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1288 of Private Woods to his staff, which was accordingly made, and Woods was commissioned first lieutenant of cavalry by Governor Letcher. He served as adjutant-general of the First brigade of Floyd's command, participating in the engagements near Prestonburg and Pikesville, Ky., in the winter of 1862, and until the disbandment of the State line in April, 1863. He was then elected and commissioned first lieutenant of Jackson's battery of horse artillery attached to Jenkins' cavalry brigade. With this command he fought in the action near Harrisburg and the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and at Hanover Junction, Totopotomoy, Second Cold Harbor, Lynchburg, New Market, Lewisburg, Droop Mountain, Winchester and Fisher's Hill, in 1864. At the time of the surrender of the army his battery was stationed in southwest Virginia with Johnson's battery, and they remained organized, not being aware of the condition of affairs, until a week or more after April 9th. At Gettysburg Lieutenant Woods was slightly wounded by a shell, and at Second Cold Harbor he received a scratch from a minie ball, but neither injury required him to leave the field. Since the close of hostilities he has been prominent in the legal profession, has served for twenty-seven years as attorney for the commonwealth in Albemarle county, for four years has been a member of the board of visitors of the university of Virginia, and has filled many positions of trust and honor in the State. He has always been highly regarded by his old comrades in arms. In 1883 he was elected captain of the old "Monticello Guards," of Charlottesville, who made a gallant record in Pickett's division, and he has been one of the foremost in the organization of the Confederate veterans. He was commissioned in 1893 as brigadier-general of the Second brigade in the Virginia division of United Confederate veterans, and as such has commanded a brigade of veterans in the great veteran assemblages at Richmond, Nashville and Atlanta. Besides holding this position in the United Confederate Veterans' association, he is now the commander of the John Bowie Strange camp, C. V., at Charlottesville, Va.

Lindsay Woodson, of Albemarle county, in the time of trial was faithful to Virginia, and his family added new deeds of lustre to the honorable record of the lineage which began in America with the coming of Dr. John Woodson to Virginia in 1624. An ancestor in the Revolutionary period, Tarleton Woodson, served as a major in the continental army, and while on duty in New York was captured by the British. In the same State he was married, and after the war he made his home in Prince Edward county, Va., and became prominent in public affairs, frequently representing his county in the State legislature, and serving as major-general of State militia. Another ancestor, Silas Woodson, held the office of governor of Virginia. Samuel Hughes Woodson, of the Kentucky branch of the family, served in Congress from 1821 to 1825. Many other positions of honor have been held by members of the family, which is one of the most distinguished in the land. It is connected also with other famous families. The mother of Thomas Jefferson was Jane Woodson, and there are close connections with the Randolphs and Tuckers of Virginia. Lindsay Woodson married Pemelia Kinsolving Garland, daughter of Clifton Garland, an attorney and man of wealth, and his wife, Mary