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Flag Officer Whittle in command : from there he was ordered to Ship Point to take command of the heavy guns at that place, co-operating with Colonel Znlokoskie in command of that post. From there he was ordered to take command of the stationery battery on the river front just below York- town. On the evacuation of Yorktown. Captain Hudgins was assigned to duty in the ordnance department at Richmond, where he served until the evacuation. On the surrender of General Lee he started to join General Joseph E. Johnston's army, but was captured by General Wright's Sixth Army corps, and given his parole. Captain Hudgins had a commission as captain of artillery in the Confederate States of Amer- ica, during the Civil war. Captain Robert King Hudgins married, October 25, 1834, Sarali James, born April 13, 1816, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Davenport) White, of Mathews county, "Virginia. Mrs. Hud- gins died August 10, 1891, and is buried by the side of her husband in Norfolk, Vir- ginia. Children of Captain Robert K. and Sarah James (White) Hudgins: James Madison, of whom further; William Ed- v^-ard, of whom further ; Henry Clay, of whom further ; Elizabeth S. ; Robert D. ; Louis Kossuth ; Charles Buckner ; Sarah Frances.

Colonel Henry Clay Hudgins, son of Cap- tain Robert King and Sarah James (White) Hudgins, was born in Mathews county, Vir- ginia, September ig, 1841, died August 6, 1913. His education completed, the out- break of the Civil war found him beginning the business of life in New Orleans, where he accepted, in January, 1861, the position of secretary to Commodore Rousseau, of the Confederate States navy. This he resigned when his state, Virginia, seceded, and prompth' returned to his home and entered the service as a private in the Old Domin- ion Ciuards, one of the first companies of the \'irginia volunteers. He served with this company at Pinner's Point until the evacu- ation of Norfolk, after which the company was assigned to the Ninth Virginia Infan- try, as Company K. With his regiment he participated in the battles of Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Harper's Ferry, Sharpsburg, and Frederickburg, hav- ing previously been promoted to first ser- geant, he was unanimously elected by his company as first lieutenant, 1862. He took

part in the Suffolk and New Bern expedition of Longstreet's corps and Pickett's division and particijjated in the battle of Gettysburg in the historic assault of Pickett's division upon Cemetery Hill, where he was wounded* but escaped capture. Captain Allen, com- manding Company K, having been captured at the "Stonewall" on the same field. Lieu- tenant Hudgins, after he was able to return to duty, assumed command and acted as captain during the remainder of his active service until the end of the war. After the Pennsylvania campaign, Lieutenant Hud- gins was sent with his company to "Camp Lee," Richmond, to recruit and while sta- tioned there as senior officer in command of "Camp Lee" l-iattalion, co-operated with local defense in protecting the city against the raid of Kilpatrick's cavalry. Having rejoined his regiment, he participated in sev- eral engagements around Richmond and at I'.ermuda Hundred, finally surrendering to General Wright's army corps, near Danville, \'irginia. He was paroled and returned home. Since the war, at the reorganization of his old company in 1875, he was elected captain and upon the organization of the I'ourth \'irginia Regiment, he was chosen its first colonel, August 29, 1882. Colonel Hudgins has served as commander of Stone- vv'all Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Ports- mouth, Virginia.

Henry Clay Hudgins married, in Ports- mouth, Virginia. January 8, 1867, Lucrece Langhorne, born October 16, 1848, died Sep- tember 10, 1898, daughter of Maurice and Lucrece (Bilisoly) Langhorne. Children all born in Portsmouth: i. Charlotte Ruth, married F. Nash Bilisoly (q. v.). 2. Mary Elizabeth, born January 27, 1870, died June 28, 1899. 3. Henry Langhorne (q. v.). 4. Maurice Robert (q. v.). 5. Nannie Lucrece, born May 18, 1876, unmarried, living in Portsmouth. 6. Morgan Hughes, born De- cember 4, 1878. 7. J. Bilisoly (q. v.). 8. Augustus Kossuth, died in infancy. 9. Fitzhugh Lee (q. v.). 10. Elizabeth Win- field, born November 16, 1889, died October 1 8, 1894.

Henry Langhorn Hudgins. Henry Lang- horn Hudgins, eldest son of Colonel Henry Clay and Lucrece (Langhorne) Hudgins, was born in Portsmouth, in 1871. He was educated in the public schools, passing thr(jugh all grades and finishing the high