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Rh pieces. He was in the act of firing his revolver when a bullet struck his bridle arm and another plowed a furrow across his breast and pierced his other arm. He was carried back by his men to Veedersville and thence conveyed to Culpeper, where he passed a weary night amid the cries of about three thousand fellow sufferers. The rank of major was secured and tendered him at the request of the officers of the Laurel brigade, with the wish that he be assigned to the position of quartermaster in that brigade, but the promotion was declined on account of his wounds. Afterward removed to Lexington, he remained there, upon post service, until the close of the war, witnessing at that place the visit of the remnant of Jackson's brigade, 239 out of 3,300 enlisted, to the grave of their great commander. Since the war he has taken great interest in preserving and honoring the memory of his fallen comrades. He was one of five who removed the remains of General Ashby from Charlottesville to Winchester, and assisted in burying the Confederate dead at Charlestown, W. Va. He maintains a membership in Pickett-Buchanan camp. His occupation in the years of peace was as a merchant until 1869, when he removed to Norfolk and entered the insurance business, his present calling. At Norfolk he has taken a creditable part in the development of the city, has served as a member of the city council, is a member of the Masonic order and active in the Presbyterian church, of which he has been an elder for forty years. He was married in 1850 to Mary, daughter of Samuel Cameron, prominent in railroad circles and a member of the Virginia legislature.

Lieutenant William F. Hunter, prior to his death a resident of Princess Anne county, was in the Virginia cavalry in the command of Major Burrows, but on account of poor health, was but a short time in the service. He afterward located in Princess Anne county and died after the close of the war, about 1878. Hillary M. Hunter, a brother, was also in the Virginia cavalry in the same command, which he followed throughout the struggle, afterward locating in Princess Anne county, and died about 1880. H. T. Hunter, M. D., a surviving brother of those above mentioned, and for many years identified with the medical profession of the State, was born in Princess Anne county, Va., in 1840, the son of William Hunter, a well-known and influential planter of that county. His mother was Mary Ann Thompson, daughter of Henry Thompson, a native of Virginia, whose life was devoted to a seafaring career. He received his academic education in private schools, and in the institution conducted by Prof. N. B. Webster at Portsmouth, and during one year attended the medical department of the university of Virginia. Then, in preparation for the medical profession, he entered the university of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated as doctor of medicine in 1861. He embarked in the practice in Princess Anne county, and remained there until 1882, when he removed to Norfolk, where he has since resided and has gained a large practice and a wide reputation as a skillful physician and honorable gentleman. He is a member of the city and State medical societies, is fraternally connected with the orders of Masons, Heptasophs, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Honor, and Legion of Honor; and is a communicant of the Freemason street Baptist church. By his marriage in 1871, to Miss Fanny G. C. Dozier, he has two children, Edmond Dozier, and a daughter, Mary T.