Excerpt from “Southern Unionist Chronicles”
The March 1866 report of Captain Brooks is just as interesting for what it leaves out as for what it includes. He fails to mention that he and C.E.Troutman served in the same regiment together, and in fact was his brother-in-law. C.E.Troutman’s twin brother Linn(or Lynn) also immigrated to Virginia where he was briefly Sheriff of New Kent(before absconding with poor house funds; I have a copy of the Circuit Court judgement) Volasco Vaiden (spelled in records many, many ways) was actually in the House of Delegates DURING the war, the 1861-62 session. He was a private in the 3rd VA cavalry before this, and in the 5th VA cavalry afterwords. However, he was a Major in the militia (52nd Regiment) before the war and during the first few months of hostilities. A letter exists to Governor Letcher telling how he has seized a schooner owned by Northerners in the Pamunkey and asking what to do with it. For remainder of his political career he was known as Major Vaiden.
