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944 die right here." His words were magical and, calling to his aid Lieutenant Seymore of the Tenth Tennessee, both regiments were quickly reformed and moved up to the crest of the ridge to stay. Lieutenant Seymore was one of the Light brigade and was wounded twice at the charge of Balaklava. The regiment called Colonel Walker "Old Bailie." Dr. Hubble was severely wounded in this battle, his right leg being crushed by two pieces of shell, and he was no longer able to serve on the field. Removing to Virginia after the war, he studied medicine at Bellevue and Long Island college hospitals and established himself in the practice at Chilhowie.

Captain John M. Hudgin, Bowling Green, Va., was born in Caroline county in 1839. His father was Robert Hudgin, who held the office of clerk of Caroline county about sixty years and died at the age of ninety. His mother was Sarah Graham, daughter of Walter Graham of Prince William, and Sarah Richards of Stafford county, and closely related to the Grahams, of Prince William county, Va., who were descended from John Graham of Hilern, in the shire of Sterling, Scotland. John Graham was the grandfather of Col. Thomas Montrose Graham of the Eleventh United States infantry, who was killed at the city of Mexico; also James D. Graham, of topographical engineers, an officer of mark who graduated with distinction in 1817; and Gen. Lawrence Pike Graham, who distinguished himself in the Florida wars and fought in the Federal army in the civil war between the States. These three officers were descended from Dr. William Graham, of Prince William county, Va., who also served gallantly as an officer in the Revolutionary struggle. By both ancestral lines Captain Hudgin is connected with worthy colonial families. He was educated in the private schools of his native county and at Lynchburg college, and, in 1861, entered the law department of the university of Virginia, intending to prepare himself for the profession of law. Almost simultaneously, however, the State allied itself with the Confederacy, and, upon the call for troops, young Hudgin entered the Confederate service as a member of the Thirtieth regiment of infantry. In 1861 his command was stationed at Aquia creek under General Holmes, guarding the Potomac river, thence reinforced the army at Manassas, and subsequently did duty in North Carolina and east Tennessee. In the campaign of 1862 he commanded his company, and with his regiment occupied Loudoun Heights during the investment of Harper's Ferry by General Jackson's command. At this time the regiment was part of the brigade of Gen. John G. Walker, who had command of the division in which it was placed. The company was actively engaged in the battle of September 17th, at Sharpsburg, from beginning to end. As sharpshooters they held position, at the opening, on the extreme right of the army, but about 10 a. m.. Walker's command was hurried to the support of the extreme left (Hudgin's battalion of sharpshooters following promptly), where the Confederates were being pressed back. The regiment was falling back when Hudgin went into battle. General Walker, in his official report, said, "The division advanced in splendid style, firing and cheering as they went, and, in a few minutes, cleared the woods, strewing it with the enemy's wounded and dead. Colonel Manning, with the Forty-sixth and Forty-eighth North Carolina and Thirtieth Virginia, not content with the possession of the woods, dashed forward in gallant style,