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army establishment became colonel of the Eighteenth Virginia Infantry Regiment, which he commanded from the battle of Bull Run to the second Cold Harbor, in 1864. In the last named engagement, he was severely wounded and incapacitated for fur- ther service in the field. On recovering sufficiently he was placed in charge of the extensive prisons and hospitals at Dan- ville, Virginia, where he rendered services of great value until the close of the war. He located in Lynchburg in January, 1866, and became editor of the Lynchburg "News," a daily newspaper devoted to the interests of the Conservative party ; later he occupied a similar position on the Richmond "En- ouirer." In 1868 he was the Conservative

candidate for governor, and was defeated In 1873 he was a presidential elector on the Greeley ticket, and was elected lieutenant- governor. He was elected in 1874 to the United States senate, as a Conservative, to succeed John F. Lewis, and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. In 1885 he was then appointed consul at Hong Kong, China, by President Cleveland, served air' such for a term of four years, when he resigned, and took up his residence in Wytheville, Virginia. He took an active part in the aflfairs of the Protestant Episco- pal church, and represented his diocese in general conventions for many years. He died in Wytheville, Virginia, September 21, 1907.