PVT John M. Cloud

courtesy of George Seltz

PVT John M. Cloud was born in 1833 in Frederick County, Virginia. He was the 3rd child of 9 and youngest son of William and Nancy Jane (Butterfield) Cloud. His father supported the family as a laborer before becoming a miller. John and his brothers were also working as laborers as early as 1850 when John was 17 and he was working as a farm hand while living with his parents (perhaps on their land) in 1860.

John and his brother enlisted in K Company 5th Virginia on 8 Jun 1861 just 2-days after his brother. The brothers would have fought together at First Manassas and through Jackson's Valley Campaign before the Second Battle of Manassas on 29 and 30 Aug 1862. PVT John Cloud was killed in action on 30 Aug 1862. His body was recovered and he was ultimately buried in the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia.

John's brother, Amos Cloud, served in C Company 2nd Virginia Infantry and was wounded 3 times but survived the war and brother, Uriah Cloud, served in K Company 5th Virginia Infantry wounded at Hainesville.