I recently found out my great great great grandfather, Richard B. Foley was the captain of the "Flat Top Copperheads" during the Civil War. Or F company of the 151st Virginia Militia, a Guerrilla Warfare unit in Flat Top West Virginia who spied on the Union soldiers for the Confederate forces. Atleast now if the Animus is ever invented, I'll have something interesting to relive.
I'm trying to figure out more about this man and his actions during the war. I read about the Battle Of Clark's House where he and his men ambushed a unit of union soldiers when they stepped outside roll call. In which he was wounded and couldn't fight anymore.
Apart from that and 2 possibly 3 pictures of him, I can't find anymore information.
Does anyone have anything else?
There already appears to be much good information on the web on Richard Foley and the 151st (or rather, his guerrilla organization.) Check out:
http://www.wvgenweb.org/mercer/milit151.htm
http://www.flattoplake.org/flattopcivilwar.htm
I assume you've found these. I checked the information on fold3.com and found very little additional information. Virginia militia units were generally called up for a limited time period, sometimes measured in days. After that initial time period, militia members usually enlisted in "regular" military organizations. Regular units were subject to overall military command of the Confederacy and were designated with numerical designations (i. e. 20th Virginia Infantry.) The 151st Virginia Militia was active from August 22nd, 1861 to December 13, 1861 as an active Virginia militia unit. A single roster from that time, made on December 20th, is the only information available on fold3.com. Foley's Compiled Service Record consists of two cards, one listing his presence as Captain on the above-mentioned December 20th muster, and the other stating "see voucher Charles T Foley". I was unable to find the voucher in Charles T. Foley's Compiled Service Record. Charles T. Foley has a single card which states "Served 30 days only on account of sickness." with the words "& Sick & furloughed home" stricken out. These Compiled Service Record cards were produced in the early 20th century by abstracting information from various war time rosters, hospital rolls, casualty rolls, etc. It is not unusual to find a reference to a lost document.
The reference to a voucher of Charles T. Foley's probably refers to a pay voucher of some sort, whether for service, forage, supplies, etc. is unknown.
The above websites detail Foley's post 1861 activities which were almost certainly irregular in the sense that Confederate leadership did not consider them regular military units subject to military authority and discipline. It is doubtful whether Foley would have been eligible for a Confederate pension since his service was not in a regularly designated Virginia unit.
For basic genealogical information I suggest a trial subscription to ancestry.com. Tons of photos of civil war veterans appear on ancestry that aren't available anywhere else. The Mercer County GenWeb site should also have much good information.
Hope that helps!