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714 Crandel, a Confederate soldier who was mortally wounded at Sharpsburg. They have five children: Charles W., Carrie M., Cora T., Mary Ann, and Robert T. Barlow.

Harvey G. H. Barnes, of Richmond, who added honor to the record of the Second Richmond Howitzers, by his faithful service in the field and heroic endurance of prolonged captivity, entered the Confederate service as a private in the Howitzers about February 22, 1862, being then about eighteen years of age. Soon called into action in the Peninsular campaign, he fought with his command at Winn's Mill, Williamsburg, and the Seven Days' battles before Richmond. In the Maryland campaign that presently followed, he participated in the battles of Williamsport and Sharpsburg, and in December following, shared in the credit of the decisive defeat of the invading Federals at Fredericksburg. In 1863 he was at Brandy Station, fought at Chancellorsville, and in the defeat of Milroy at Winchester, and reached the field of Gettysburg in the afternoon of the second day's fight. He was engaged at once, and until the night of the third day, when he was captured by Kilpatrick's command. Subsequently he served as a prisoner of war through the autumn and winter of 1863, the whole of 1864, and the spring of 1865, until March of that year, when he was exchanged. At once reporting for duty at Richmond, he was granted a furlough, but he returned to the front a week later, and joined the Howitzers at Fort Clifton, on the line of Petersburg defenses. After the brief but gallant service which ensued, he joined in the retreat, and fought in the rear guard of the army at Sailor's Creek, where he had the misfortune to be again captured. Sent to City Point and Newport News, he was detained there until his parole in June, 1865. Since the war he has occupied an honorable position in the community, and is now employed as paying teller of the State bank. He is an active member of the Howitzer association.

Captain O. W. Barrow, a gallant veteran of Pickett's division, now a citizen of Danville, is one of three brothers who served in the army of Northern Virginia. Their parents were Benjamin Barrow, of Dinwiddie county, and Susan Ann Watkins, of Henry county, who were married in 1835. Robert P. Barrow, the second son, was a medical student at the beginning of the Confederate era, promptly enlisted as a private in Company H, Twenty-fourth Virginia infantry, was detailed in the medical department of the regiment, and was killed at Williamsburg, May S, 1862, while trying to rescue the body of George Houston, the color-bearer of his regiment. William W., the youngest, enlisted as a private in the same company, and served throughout the four years, with promotion to sergeant. He was seriously wounded at Cold Harbor. His death occurred March 4, 1889. O. W. Barrow, the oldest, born in Henry county, April 15, 1836, left his occupation as a clerk to enlist, June S, 1861, in the same company with his two brothers, and during the first year of service became quartermaster-sergeant of the regiment. At the reorganization, May 10, 1862, he was elected captain of the company, the rank he held during the three years of war which followed. At Seven Pines he was severely wounded in the left hip, and was not able to resume command of his company until the battle of Fredericksburg, when he was again wounded, but slightly. At Gettysburg he commanded the skirmish line on Pickett's right. At the reunion on this battlefield in 1887, Captain