Biographical Sketch of David Christian Hite


Name David Christian Hite
Unit of Confederate Service Co. E, 97th Va. Militia & Company H "Page Grays", 33rd Virginia Infantry
Birth 06 Oct 1832, Page Co., VA
Death 19 Sep 1864, Battle of Opequon (3rd Winchester), VA
Burial Body not recovered
Occupation not listed
Father Daniel Hite
Mother Rebecca Grove
Misc. Notes
RESIDENCES: 1860 in Luray, District #3, Page Co., Va.
RECORD OF SERVICE: Enlisted as a private 22 Apr 1862 in Company H ("Page Grays"), 33rd Virginia Infantry. Wounded-in-action 28 Aug 1862 at Second Manassas. Absent wounded through Dec 1862. Present Jun 1863. POW 04 Jul 1863, Gettysburg, Pa. Sent to Baltimore then Pt. lookout, Md. 20 Aug 1863. Exchanged 17 Mar 1864. KIA 19 Sep 1864 at Winchester
Spouses
1 Dianah Cline
Marriage Date & Place 1855
Birth 1834
Death ca. 1901
Burial ?
Father ?
Mother ?
Misc. Notes
See the book entitled The Painful News I Have To Write: Letters and Diaries of Four Hite Brothers of Page County in the Service of the Confederacy edited by Harlan R. Jessup for more information about the Hite family in the war.

See the Virginia Regimental Histories Series book 33rd Virginia Infantry by Lowell Reidenbaugh for more information about the unit history.


The subject related Page News & Courier Heritage & Heraldry Article "Marching with Stonewall . . . ."

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