Luther Wesley Hopkins
Luther Wesley Hopkins was born on November 13, 1843, in Loudoun County, Virginia, to Phillip and Joanna Hopkins. His father was a farmer who owned $3,500 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property by 1860. He grew up and attended school in Loudoun County.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army on September 1, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 6th Virginia Cavalry later that day. The regiment took part in the Seven Days’ Battles, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, the Overland Campaign, the Siege of Petersburg, and the Appomattox Campaign. Union forces captured him near Upperville, Virginia, on October 17, 1862, and he was paroled on November 2. He was captured again near Yellow Tavern, Virginia, on May 11, 1864, and he was paroled on September 18.
 
He settled in Scott, Virginia, after the war and earned a living as a clerk. By 1870, he owned $1,400 of personal property. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in the 1870s, and married Sarah Brown. They had at least two children: Annette, born around 1880; and John, born around 1882. He worked as a clerk and real estate broker in Baltimore, and by 1900, he employed at least two servants. He died in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, of “chronic myocarditis” on July 3, 1920.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(2430)Hopkins, Luther Wesley1843-11-131920-07-03
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 93

  • (7153) [recipient] ~ William H. Chamblin to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 December 1908
  • (7154) [recipient] ~ Sallie C. Wolfe to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 December 1908
  • (7155) [recipient] ~ N. L. Turner to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 December 1908
  • (7156) [recipient] ~ Alexander Hunter to Luther W. Hopkins, 22 December 1911
  • (7157) [recipient] ~ Albert I. Mather to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 October 1911
  • (7175) [recipient] ~ Albert I. Mather to Luther W. Hopkins, 19 October 1911
  • (7176) [recipient] ~ Winnie E. Green to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 October 1911
  • (7177) [recipient] ~ Lunsford L. Lomax to Luther W. Hopkins, 8 September 1911
  • (7178) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Brown to Luther W. Hopkins, 30 November 1908
  • (7179) [recipient] ~ Berrien M. Zettler to Luther W. Hopkins, 21 August 1911
  • (7180) [recipient] ~ James H. Dew to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 August 1911
  • (7181) [recipient] ~ Thomas L. Broun to Luther W. Hopkins, 24 June 1911
  • (7188) [recipient] ~ Joseph R. Anderson Jr. to Luther W. Hopkins, 16 May 1911
  • (7189) [recipient] ~ Joseph R. Anderson Jr. to Luther W. Hopkins, 12 May 1911
  • (7190) [recipient] ~ John F. Hamlin to Luther W. Hopkins, 8 May 1911
  • (7191) [recipient] ~ John F. Hamlin to Luther W. Hopkins, 20 April 1911
  • (7192) [recipient] ~ William T. Forbes to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 April 1911
  • (7193) [recipient] ~ Levi L. Conant to Luther W. Hopkins, 9 April 1911
  • (7194) [recipient] ~ William C. Reiff to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 April 1911
  • (7195) [recipient] ~ William S. Powell to Luther W. Hopkins, 18 November 1908
  • (7205) [recipient] ~ Theodore N. Gates to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 April 1911
  • (7206) [recipient] ~ William E. Murdock to Luther W. Hopkins, 6 April 1911
  • (7207) [recipient] ~ Everett A. White to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 April 1911
  • (7208) [recipient] ~ S. C. Hopkins to Luther W. Hopkins, 3 April 1911
  • (7209) [recipient] ~ Peter J. White to Luther W. Hopkins, 18 November 1910
  • (7210) [recipient] ~ H. P. Cook to Luther W. Hopkins, 16 November 1910
  • (7211) [recipient] ~ H. P. Cook to Luther W. Hopkins, 11 November 1910
  • (7212) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 16 November 1910
  • (7214) [recipient] ~ H. P. Cook to Luther W. Hopkins, 29 October 1910
  • (7215) [recipient] ~ Fannie O. Brown to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 November 1908
  • (7216) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 September 1910
  • (7220) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 23 September 1910
  • (7221) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 14 August 1910
  • (7223) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 6 August 1910
  • (7224) [recipient] ~ George Armistead to Luther W. Hopkins, 19 July 1910
  • (7226) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 9 July 1910
  • (7227) [recipient] ~ Bowles E. Armistead to Luther W. Hopkins, 20 May 1910
  • (7230) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 14 May 1910
  • (7232) [recipient] ~ Bowles E. Armistead to Luther W. Hopkins, 7 May 1910
  • (7233) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 3 May 1910
  • (7234) [recipient] ~ Edwin B. Lipscomb to Luther W. Hopkins, 1 November 1908
  • (7236) [recipient] ~ Calvin W. Lewis to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 April 1910
  • (7237) [recipient] ~ Mary Johnston to Luther W. Hopkins, 29 January 1910
  • (7238) [recipient] ~ Robert E. Lee Jr. to Luther W. Hopkins, 26 April 1909
  • (7239) [recipient] ~ John L. Smith to Luther W. Hopkins, 24 April 1909
  • (7240) [recipient] ~ Green Johnson to Luther W. Hopkins, 18 April 1909
  • (7241) [recipient] ~ Robert E. Lee Jr. to Luther W. Hopkins, 11 April 1909
  • (7242) [recipient] ~ Flora C. Stuart to Luther W. Hopkins, 8 April 1909
  • (7243) [recipient] ~ George W. C. Lee to Luther W. Hopkins, 31 March 1909
  • (7244) [recipient] ~ Bowles E. Armistead to Luther W. Hopkins, 15 March 1909
  • (7245) [recipient] ~ John G. Clark to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 March 1909
  • (7246) [recipient] ~ John E. Hopkins to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 November 1907
  • (7247) [recipient] ~ John G. Clark to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 March 1909
  • (7248) [recipient] ~ Norman G. Cooper to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 March 1909
  • (7249) [recipient] ~ John L. Smith to Luther W. Hopkins, 4 March 1909
  • (7250) [recipient] ~ John W. Bryant to Luther W. Hopkins, 19 February 1909
  • (7251) [recipient] ~ John G. Clark to Luther W. Hopkins, 16 February 1909
  • (7252) [recipient] ~ John W. Bryant to Luther W. Hopkins, 10 February 1909
  • (7253) [recipient] ~ John G. Clark to Luther W. Hopkins, 8 February 1909
  • (7254) [recipient] ~ Edith C. Putnam to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 January 1909
  • (7255) [recipient] ~ Louisa B. Poppenheim to Luther W. Hopkins, 13 January 1909
  • (7256) [recipient] ~ John W. Peake to Luther W. Hopkins, 13 January 1909
  • (7257) [recipient] ~ Frances E. Rice to Luther W. Hopkins, 4 January 1901
  • (7273) [recipient] ~ James K. Hosmer to Luther W. Hopkins, 20 June 1914
  • (7274) [recipient] ~ Harry W. House to Luther W. Hopkins, 6 February 1914
  • (7275) [recipient] ~ James K. Hosmer to Luther W. Hopkins, 3 April 1914
  • (7276) [recipient] ~ Harriet H. Ames to Luther W. Hopkins, 26 June 1914
  • (7299) [recipient] ~ John L. Smith to Luther W. Hopkins, 19 November 1914
  • (7301) [recipient] ~ William J. Sanborn to Luther W. Hopkins, 18 December 1914
  • (7302) [recipient] ~ John A. Richardson to Luther W. Hopkins, 21 December 1914
  • (7303) [recipient] ~ Anna R. Angle to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 January 1915
  • (7304) [recipient] ~ Charles E. Bryant to Luther W. Hopkins, 5 March 1915
  • (7305) [recipient] ~ Newton J. Belton to Luther W. Hopkins, 4 April 1915
  • (7306) [writer] ~ Ammishaddai Moore Jr. to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 October 1915
  • (7307) [recipient] ~ Rose H. Shaver to Luther W. Hopkins, 28 April 1916
  • (7308) [recipient] ~ John W. Peake to Luther W. Hopkins, 12 January 1917
  • (7309) [recipient] ~ James R. Oliver to Luther W. Hopkins, 19 January 1917
  • (7310) [recipient] ~ John T. Brown to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 March 1917
  • (7314) [recipient] ~ William E. Mickie to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 April 1917
  • (7315) [recipient] ~ John W. Peake to Luther W. Hopkins, 17 April 1917
  • (7316) [recipient] ~ William F. Mahony to Luther W. Hopkins, 25 April 1917
  • (7323) [recipient] ~ John W. Peake to Luther W. Hopkins, 1 May 1917
  • (7326) [recipient] ~ John L. Collins to Luther W. Hopkins, 25 August 1917
  • (7349) [recipient] ~ Harrison M. Strickler to Luther W. Hopkins, 29 October 1917
  • (7350) [recipient] ~ James H. Turner to Luther W. Hopkins, 29 April 1918
  • (7351) [recipient] ~ Thomas Ashburner to Luther W. Hopkins, 18 February 1918
  • (7359) [writer] ~ Luther W. Hopkins Statement, 6 September 1918
  • (7360) [recipient] ~ James G. Peters to Luther W. Hopkins, 12 September 1918
  • (7361) [recipient] ~ John L. Smith to Luther W. Hopkins, 13 December 1918
  • (7364) [recipient] ~ Jeanie Carter to Luther W. Hopkins, 2 January 1909
  • (7372) [recipient] ~ Jeanie Carter to Luther W. Hopkins, 11 November 19XX
  • (7373) [recipient] ~ Mary B. Turner to Luther W. Hopkins, 27 November 191X
  • (7374) [recipient] ~ Fannie (?) to Luther W. Hopkins, undated

People - Records: 23

  • (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley is the [aunt/uncle of] (2431) Chamblin, William Hopkins
  • (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley is the [aunt/uncle of] (2440) Brown, Thomas Jefferson
  • (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley is the [aunt/uncle of] (2464) Lipscomb, Edwin Broun
  • (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley is the [friend of] (2495) Oliver, James Robert
  • (2432) Wolfe, Sallie C. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2433) Turner, N. L. is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2438) Green, Winnie E. is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2441) Zettler, Berrien McPherson is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2442) Dew, James Harvie is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2448) Reiff, William Coffin is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2457) Lewis, Calvin Winfield is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2459) Brown, Fannie O. is the [cousin of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2472) Hopkins, John Edward is the [sibling of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2474) Bryant, John W. is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2475) Putnam, Edith Clare is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2478) Rice, Frances Ellen is the [sibling-in-law of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2492) Hosmer, James Kendall is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2508) Smith, John L. is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2516) Moore, Ammishaddai Jr is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2525) Peake, John W. is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2543) Mickle, William English is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2571) Strickler, Harrison Monroe is the [friend of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley
  • (2573) Ashburner, Thomas is the [cousin of] (2430) Hopkins, Luther Wesley

Places - Records: 2

  • (698) [birth] ~ Loudoun County, Virginia
  • (1861) [death] ~ Sewickley, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (734) [enlisted] [A] ~ 6th Virginia Cavalry

Groups - Records: 1

  • (8) [member/supporter] ~ United Confederate Veterans
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1968, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.