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Rh 1865, and applied himself to the duties of civil life. He was busied with farm work until the latter part of 1868, when he embarked in mercantile business, in which he continued to be engaged until 1886. Since then he has given his entire attention to the management of the Eagle Mills, in which he has met with notable success, though suffering severe loss on two occasions by fire. Mr. Munt was born in Prince George county in 1844, the son of John H. Munt, a farmer and prominent citizen of that county, who died in 1866. H. F. Munt was married in 1870 to Miss Rosa, daughter of Joseph R. Seward. He takes an active interest in the welfare of his city and has served with efficiency four years on the city council.

Captain C. W. Murdaugh, a prominent attorney of Portsmouth, was associated with the Confederate States, both in a military and a civil official capacity, holding a seat in the Virginia legislature through the struggle and also serving as a distinguished officer of the Sixty-first regiment. He was born at Portsmouth, December 28, 1828, the son of James and Mary (Riddick) Murdaugh. He was educated at William and Mary college, where he was graduated, July 4, 1848, after which he entered the university of Virginia for the study of law. After completing his professional studies he began the practice at Portsmouth, in 1852, and continued laying the foundation for a successful professional career until his work was interrupted by the threatening events of 1861. On April 19th of that momentous year, he entered the service of Virginia as commissary of the Third regiment, but resigned that position and, on June 16th, re-enlisted as lieutenant of Company I of the gallant Sixty-first infantry. The fortunes of this command and its operations in Mahone's brigade and Anderson's division, he shared until the close cf the war, receiving promotion, in recognition of his faithful and meritorious services, to the rank of captain in 1864. Prominent among the engagements in which he participated were the battles before Richmond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Salem Church. In the latter fight. May 3, 1863, he was severely wounded. Throughout the war he also served as a member of the legislature, an official station which would have exempted him from military service if he had cared to avail himself of the legal exemption. After the close of the war he resumed his practice with notable success and, in addition to his work as a lawyer in general practice, he has served acceptably two years as commonwealth attorney and six years as judge of the Hustings court of Portsmouth. He is a past commander of Stonewall camp, Confederate Veterans, and is a Scottish rite Mason, Knight Templar and member of the Elks. Captain Murdaugh was married, August 13, 1856, to Eugenia Dickson, and of their fourteen children seven survive.

John Murphy, a well-known citizen of Richmond, Va., who rendered gallant service as a private in several noted commands during the war of the Confederacy, came to America, in 1850, from his native city of Cork, Ireland. He made his home at Lynchburg until 1852, when he removed to Richmond and, in the succeeding years, becoming a great admirer of the old commonwealth and thoroughly devoted to the cause of his adopted State, was among the first to enlist in her defense in April, 1861. He became a member of that spirited body of Irish soldiers, known as "The Emmett Guards," which was assigned to the Fifteenth Virginia regiment of infantry.