Civil War & Reconstruction
Civil War
Stafford's Confederate Year
Colonel Thomas Conway Waller of North Stafford
Colonel Thomas Conway Waller of North Stafford
Colonel Thomas Conway Waller of North Stafford, initially Captain, Company “A” (“Stafford Rangers”), 9th Virginia Cavalry — later regimental major and lieutenant colonel – led the Leedstown cavalry raid in Westmoreland County (December 2, 1862) and rose to colonel of that regiment. Waller was Stafford’s highest ranking Confederate officer. He lived where Stafford Marketplace is now located.
