point Pleasant prevented them from meeting.

The Shawnee leader, Cornstalk, had a loosely organized group of approximately 500 Indians waiting to attack Dunmore’s officers. In the early morning hours (October 10, 1774), the Indians crossed the Ohio River and attacked. The Battle of Point Pleasant lasted into the afternoon and was very intense. However, by the end of the day, the Indians were retreating to the north bank of the Ohio River in defeat.

After the Battle of Point Pleasant, Dunmore marched his men north to the Shawnee villages. At this point, he was able to negotiate for peace. As a result of Dunmore’s War, the Indians agreed to give up all of their white prisoners, restore all captured horses and other property, and not to hunt south of the Ohio River. Also, they were to allow boats on the Ohio River and not harass them. This opened up present day West Virginia and Kentucky for settlement.
-  From the Ohio Historical Society web site

According to Thwaltes and Kellogg’s “Documentary History of Lord Dunmore’s War” at the Library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, James Pauley and John Pauley served in Captain John Stuart’s Company of Greenbrier Valley Volunteers from Botetourt County (Virginia). The spelling shown here is as listed in the report. l am not sure who these guys are or if they are listed in my data.

The Battle of Point Pleasant took place in present day Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, where the Kanawha River meets the Ohio River, about 45 miles northwest of Charleston, WV. It has been described as “the most desperate struggle ever waged between white men and Indians in America.” 33 Indians were killed, and 75 white men were killed and 150 wounded.

Before the Virginians had all returned home from Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War had begun at Lexington and Concord in April 1775. Before long, Lord Dunmore was leading the British war effort in Virginia against many of the men who had fought under him in Dunmore's War. Dunmore even sought to enlist American Indian allies—the very people he had defeated in 1774. As a result, over the years a legend arose that Dunmore had actually been collaborating with the Shawnees all along. According to this story, Dunmore deliberately isolated the militia under Andrew Lewis and directed the Shawnees to attack them, hoping to eliminate potentially troublesome American rebels. There is no evidence to support this conspiracy theory, but it was popular in the 19th century.
 

The Revolutionary War

Listed below are my ancestors known to have served in the Revolutionary War. Information pertaining to specific persons is a part of their individual records.

William Pauley (Polley), son of Joseph and Mary Polley, enlisted in 1780 in Montgomery County, Virginia and served six to eight months.

Edward Polly, first cousin of William, and son of David and Agnes Polly (Polley), enlisted in Pittsylvania County, Virginia in Captain Burton’s Company in the fall of 1780 and served until February 1781.

John Polly (Polley), son of David and Agnes, was living in Pittsylvania County, Virginia when he enlisted and served in various units from 1777 to 1783.

Peter Polley, son of Edward, served in various units from 1775 to 1783. He is found on the payrolls of Gabriel Madison's Company of Militia and Captain Thomas Moore's Company of Militia 1775 - 1783. According to the document "Revolutionary War Records of Fincastle and Montgomery Counties 1777 - 1778, Peter, James and Drury Polley are listed as in the Illinois Militia. No pension records found.

John Midkiff, my 6th great grandfather, was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and enlisted there in August 1780, serving in various units in 1780-1781.

John Carney, my 4th great grandfather, enlisted in Botetourt County, Virginia and served two six-month tours of duty. He is listed on the Tennessee State Library’s Patriot Paths website, see https://tnmap.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=32a9be43e2b44e00a67edfc5ac2b7227 

Other possible persons:

 On March 15, 1781, British General Charles Lord Cornwallis’s army of 2,100 men engaged a Continental army under Major General Nathanael Greene at Guilford Court House, near present day Greensboro, North Carolina. See https://www.battlefields.org/learn/revolutionary-war/battles/guilford-court-house  for additional information. A James Polly of Botetourt County is listed as a Virginia Soldier in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. James, son of Joseph and Mary, is the only likely person but this is not definite.

Drury Polly was killed in the Battle of Big Licks (KY) on August 18, 1782. The battle is considered the last battle of the Revolution. I believe this to be the same person as the son of Edward and Mary Polly.

The Battle of Blue Licks, fought on August 19, 1782, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War. The battle occurred ten months after Lord Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, which had effectively ended the war in the east. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, Kentucky (then Fayette County, Virginia), a force of about 50 American and Canadian Loyalists along with 300 American Indians ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militiamen. It was the last victory for the Loyalists and Indians during the frontier war.

See https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2018/07/26/slaughter-of-kentuckians-at-the-battle-of-blue-licks/  for additional information.

 

The War of 1812

 Peter Polley, son of Edward Polly ???

 
The Civil War

Listed below are the Pauley ancestors from this book known to have served in the Civil War. Information pertaining to specific persons is a part of their individual records.

Calvery Pauley (brother of James F., Rufus and George Washington), enlisted as a private in Company B, 1st State Line Regiment Virginia on 20 Sep 1862. Enlisted in Company A, 45th Battn Infantry Regiment Virginia on 6 May 1863 (Confederate)

Cornelius Lewis Pauley, Private, Company E, 13th West Virginia Infantry

Dryden Pauley, Private, 7th West Virginia Cavalry, Co. C also listed in 1st West Virginia Cavalry, Co. L

(George) Washington Pauley (brother of Rufus, Calvery and James F.), enlisted in Company B, 1st State Line Regiment of Virginia on September 20, 1862. This record then indicates that he enlisted in Company E, 45th Battalion Infantry Regiment Virginia on May 6, 1863 (Confederate)

Isaac G. Pauley (1st cousin 5x removed) Virginia (Confederate)

James Eli Pauley

 James Franklin Pauley (brother of Rufus, Calvery and George Washington) Swann's Company of 22nd Virginia Infantry: enlisted April 25, 1861 at Charleston, Kanawha County, age 27. Deserted on June 1861 roll."

John Allen Pauley (possibly)

John S. Pauley (brother of Shadel/Shadle; my 1st cousin 4x removed) 39th Regiment, Co. C, Kentucky Infantry (Union) entered as a private. Died April 8, 1863 in Ashland, Kentucky (on the Ohio River west of Huntington, West Virginia) and was originally buried there. He is buried in the New Albany National Cemetery (lot 81), Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY. The Register of Volunteer Deaths indicates he died of Measles.

 While the relationship is not presently known, Camp Swigert was a training facility for Civil War Union soldiers located just west of Ashland in Wurtland. It was the only Union camp in eastern Kentucky. Many of the soldiers died of diseases such as smallpox, mumps, the measles and pneumonia — illnesses that followed one of the Big Sandy Valley’s largest and most damaging floods. https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/local_news/a-place-to-remember/article_c189bbd5-fbbe-5168-965d-730ce5985ad8.html 

 See below for additional information regarding this regiment.

 Jonathan Pauley (father of John S. above and my 3rd great grand uncle) 39th Regiment, Co. C, Kentucky Infantry (Union). Jonathan and John also died 8 April 1863. The Register of Volunteer Deaths indicates he died of “Anaemia”.

Lafayette Wayne Pauley, 2nd Lt., Company C, 7th West Virginia Cavalry (Union)

 Preston Pauley (possibly)

 Rufus Pauley (brother of Calvery, James F., and GW), Private, Co. B, 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line Cavalry (Confederate)

Shadle R. Pauley (brother of John S.), 39th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry entered as a private in Co. C and out as a second lieutenant, Co. E. (Union)

 Squire Pauley, Jr. (younger brother of Calvery, Rufus, James and GW) served in Captain Turner's Raleigh County, West Virginia State Guards from March 15, 1865 to July 20, 1865

John Edward Chatten, my 2nd great grandfather, helped recruit a company of volunteers in 1862 that became Company C, 93rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and of which he was first lieutenant, but after about six months service, on account of the death of his father, he resigned and returned home.

Charles T. Myers, my third great grandfather. Served in the Civil War; was living in Pittsylvania County at the time. 135th Regiment, Virginia Militia.

David L. Carney, 3rd great grand uncle.

 Other relatives known to have fought in the Civil War:

 Coleman Renards Adkins (1st cousin 7x removed) was killed on 31 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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 The National Park Service’s Soldiers and Sailors website lists 176 Pauleys as serving on either side in the Civil War.

(Excerpted from the website West Virginia in the Civil War) West Virginia, created in the midst of the Civil War, provided to the Union Army 31,872 regular army troops, 133 sailors and marines, and 196 United States Colored Troops, during that terrible conflict of 1861-1865. It is also estimated that somewhere between 16,000 and 20,000 men served in the Confederate Army in this war of ”brother versus brother.”

According to this website, there were twenty-five Pauleys in the 7th West Virginia Cavalry, mostly in Companies C and M. Of the 38 Union units and 56 Confederate listed these were the only Pauleys listed. This book has a record of just three with two others as probably the same person. There are four others where I did not have enough information to determine which person in my records it was. There are also some stories included in this book of others with Civil War ties.

The 7th spent the last years of its term in the Kanawha Valley, occupying the following different posts: Charleston, Coalsmouth, Winfield, Point Pleasant, and Guyandotte. Early in January two or three brigades of Confederate troops were sent to winter in the counties immediately in the front of these posts, and the regiment was kept very actively engaged during the winter, to prevent incursions by them, and in the protection of loyal citizens and their property. Several small engagements took place, in which a number of the enemy were killed, and about two hundred prisoners taken. About the 1st of February 1865, six officers and nearly one hundred fifty men were discharged by reason of expiration of term of service, but the regiment was immediately filled to the maximum by the muster-in of recruits.

From the time of the surrender of Lee’s army the regiment was engaged in patrolling the twenty counties of southwestern Virginia, composing the District of Kanawha, for the purpose of paroling returned Confederates and maintaining order in the country. Over 5,000 Confederates were paroled by the officers of this regiment.

The regiment was mustered out at Charleston, West Virginia, on August 1, 1865. The regiment lost during the war: killed in battle and died of wounds, 5 officers and 28 enlisted men; died of disease or accident, 2 officers and 201 enlisted men; total, 236.

 
7th Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry (from the National Park Service’s Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site)

Organized from 8th West Virginia Mounted Infantry January 26, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 1St Separate Brigade, Kanawha Valley, W. Va., to August, 1865 .SERVICE- Duty at Martinsburg and Charleston, W. Va., to April, 1864. Crooks Raid on Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Rocky Gap May 6. Cloyd’s Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Cove Gap May 10. Blacksburg May 11. Union and Pond Mountain Gap May 12. Meadow Bluff May 24. Hunter’s Raid to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Buffalo Gap June 6. Lexington June 11. Buchanan June 13. New London June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19. Buford’s Gap June 20. About Salem June 21. At Loup Creek June 29. Ordered to the Kanawha Valley and duty at Charleston, Coalsmouth, Winfield, Point Pleasant and Guyandotte till August, 1865. Coalsmouth September30, 1864. Skirmish at Winfield October 26, 1864(1 Co.). Operations in the

Kanawha Valley November 5-12. Mustered out August 1, 1865.

 (From “The History of Kanawha County” on the WVU web site) Kanawha County’s loyalties were divided during the Civil War. The county contributed five companies to both the north and the south, with the Kanawha Riflemen, led by a group of prominent Kanawha County citizens, fighting for the south. In 1861, a confederate force consisting of over 2,500 men camped at Tackett’s Creek just below Saint Albans. A series of military actions ensued as the north and south fought for control of the Kanawha Valley. The most important of these battles was the Battle of Carnifex Ferry on September 10, 1861. Union troops led by Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans engaged the Confederate Army and forced them to retreat to the Henry Patterson Farm, overlooking Carnifex Ferry. The Confederate commander, Brigadier General John B. Floyd retreated across the ferry to the south side of the Gauley River and on eastward to Meadow Bluff near Lewisburg. The battle effectively ended the struggle for the Kanawha valley.

(From “The History of Boone County” on the WVU web site) Four engagements took place within the county during the Civil War (1861-1865). The first was called the Battle of Boone County Courthouse. When Brigadier General Jacob Cox, in command of the Union Army in the Kanawha Valley, heard that a Confederate regiment was forming in Boone County, he sent Colonel J. V. Guthrie from Charleston to destroy it. On August 29, 1861, Colonel Guthrie sent two companies, Company 0,26th Ohio Infantry, and Company A, 1st Kentucky Infantry, to Boone County. On the following day, he dispatched Company K, 26th Ohio, to reinforce the first two companies. On

September 1, 1861, Companies G and A, and some local militia, were in the process of crossing the river on their way to the Boone County Courthouse in Madison when the Confederate militia, commanded by Colonel Ezekiel S. Miller, opened fire on them. However, after twenty minutes of fighting, the Confederate troops were forced to retreat. Twenty-five Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured during the engagement. One Union soldier was killed and five more were wounded. In retaliation for supporting the South, before returning to Charleston, the Union soldiers burned the court house, and several other buildings in the town, to the ground.

The second engagement occurred on September 12, 1861 near an area of the county known as Paytona. Four Union companies from the First Kentucky Volunteer 1nf~ntry were setting up camp at the mouth of Joe’s Creek when they were ambushed by four companies of Confederate cavalry. Forty-two Union soldiers were killed, wounded or captured. The Confederate Army suffered only minor casualties.

The third engagement occurred at Pond Fork, of the Little Kanawha River, on September 17th, 1861. On that morning, a company of Mounted Confederate Rangers attacked a detachment of Unionist Homeguards at Pond Fork. The Unionist Homeguards retreated, but the Confederate troops captured seventeen of them. Fourteen of them were accused of treason against the Confederacy and were sent to Richmond as prisoners of war.

The fourth engagement occurred on September25, 1861. The fight started on Trace Fork or Big Creek, approximately five miles from the Logan County line, and ended in the Kanawha Gap, near Chapmanville, in Logan County. Union scouts reported a concentration of Confederate troops in the Chapmanville area, and Colonel Piatt was sent to disperse it. He left on September 23, 1861 with six companies from the 34th Ohio. He was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel David A. Enyart and three hundred men from the 1st Kentucky Infantry, and two hundred Unionist Homeguards. When the force reached Peytona they camped for the night and the next day separated, with Colonel Enyart moving up the Coal River, and Colonel Piatt moving on to the Boone County Court House. The next morning, near what is now Manila, they met the Confederate advance guard and exchanged gunfire. The Confederate advance guard retreated to within two miles of Kanawha Gap. They then set up on a hillside and fired on the Union Army pursing them. Colonel Piatt deployed his troops on either side of the hill and eventually forced the Confederate soldiers to retreat from the area.
 

39th Kentucky Infantry

The 39th Kentucky Infantry was organized at Peach Orchard, Kentucky, under Colonel John Dils, and was mustered into the United States service February 16th, 1863, by Captain W. B. Royall, United States Mustering Officer for a three year period. This command was raised entirely in the Sandy Valley and the counties adjoining, and being thoroughly acquainted with the country, were stationed in that section of the State for its protection against the frequent incursions of the Rebels from Virginia. The regiment lost a total of 234 men during service; 3 officers and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 194 enlisted men died of disease.

In April 1863, the regiment had a fight near Pikeville, Kentucky, and captured Colonel French and his command, and in June engaged the enemy again at Pond Creek, some thirty miles from Pikeville. The regiment being divided, a portion of it proceeded with other troops to Gladeville, Virginia, and succeeded in capturing Colonel Caudill and his command, which were brought back as prisoners of war.

Through the constant and vigilant service of this regiment, the east portion of Kentucky remained uninterrupted from any invasion of rebels for many months.

The regiment participated in many battles and skirmishes, in which loss was sustained, among which the following are mentioned:

Johnson County boat fight, December 4th, 1862
Beaver Creek, Floyd County, June 27th, 1863
Clark's Neck, Lawrence County, August 27th, 1863
Marrowbone, Pike County, September 22nd, 1863
Paintsville, Johnson County, April 13th, 1864
Half Mount, Magoffin County, April 14th, 1864
Pond Creek, Pike County, May 16th, 1864
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, June 9th, 1864
Cynthiana, Kentucky, June 12th, 1864
Saltville, Virginia, October 2d, 1864

The regiment was mustered out September 15, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky.

The roster of the 39th lists four Pauley’s (recorded as Panley on the website):

Pauley, John S., Private, Co. C, died April 8, 1863 in Ashland, KY
Pauley, Jonathan, Private, Co. C, died April 8, 1863 in Ashland, KY
Pauley, Joseph S, Private, Co. C, transferred to Co. E 39th Infantry
Pauley, Shadle R, Private, Co. C, transferred to Co. E 39th Infantry

 
1st Regiment Cavalry, Virginia State Line (from the National Archives Muster Rolls)

“This Confederate unit was organized during the later part of 1862 and it was composed of companies which had been enlisted by the state for 12 months service. The Virginia State Line was disbanded about March 31, 1863 and most of its members enlisted in the service of the Confederate States.”

Calvary, Rufus and (George) Washington Pauley all enlisted in this unit on September 20, 1862.

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Other miscellaneous Pauley’s listed in various sources:

 A Roll of McComa’s Battery (Giles County Company) lists a Pvt. George Pauley

On the web site of the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Regiment in Company H, is listed a Corporal Firman K. Pauley.

 In the Library of Virginia’s Virginia Confederate Rosters (Unofficial) the following Pauleys are listed : Albert*; George; Hiram; I; I.G.; Irea L.; J.G.; Lorenzo D.; Rufus*; Thomas G.; W.G.; W.J.; Washington; William. While it will take farther research to determine if these persons are the same as ones listed in this book, possible connections as referenced by birth dates are indicated by an asterisk.

The web site of Mary Jo Loyd references several Pauleys as members of the 51st Virginia Infantry, CSA, including William L. Pauley, Mitchell Pauley and WD. Pawley. This regiment was organized in Wytheville with men from Amherst, Bland, Grayson, Nelson, Patrick, Tazewell, Wise and Wythe Counties and commanded by Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton.

On the web site of the Colorado State Archives Military Records, Colorado Veterans’ Grave Registrations is listed James Monroe Pauley of Ohio, b. April 17, 1849, buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Garfield County.

ADJUTANT GENERAL’S REPORT - ELEVENTH REGIMENT W. VA. INFANTRY

 From The Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of West Virginia, for the year ending December 31, 1864.

COMPANY ‘G” Record of Capt. John V. Young’s Company “G,” of the 11th Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, stationed at Camp Russell, near Winchester, Va., showing the condition of said Company on the 1st day of December, 1864, together with a complete record of the changes that have taken place since its organization.

Pauley, William J. - Corp’l -21 - May 23, 1862 (name, age, date of muster)
Pauley, Buren-Priv.-33 -May23, 1862 -Dis’d Oct. 14, 1863

MEMORANDA: (at end of report) The Eleventh Regiment West Virginia Infantry Volunteers was commenced by Lieut. Col. J.C. Rathbone, in October, 1861. On the 22d and 24th of December, respectively, companies B and C were organized in Wirt county, and were immediately aimed and placed on duty against the guerrillas in Wirt, Calhoun and Roane counties. About the same time the recruiting of the other companies was progressing rather slowly, so that the regiment did not attain the maximum until September, 1862. The services performed by the companies already organized, and those in process of organization during this time, was of a very arduous character, and from the obscurity of the district in which they operated, and the scattered condition the comm and was obliged to maintain, due credit has never been given for the service performed. Besides, the small detachments were constantly liable to defeat and capture, by any considerable force of the enemy that should invade. This occurred September 2d, 1862, when about two hundred, stationed at Spencer, Va., under command of Cot. Rathbone, were captured by the rebel Gen. Jenkins’ forces, numbering about one thousand men. Lieut. Col. D. Frost, who had resigned his seat as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, in May, 1862, to accept this position, assumed command of the remaining portion of the regiment, during the time Col. Rathbone was upon parole, and upon the dismissal of that officer, was made Colonel, in February, 1863. The companies of the regiment were performing the service named above, being stationed in the counties of Braxton, Lewis, Gilmer, Wirt, Ritchie, Roane and Jackson, with one company in the Great Kanawha valley. On the 13th of October, 1863, a part of the regiment participated in the gallant repulse of Wm. L. Jackson, (alias Mudwall) at Bulltown, W. Va. Various engagements of this kind occurred with different detachments. The regiment was concentrated and marched from Clarksburg to Beverly, W. Va., April 4th, 1864. Returning, companies B, C, D, G, I and K joined the command of Brig. Gen. Crook at Camp Piatt, April 25th, 1864. At Fayette C. H., on May 2d, the three brigades of the division were united. The command then marched on the celebrated “Dublin raid.” Arriving at Cloyd Mountain, four miles from the railroad, the enemy were found strongly posted. The brigade to which the Eleventh was attached, (the 3d) was assigned to the attack in front, which was handsomely carried, carrying the enemy’s guns and many prisoners. Here the rebel Gen. Jenkins, who had once captured a portion of our command, received his mortal wound. The enemy again made a stand at New River Bridge, when the Eleventh supported the battery immediately in front of the rebel works. But little other infantry was engaged. Company B of this regiment, being deployed as skirmishers, with Company B of the 15th West Virginia infantry, have the ho nor of setting fire to the great bridge, so important to the rebels, and by them so persistently and desperately defended. Returning through the counties of Montgomery, Monroe, Giles and Greenbriar, the command rested a few days at Meadow Bluff, Greenbriar County, when they moved to Staunton, Va., destroying the Virginia Central Railroad from Millboro depot to that place. Here it met the Division of Gen. Sullivan, and commenced the celebrated expedition to Lynchburg, Va., under Gen. Hunter, participating in all the engagements of that memorable expedition. Returning again by Lewisburg and Charleston to the Shenandoah Valley. In an engagement at Snicker’s Ferry, Va., the brave, efficient Col. Frost was killed. On the 23d and 24th of July, was with the Army of West Virginia in the engagements near Winchester, Va., which resulted in the retreat of our small command to Maryland. At Harper’s Ferry, joined Gen. Sheridan’s Army of the Shenandoah, and participated in several light engagements, reconnaissance, &c. On the 3d of September, was in the engagement at Berryville, Va. On the 19th of September, the great battle of the Opequan was fought, in which it participated. Marched thence, pursuing the enemy to Fisher’s Hill, when on the 22d of September, the Army of West Virginia so singally routed General Early by one of Gen. Crook’ favorite flank movements. Marched thence to Harrisonburg, where the four companies left behind in April, joined the regiment. Thence back to Cedar Creek, when near Strasburg, quite a spirited engagement was fought in a reconnaissance by the 1st Division. This regiment was specially complimented by the lamented Cot. Thoburn, commanding the Division, for good conduct in that engagement. Meantime, the four companies left at Parkersburg in April, were sent to New Creek and Cumberland, and won much credit for their gallantry in defense of those places in August. On the 20th of December, 1864, the1st division, Brevet Brig. Gen. Harris, commanding, was moved to the Army of the James, where they now are. The following comprises a list of battles in which this command has participated, besides numerous skirmishes, reconnaissance, &c.: Cloyd Mountain, Va., May 9th, 1864; New River Bridge, May 10th, 1864; Lexington, Va., Lynchburg, Va., June 17th and 18th; Snicker’s Ferry, Va., July 18th; Winchester, Va., July 23d and 24th;

Martinsburg, Va., July 25th’ Berryville, Va., Sept 3d; Opequan Creek, Va., Sept. 19th; Fisher’s Hill, Va., Sept. 22d; Strasburg, Va., Oct 13th; Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19th.
 

The National Park Service record of Civil War Prisoners at Andersonville lists Jesse J. Pauley (Union) of the 7th WV Cavalry.

John T. Gunnoe, husband of Eleanor A. Pauley, my 3rd great aunt and daughter of Salathiel Pauley, was held in a Confederate prison in Richmond.

 
World War I

 Sidney H. Pauley, Co. A, 158 Depot Brigade

  
World War II

Ernest C. Pauley from Roanoke served in the Navy as a cook. He was killed when the vessel he was aboard sank in the Solomon Islands on Aug. 9, 1942. Survived by his mother and stepfather, Viola Spangler and J.S. Spangler — The Roanoke World-News and “Roanoke Valley Casualties in World War II,” compiled by Buford Stanley

 My father, Ira L. Pauley, Jr. served in the US Navy as a radioman in the Philippines.

From the Stalag Luft IV (Tychowo, Poland) Prisoner Roster: Pauley, James L. These were mostly Army Air Corps members.

Byron L. Hill, Jr., my half great uncle, was piloting P-51 tail # 43-6980 when it was downed on April 5, 1944.  His unit, the 355th Fighter Group (based at Steeple Morden, England), won their only Distinguished Unit Citation for their efforts this date; the Group successfully attacked a series of German air bases in the middle of a snow squall. In all, the 355th lost 3 P-51s on their mission on April 5, 1944.

 
Vietnam

Marshall Irvin Pauley (1st cousin 2x removed) was a gunner on an airship that went down over Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam on March 13, 1966. While there is some speculation that crewmembers were captured, this has never been verified and he is still listed as MIA. He was 36 years old and from Milton, WV. His body was not recovered. He was declared dead in 1978. He was married but his wife’s name is not listed at the archives.gov website https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=197&mtch=1&cat=GP23&tf=F&q=pauley%2C+marshall+irvin&bc=,sl,sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=40468