Elijah V. White

Elijah Viers Lige White was commander of the partisan 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War. His men became commonly known as Whites Comanches for their war cries and sudden raids on enemy targets.

Elijah White was born in the area of Poolesville, Maryland. In 1855, White moved to Missouri to fight in the border wars with Kansas. The following year, he returned home and bought the 355acre Ball farm across the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia, in the vicinity of the Big Spring north of Leesburg.

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