Virginia Strickler - Civil War Veteran Wife

 

Virginia Strickler- Wife of Civil War Veteran Wm. Strickler

Post by Doris McCraw

aka Angela Raines

Evergreen Chapel, Evergreen Cemetery,
Colorado Springs, CO.
Photo(C) Doris McCraw

Born Virginia Lipscomb in Prince William County, Virginia. Her

birth year has been listed as 1828, 1833, and 1836. Her

headstone lists it as 1829.

Not much is known about her early life. According to census

records, her grandfather, Philip Lipscomb, was a slave owner, so

her family probably had money before the war, although Philip

died in 1821. Her parents, Robert and Ann, died in 1858 and

1857, respectively.

At the time of their deaths, their son William would have been

twenty-four. Ann, Mary, Betty, and Virginia were all older, so the

running of any property would have probably fallen to all of them.

In fact, her brother, William, served in Company H of the 15th

Virginia Calvary. He enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army

in 1861. He finished as a lieutenant in 1864, according to Civil

War records, he was a POW.

Virginia met Dr. William Strickler at the second battle of Manassas

(Bull Run) in 1862, while he was treating the wounded on the

battlefield. He enlisted as a surgeon's assistant in 1861 and

served in Companies F & S of the 52^nd Virginia Infantry

throughout the war.

Photo by Ron West from Find a Grave

Virginia married William in 1865. By 1868, the couple had moved to Colorado City, where William served as a doctor. By 1874, they had moved to the new city of Colorado Springs. There, they remained until 1906, when they moved to Denver. William died in 1908. Virginia remained in Denver, where she passed away in 1915. Her death registry states her cause of death as senility.

Both she and William are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in

Colorado Springs. So far, no images of her have been found.

Until Next Time:

Doris