Robert Alexander Caskie, son of John Caskie, Esq., of Richmond, Virginia, and latterly of Missouri,[1] was a descendant of one of the oldest families of Virginia.[2] 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.[2] Later he became liaison officer, serving Generals Lee, Jackson and Stuart.[2] He fought in many battles and once was seriously wounded.[2]
Caskie died on August 31, 1928, at the home of his son, John J. Kerr Caskie, in Merion, a suburb of Philadelphia.[2] He was ninety-eight years old.[2]
Personal life
In 1859 Colonel Caskie was married to Amanda Wallace Gregory, daughter of Judge Munford Gregory, sometime Governor of Virginia.[3] His wife died several years before him.[3] Two daughters, Mrs. M. C. Plass, of Washington, and Mrs. A. C. Thomas, of Paris, France, and two sons survived him.[3] One son, John J. K. Caskie, became general counsel of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.[3] Edmund W. Caskie, the other son, was a resident of New York.[3]
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