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Rh in the work of Pickett's division at Gettysburg, and in the fighting around Richmond and Petersburg he received three wounds, was captured a few days before the Confederate capital was abandoned and soon afterward paroled. Returning to Cumberland, he resumed farming as soon as injuries permitted, and later went to Georgia where he conducted a saw mill for two years. He then made his home at Amherst, and, after farming until 1882, he entered the mercantile business at the town of Amherst. In 1873 he was married to Miss Anna D. Quarles, and they have two children.

Captain Hugh S. Doggett, of Fredericksburg, Va., a venerable veteran of the army of Northern Virginia, is the son of Lemuel Doggett, a soldier of the war of 1812. The latter married Sarah Meredith Doggett in 1810, and three of their children survive: L. B. Doggett, of Chicago, late a private of the Thirtieth Virginia regiment; James M. Doggett, of Spottsylvania county, and Capt. Hugh S. Doggett. The latter was born at Fredericksburg, May 11, 1816, and was reared there and in that vicinity until he was sixteen years old, when he entered upon an apprenticeship. After learning his trade he was thrown out of employment during the financial crisis of 1837, and, failing to find work in Baltimore and other cities, he embarked in the grocery trade, which has been his steady occupation during the past sixty years, except when in the Confederate service. November 28, 1844, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of William Burress, of Caroline county. From his eighteenth year Captain Doggett was a member of the volunteer company at Fredericksburg, which became Company B of the Thirtieth regiment, and with it he went into service immediately upon the secession of Virginia, as first lieutenant. On the day following the one on which the State went out of the Union he was in battle at Aquia Creek with Federal gunboats, and his next battle was at the rout of McDowell's army at Manassas, July 21, 1861. His regiment was then ordered to Goldsboro, N. C., where he was on duty until the spring of 1862. At the reorganization, in May, he was elected captain of Company B, and he commanded his company throughout the Seven Days' battles and the previous fighting about Richmond, at Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and all other battles in which his company participated. At Sharpsburg, he led twenty-five men into the fight and brought back but five, all the others being killed or wounded. He himself received three painful wounds, but, after a furlough of thirty days, resumed command. On the 4th of April, 1864, on account of his advanced age, he was detailed as post-commandant and provost-marshal at Fredericksburg, but still retained his captaincy, First Lieut., James Knox commanding the company during the remainder of its service. Since the war Captain Doggett has been honored by a magistracy and a seat in the city council for many years, and has twice held the office of mayor. His wife died January 13, 1885, and he has but one child living, Mrs. Fannie A. Scott; but through her this worthy Confederate veteran has seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

J. A. Dooley, of Bedford City, served during the Confederate war among the artillerymen who manned the heavy guns in the