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1264 regiment. The company had been under command of his brother, William Whitworth, who had accepted this position temporarily, though physically unable to continue in active service. Upon his resignation before the muster, Louis F. Boisseau became captain. At the reorganization in the spring of 1862, Whitworth was promoted first lieutenant, and after the battle of Sharpsburg, when Captain Boisseau resigned, he was promoted to the captaincy which he continued to hold during the remainder of the war. He participated in all the campaigns of Mahone's brigade, taking part in twenty-seven different battles and skirmishes, chief among which were the Seven Days' fighting before Richmond, ending with the battle of Malvern Hill; Second Manassas, Crampton Gap, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, Mine Run, Culpeper Court House, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Wilcox's Farm, Hatcher's Run and Sailor's Creek. In the fight on the Weldon railroad of June 22, 1864, on the occasion of Wilson's raid, he received a painful gunshot wound in the right shoulder, which disabled him from participation in the famous Crater fight in which his brigade was distinguished. But in all the other important actions of the brigade he was among the most faithful and fearless, and commanded his company in battle with coolness and skill, in practically all of its engagements except Fredericksburg of December, 1862. Finally he surrendered and was paroled with the remnant of Lee's brave men at Appomattox, and then returned to the duties of civil life. During all of the subsequent period, with the exception of four years, 1876-80, spent in farming in Currituck county, N. C., he has been prominently connected with the great railroad transportation business which centers at the cities on the Elizabeth river. For the first eight years he was connected with the Norfolk & Petersburg road, as a passenger engineer, and then as master mechanic of the shops at Norfolk. After 1880 he was master mechanic of the Elizabeth City & Norfolk road, in charge of its shops at Berkley, for nine years, was subsequently for one year master mechanic at Belfield, of the Atlantic & Danville road, which situation he left to accept his present position as master mechanic of the Norfolk & Carolina railroad, the shops of which are now located at Norfolk. Since 1880 Captain Whitworth has been a valued citizen of Berkley, Va., occupying an honorable place in the community, and taking an active and enterprising part in social, business and municipal affairs. He is a vestryman of St. Thomas Episcopal church, is a member of the Masonic order, is present treasurer and past commander of Neimeyer-Shaw camp, United Confederate Veterans, and an honorary member of Pickett-Buchanan camp, of Norfolk, also has served as a member of the common council of Berkley. In 1867 he was married to Emily Brickhouse Smith, daughter of Col. Alexander Smith, a prominent citizen of Currituck county, N. C.

William Wholey, of Staunton, Va., a veteran of Stonewall Jackson's division, is a native of Ireland, his residence in America dating from 1847. He made his home at Staunton in 1853, and six years later entered the military service of his adopted State at the time of the John Brown affair, and aided in the suppression