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Major '62-'65 (PGD magazine June 1901). History of Roanoke County by George S. Jack, pp. 57-58: "June, 1862, he enlisted in the Fourth Maryland Artillery . . . . afterwards assigned to duty in the Ordnance Department, with the rank of second lieutenant, under Colonel J. H. Brown, who was Chief of Artillery in the Trans-Mississippi Department, under General Kirby Smith. He acted in that capacity down to the siege of Vicksburg . . . . he served as aide-de-camp on the staff of General Reynolds and took part in all engagements in which General Reynolds participated, up to and including the siege of Vicksburg, and was paroled with Pemberton's Army. His health failing, he was ordered to the mountains and came to Craig County, Virginia. He remained there during the winter of 1863-64 and in the last named year returned to the army, connecting himself with the First Maryland Artillery as a private and served in that capacity until the surrender of Lee at Appomattox."
