Robert Alexander Caskie (1829/30 – August 31, 1928) was a Virginian officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Life
Robert Alexander Caskie, son of John Caskie, Esq., of Richmond, Virginia, and latterly of Missouri,Lewis; Brock 1888, i. p. 203. was a descendant of one of the oldest families of Virginia.St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Aug. 31, 1928. p. 3. During the Civil War he was an officer in the Richmond Grays and the organizer and leader of the Caskie Rangers, a band of cavalry. Later he became liaison officer, serving Generals Lee, Jackson and Stuart. He fought in many battles and once was seriously wounded.
Caskie died on August 31, 1928, at the home of his son, John J. Kerr Caskie, in Merion, a suburb of Philadelphia. He was ninety-eight years old.
Personal life In 1859 Colonel Caskie was married to Amanda Wallace Gregory, daughter of Judge Munford Gregory, sometime Governor of Virginia.Daily Press. Sep. 1, 1928. p. 1. His wife died several years before him. Two daughters, Mrs. M. C. Plass, of Washington, and Mrs. A. C. Thomas, of Paris, France, and two sons survived him. One son, John J. K. Caskie, became general counsel of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Edmund W. Caskie, the other son, was a resident of New York.
References
Sources Lewis, Virgil A.; Brock, R. A. (1888). Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians. Vol. 1. Richmond and Toledo: H. H. Hardesty. p. 203. "Aged Confederate Veteran Is Dead". Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). September 1, 1928. p. 1. "Col. Robert A. Caskie Dies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. August 31, 1928. p. 3.
Further reading Garnett, Theodore Stanford (1994). Trout, Robert J. (ed.). Riding with Stuart: Reminiscences of an Aide-de-Camp. United States: White Maine Publishing Co., Inc. pp. 78–79.
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