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Rh the battle of Seven Pines, where, in the first day's fight, he was dangerously wounded, a musket ball piercing the lung. He returned to his command in February, 1863, but was paralyzed in the right arm for eighteen months. He was promoted captain of his company at Manassas, Capt. J. A. Tabb having been killed August 30th. At Gettysburg he took charge of the regiment after Major Langley was wounded, and at the Howlett House, on May 18, 1864, he was wounded by a shell passing over his head about six or eight inches, shocking him until he was unconscious for four or five days. He continued to serve as captain of his gallant company, with unfailing courage and devotion to the cause, until the surrender at Appomattox, Receiving his parole, he returned to Richmond, and, on December 19, 1865, was appointed to the police force of the city by David J. Saunders, then mayor under the military government. In July, ia36, he was appointed roundsman, and in July, 1868, was made acting sergeant, serving in that capacity until the military commander superseded all such officers by his own appointments. When, under the enabling act of 1870, Maj. John Poe, as chief of police, organized the force, Captain Howard was appointed sergeant and assigned to duty with eight men to guard the capitol and governor's mansion. Subsequently assigned to the First district, he was promoted captain, and finally elected chief of police of the city, to succeed Major Poe. As the guardian of the peace of the city, his conduct is marked by the same manly courage which characterized his service as a Confederate soldier. As he obeyed orders without question, he now enforces the laws as he finds them.

John Q. Hozier, now residing at Lambert's Point, near Norfolk, did faithful service in the army of Northern Virginia. He was born in Norfolk county, August 27, 1843. His grandfather, Sampson Hozier, a native of Scotland, was a soldier in the Revolutionary army of the colonies. His father, Joseph Hozier, born at Norfolk, September 21, 1805, died September 21, 1856, was for thirty years captain of the watch at the Norfolk navy yard. His mother, Harriet, daughter of James Godfrey, a farmer, was born in Camden county, N. C., February 14, 1809, and died October 2, 1873. At the age of sixteen Mr. Hozier was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade, and had been thus engaged but a little over two years when he enlisted in the Confederate service, July 15, 1861, as a private in the St. Bride's artillery, commanded by Capt. George A. Martin. With this command he served until the reorganization in March, 1862, when he was transferred to the Floyd Guards, afterward Company K of the Sixty-first Virginia regiment of infantry. In the campaigns and engagements participated in by this regiment, he took part until November 3, 1863, when he was discharged on account of sickness. His disability was such that he was unable to re-enter the military service. As soon as sufficiently recovered he resumed his trade, to which he has since given his principal attention, with notable success. He was a good soldier and is an upright citizen. March 11, 1864, he was married to Roberta M. Cutler, and they have four children living, Leon, Hattie R., Ethel and Hazel. Two sons deceased were John C., killed by lightning at the age of twelve years, and Joseph E. Johnston. The eldest son, a soldierly youth, is a member of the Fourth Virginia regiment.