Joseph Parker

Joseph Parker. . , Joseph Parker was a Confederate veteran of the Civil War. He was one of the original enlistees in the 43rd Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, better known as Mosby's Partisan Rangers. It was John Singleton Mosby, most trusted scout of Confederate Cavalry Commander J.E.B. Stuart, who brought guerilla warfare to that part of Virginia that became known as "Mosby's Confederacy." His warfare was based upon speed, mobility and surprise attacks. Parker was captured in February 1864 and spent the last one and one-half years of that war in a Union prison., After the war, Joseph Parker married Jane Randolph Peticolas (Jennie) and they lived on a farm in Amherst County. They died in 1904 and 1905 and are buried nearby, but only his grave was marked by a small, simple stone., Note: There are a number of men who fought in the Civil War for either the Union or the Confederacy, who are buried in this cemetery outside of the Confederate Section. Most died after the war and are buried alongside members of their family.