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788 there reared and educated. On April 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company D of the Fourth Virginia regiment of infantry, which was assigned to the brigade commanded by Gen. T. J. Jackson, and which won immortality at the first battle of Manassas. Campbell served as a private until July, 1863, when he was promoted second lieutenant, and after the capture of the captain and first lieutenant at Gettysburg, he commanded his company during the remainder of his service. He participated in the battle of First Manassas, sharing in the famous stand made by his brigade, and took part in the Valley campaign until the battle of Kernstown, where he was captured and subsequently held as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware until August 5, 1862. Returning to his regiment he fought at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Bristoe Station, during the three days' battle at Gettysburg, the fighting at the Rapidan in December, 1863, and the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, when, in the first day's fighting he was badly wounded in the left hip and rendered incapable of further military service during the continuance of the war. After the close of the hostilities he occupied himself for a year in keeping a hotel in his native county, but in September, 1866, he removed to Richmond and embarked in business. His worth as a citizen was soon recognized at Richmond, and he was five times elected to the city council, serving in all ten years, during two terms holding the position of president of the council. He now holds the position of lumber inspector for the city. On July 2, 1866, he was commissioned by Gov. F. H. Pierpont as captain in the One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment, Twenty-fifth brigade, and Fifth division of Virginia militia, but resigned the commission in the following September. He maintains membership in both the Lee and Pickett camps of Confederate veterans at Richmond, and is a charter member of the Jefferson Davis monumental association. Captain Campbell was married July 27, 1864, to Miss Anna C. Whiting, who died in September, 1891, leaving five children. On February 22, 1893, he was married to Miss Leah Stonebreaker, of Fredericksburg. Joseph S. Campbell, brother of the foregoing, served as a private in Captain Campbell's company from June, 1862, until he was captured at the battle of Five Forks. At the time of the assassination of President Lincoln he was confined in the Old Capitol prison.

Leonard O. Capps, late of Norfolk, abandoned his youthful studies at the outbreak of the war to enter the military service as a member of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues. This company was organized in 1828, and turned out in full ranks April 19, 1861, served faithfully throughout the war, and at the close was probably the largest company in the Confederate service, having more than 150 men ready for duty in the spring of 1865. Capt. Jacob Vickery was first in command, but Capt. Charles R. Grandy had charge of the company during the greater part of the war. The battery served at Craney island, Boush's bluff and Sewell's Point until May, 1862, and had several engagements with the enemy. It then served about Petersburg and Richmond until the fall of 1862, when it was ordered to the Rappahannock, and in December took part in the battle of Fredericksburg. The battery opened the fight at Chancellorsville, took part in the battles of Gettysburg and Bristoe Station, were at the front from the Wilderness