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1008 Lieutenant Arthur L. Lumsden, a well-known and responsible business man of Richmond, was born at Petersburg, Va., in 1842, where he was reared and educated. In 1860 he made his home at Richmond and there entered the Confederate service. The Virginia Life Guards were organized in January, 1861, under Capt. John Stewart Walker, and the commission was issued by Governor Letcher, February 9th. Of this company Lumsden became a member, with the rank of sergeant, on May 14, 1861. On May 21, 1861, he went with his command to Camp Lee and was assigned to the Third Virginia regiment of infantry, under command of Col. Thomas P. August. On the 24th of May he left, with his regiment, for the peninsula, and from that time until Appomattox fought gallantly through all the campaigns, his bravery and coolness in action leading to continual promotion. After July 10, 1863, he held the rank of second lieutenant, and soon afterward was promoted adjutant of the regiment. At Sailor's Creek he commanded the regiment. He participated in the initial battle at Big Bethel, and, subsequently, at Lee's Mill, Dam No. 2, Williamsburg, Cold Harbor, Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Frayser's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Bachelors' Creek, N. C., Fort Craig, N. C., New Bern, N. C., Drewry's Bluff, Fort Harrison, Ashland, Chester Gap, the recapture of Howlett House, Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox, and was in Tennessee with Ransom's division. After being paroled at Appomattox, he returned to Richmond and embarked in the jewelry trade, which he abandoned in 1872 to conduct a grocery and commission business at Petersburg. In 1881 he returned to Richmond and soon afterward again engaged in the jewelry business, in which he has continued with much success, being now associated with his brother as successors to his father. Since the war he has served conspicuously in the State military forces as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. A. L. Phillips. He is a member of the George E. Pickett camp. Confederate Veterans.

Captain Warren Seymour Lurty, now a prominent attorney at Harrisonburg, Va., is a native of Clarksburg and a cousin of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He entered the Confederate service in the spring of 1861, at Harper's Ferry, as a private in the Staunton artillery. Subsequently he became adjutant of the Nineteenth Virginia cavalry regiment and was promoted adjutant-general on the staff of Gen. William L. Jackson. He held for some time the rank of captain of Lurty's battery and served as such on the Petersburg lines. Upon the fall of Major Jackson, of Tennessee, he was promoted, as senior captain, to the command of the artillery battalion, and two hours later was captured by Custer's division. From that time until June 17, 1865, he was confined as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Resuming the practice of law, he was appointed by President Grant United States attorney, the duties of which office he performed with ability for a period of ten years. He also served for a time as the first United States marshal for Oklahoma, resigning that position to return to his Virginia home.

William L. Lushbaugh, of Staunton, Va., is a native of that city, born September 29, 1829. His grandfather was a native of Germany. His father, Adam Lushbaugh, was born in Staunton in 1799 and died there in 1879. Mr. Lushbaugh was reared and