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956 James W. Huntington, of Alexandria, was born in Fairfax county, Va., January 2, 1842, and resided at Alexandria at the outbreak of the war of the Confederacy. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted in Kemper's battery as a private, and subsequently served with this artillery command in all its engagements until the latter part of the year 1863, when he joined the cavalry command of Major Davis. During the remainder of the war he participated in many brisk fights as a member of this troop, and at Forrestville, Va., a short time before the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, he received, while engaged with the enemy, a gunshot wound just above the right eye, which caused a severe injury. In April, 1865, he surrendered with his command at Moorefield, W.Va., and, after his parole, returned to Alexandria, where he has since continued to reside. On coming back to civil life from the army he found himself without means or occupation, and was compelled for a time to peddle upon the streets to obtain a livelihood. With bravery equal to that displayed on the field of battle, he worked on, and was soon able to open a grocery store, which he conducted for fifteen years. Subsequently he conducted a restaurant, and of recent years has been in the wholesale and retail fish trade at Alexandria. He is an active member of R. E. Lee camp, No. 2, of United Confederate Veterans.

Westwood Hutchison, of Manassas, Va., was born in Loudoun county, Va., October 7, 1846. A boy of fourteen at the beginning of hostilities, he was educated at home and grew up to enter service as a soldier. He enlisted in the Confederate States army in September, 1864, in the eighteenth year of his age, at Petersburg, as a private in the Thirty-ninth Virginia battalion. After a brief service with this command he was detached for duty as a picket on the Rappahannock river, where he performed soldierly service during the following winter and until the time of Appomattox. At the battle of Gordonsville he served as courier for General Lomax, discharged this important duty in a satisfactory style, and also participated in a soldierly manner in several skirmishes. At the end of the war he returned to his home and engaged in farming in Prince William county until 1896, meeting with success and holding an influential position among the people of the county. He served as magistrate and as deputy county treasurer, and, in 1891 and 1895, was elected to the office of county treasurer. In 1896 he removed to Manassas and took the position of cashier of the National bank of that city, to which he had been elected by the stockholders. Mr. Hutchison is proud of his service in the army of Northern Virginia and maintains his comradeship with the survivors by membership in Ewell camp of Confederate Veterans. He is a communicant of the Baptist church, of which he has officiated as deacon for the past twenty-five years. He was married in 1871 to Miss Susan Ish, of Loudoun county, and they have ten children living.

Lieutenant Samuel John Hutton, of Glade Spring, Washington county, after rendering three years' efficient service in the field for the cause of the Confederacy, suffered imprisonment over a year and was one of the Confederate officers held under fire on Morris island. He was born in Washington county, Va., July 19, 1839, and in that county entered the military service of his State in May, 1861, as a member of Company F, Thirty-seventh Virginia infantry,