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942 Edmund Wilcox Hubard, rector of St. Paul's church, at Salem, Va., achieved an honorable record during the war of the Confederacy as a private in the cavalry of the army of Northern Virginia. He was born in Buckingham county in 1841, and there reared and educated. In the fall of 1863 he entered the military service, becoming a member of Company K of the Fourth Virginia cavalry. With this command he served during the remainder of the war, his record embracing participation in the cavalry engagements at Spottsylvania, from Spottsylvania to Yellow Tavern, Todd's Tavern, skirmishes with Sheridan's cavalry from Spottsylvania to Richmond, Hawe's Shop, Meadow Bridge, near Pole Green Church, Opequan Creek, near Winchester, the fight at Winchester under Early, Front Royal, Millwood, Weir's Cave and Waynesboro. At the engagement near Pole Green church he was struck on the head by a musket ball and disabled in consequence about three months. At the disastrous affair of Waynesboro he was again badly wounded, in the left hip, and disabled from the last of September until the spring of 1865. He was able to return to his command before the evacuation of Petersburg, and he served faithfully at Five Forks and during the retreat, at High Bridge and Amelia Springs. After the latter encounter he went to his home to procure a fresh horse, and, before his return was possible, the war came to an end. In September, 1865, he entered the theological seminary at Alexandria, Va., where he was graduated in 1868. In the same year he was ordained deacon in the Protestant Episcopal church, and priest in June, 1869. His service for the church, which immediately began, was rendered from the fall of 1868 until July, 1872, at Botetourt parish; at Owensboro, Ky., during the following year, and at Brandon, Va., from 1873 to 1875. Subsequently he was in charge at Lynchburg a year, in Rappahannock county from 1877 to 1880, in Bedford county to 1890, and, since the latter date, at Salem, Va. In 187S Mr. Hubard was married in Louisa county to Julia L. Taylor and their home is blessed with three children. His career in the army of peace has been no less true and devoted than the performance of his duty in the army led by Lee in defense of the homes and the rights of the South.

George W. Hubble, M. D., now a prominent physician at Chilhowie, in southwest Virginia, made a gallant record as a private of the Third Tennessee infantry. He was born in Cass county, Mo., April 24, 1844, and was left an orphan at the age of four years by the death of his father. His mother then removed with her family to the home of her father in Giles county, Tenn., where he was reared to the age of seventeen years. He then, on May 22, 1861, entered the Confederate service, and was mustered in as fifth sergeant of Company D of the Third Tennessee infantry regiment, at Nashville. While in camp at Camp Cheatham he was taken sick and compelled to go home for six weeks, but he rejoined his command at Bowling Green, Ky., a short time before it was ordered to Fort Donelson. In the battle of February 15, he was with his regiment in Col. John C. Brown's brigade of General Buckner's division, in the gallant attack upon Grant's army, driving back the Federals and gaining possession of the road desired for the withdrawal of the garrison. Unfortunately there were delay and errors in the disposition of the forces and Grant received reinforcements which made further attack hopeless. After the capitulation he was