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Thanks to everyone who responded to my question. I believe we have found
Thomas Harvey Stewart's unit. Jeanette sent me the following household information
from the 1860 VA Census

1860 VA WAYNE WAYNE C H P O
Series: M653  Roll: 1383   Page: 732
June 4th
40 William STEWART 64 M Farmer 2400 2000 VA
      Ellender         "         61 F Housewife VA
      Elizabeth       "         41 F Servant VA
      Harrison        "         24 M Farm Labourer VA
      Martha           "         20 F Housework VA
      Harvey           "         16 M         "          VA


Then Sherri Millikin sent me information on a Thomas H. Stewart from the same
county:

Enlisted Company K, 8th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, CSA 10 Nov 1861.
Re-Enlisted Mar 1864. Was killed four months later.
Description: Wounds received on the 11th of July in battle/picket duty
Died July 14, 1864 in Baltimore, MD
Source Information:
Various family trees/Ancestry.com
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Name:  Thomas H. Stewart
Company:  K
Unit:  8 Virginia Cavalry.
Rank - Induction:  Corporal
Rank - Discharge:  Corporal
Allegiance:  Confederate
Source Information:
United States National Archives. Civil War Compiled Military Service Records
[database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1999-.
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Thanks again!



Sincerely,

Mike Peters
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