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CAPTAINS
CAPTAIN JAMES YATES BRAGG.
BY H. P. BRAGG.
Captain James Yates Bragg, son of James Ross and Sarah Yates Bragg, was born near Lindsay, Albemarle County, Va., November 4th, 1843.
He entered the Confederate service in April, 1861, at the age of eighteen, holding the rank of first sergeant of the company he helped to organize-Company E, Nineteenth Virginia Regi- ment of Infantry. He was in Pickett's famous charge, and was twice promoted on the field. He saw every man in his com-
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pany fall in that great charge, and was one of the few who reached the stone wall and broke through the first line of de- fense. He was taken prisoner, but the spirit and fearlessness of the young officer was shown when he refused to surrender his sword to a Yankee sergeant who rudely attempted to dis- arm him. "I will surrender my sword only to an officer of my own rank," he said, "and the only way you can get it is to kill me." An officer near by, noting the contention, approached and courteously intervened. On the receipt of the sword the offi- cer stated that he would always keep it as a memento of the occasion and incident, and later showed the young prisoner many favors. This sword was a gift from Colonel C. S. Peyton, who in later years spoke of Captain Bragg as, "A gallant offi- cer of soldierly bearing, well fitted for his position, and always performing his duties in a most satisfactory and military man- ner."
Captain Bragg was imprisoned at Fort Delaware, Point Lookout, and finally taken to the officers' prison on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie. He was later exchanged, and surrendered with Lee at Appomattox.
After the surrender he returned to his native country, and in a short time married Miss Ella V. Fitz, daughter of the late James Fitz, prominent citizen and author. He made his home near Stony Point, Albemarle County, Virginia, where he en- gaged in farming for many years. Owing to a paralytic stroke in 1912, he was forced to retire from active life, and his re- maining years were spent among his children. He was full of reminiscences of the great struggle, and never tired of telling of the many and interesting experiences of that eventful period.
Captain Bragg died at the home of his son, Henry P. Bragg, of Richmond, Virginia, on the 9th of April, 1919, in the 77th year of his age, and on the fifty-fourth anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He left a widow and eight children. In obedience to his last request, he was buried in the Confed- erate Soldier's Section in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.
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CAPTAIN HOWE PEYTON COCHRAN.
BY MRS. JOHN M. PRESTON.
Howe Peyton Cochran, fourth son of John Cochran and his wife Margaret Lynn Lewis, was born in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, September, 1834, and died in Staunton, Virginia, Sep- tember 28th, 1892. He was educated at "Hanover Academy" and at the University of Virginia, graduating from the latter in- stitution.
He married, first, Miss N. L. Carrington, who left one son. His second wife was Miss Jennie Lewis Kent, by whom he had one daughter.
He devoted himself to literary pursuits and attained an en- viable reputation as a scholar. Before the war he was Assist- ant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia. He entered the army at the first call, and was in Magruder's com- mand near Williamsburg, with the title of Captain. In 1863 he was transferred to the Ordnance Department of Pickett's Di- vision with the title of Major.
He was a member of the Charlottesville Presbyterian Church.
CAPTAIN JOHN LEWIS COCHRAN.
BY MRS. JOHN M. PRESTON.
John Lewis Cochran was the eldest of eight brothers, six of whom grew to manhood and served in the Confederate States Army.
'He was educated entirely in Virginia and was a graduate of the University of Virginia.
He was born August 22nd, 1827, the son of John Cochran and his wife Margaret Lynn Lewis, and was reared in Char- lottesville. After graduating he began the practice of law here. He was for some years editor of the Charlottesville Advocate, and was early elected Commonwealth's Attorney. After the close of the war he was made Judge of the County Court, and in this capacity had charge of the organizing and building of the Miller School near Crozet.
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He married (August 27th, 1868) Mrs. Mary James Massie of Chillicothe, Ohio, to which union three children were born- John Lewis Cochran of Denver, Colorado, Mary Massie Coch- ran (Mrs. Lee Thurman of Columbus, Ohio) deceased, and William Lynn Cochran, who died upon reaching manhood.
Through his father Judge Cochran was the descendant of the families of Moffett and McDowell, and through his mother, of the Prestons and Lewises, all names well and honorably known in the history of America as soldiers, statesmen and patriots.
Judge Cochran was always, to the end of his life, interested in everything pertaining to the uplift and growth of Charlottes- ville and Albemarle County. He was a Mason and held promi- nent offices in the organization. Late in life he was confirmed in the Episcopal church by Bishop Whittle. He died March 16th, 1900, mourned by the entire community, for he was be- loved and admired by all who knew him.
John Lewis Cochran volunteered at the first call to arms and entered the Confederate service as First-Lieutenant, Albemarle Rifles, Company B, Nineteenth Virginia Regiment of which R. T. W. Duke was captain. He succeeded to the captaincy when Captain Duke was promoted, and as such was with the company in several campaigns until he was elected Judge Ad- vocate of Longstreet's Corps, in which capacity he served until the end of the war.
By reference to letters, written on the field and in camp, we find he was present at the following battles and skirmishes : Fairfax Court House; Fredericksburg, December, 1862; The Maryland Campaign, under Captain Duke; Chancellorsville, May, 1863; Spotsylvania C. H., May 13th, 1864; Cold Harbor, second fight, June 3rd, 1864; and "The Crater" at Petersburg, July 1864. His military court was for many months stationed at various places in the southwestern part of the State, and in east Tennessee at Russellville, Jonesboro, Morristown and Bristol; but from June, 1864, until the end, between Richmond and Petersburg. '
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CAPTAIN JOHN C. CULIN.
BY C. B. LINNEY.
Captain J. C. Culin was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, and as a young man moved to Richmond, where he was an active member of the Richmond Grays. Previous to the war he came to Charlottesville to live, and was elected Captain of the Monticello Guard, Company A, Nineteenth Virginia In- fantry. He served during the war, and was wounded seven times, in fact, wounded in nearly every battle in which he par- ticipated. He was a born soldier and a fine drill master. He lost a leg at the battle of Five Forks, and was taken prisoner. After the war he engaged in business in Charlottesville, and was al- ways an active member of the Monticello Guard. In 1881, he was appointed Assistant Quartermaster of the Third Regiment of Virginia Volunteers. He was generous to a fault, kind- hearted, and had many friends. He died December 14th, 1890.
CAPTAIN EUGENE DAVIS.
BY DR. JOHN STAIGE DAVIS.
Eugene Davis, son of John A. G. Davis and Mary Jane Ter- rel, his wife, was born at Prospect Hill, Middlesex County, Vir- ginia, March, 1822. He was brought to Albemarle County in 1824, living first in Charlottesville for two years at the "old corner" on High Street. His parents then moved to "The Farm," which his father had purchased from the Lewis estate. He attended the University of Virginia from 1835 to 1840, and graduated with the degrees of M. A. and B. L.
His marriage to Miss Patsy Morris, of the Green Springs, took place in 1844. He practiced law in Charlottesville up to the death of his wife in 1847. Thereafter until the outbreak of the Civil War he engaged in farming, to which he was always devoted, and which he resumed after the surrender.
On the outbreak of hostilities in. 1861, he collected a troop of ยท cavalry, called the Albemarle Light-Horse, and was elected its Captain. In this capacity he fought through the First Battle of
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Manassas, but was afterward attacked by a severe digestive dis- order, from which he never entirely recovered. After a year's illness he regained his health in some degree and for several months was attached to General Pendleton's Staff during the battles around Richmond. After this voluntary detail, he en- listed as a private in the Clark Cavalry and saw service in a number of engagements during the next two years, until he was captured at the battle of Yellow Tavern.
His first incarceration was at Point Lookout, Maryland, but later he was transferred to Elmira, New York. There he worked and suffered many hardships during the fall and winter of '64 and '65. During this time a large school amongst his fel- low prisoners was started by him, the few necessary books be- ing supplied by some generous and considerate Northern friends. He was finally exchanged and reached home a few days before Lee's surrender.
From that time Charlottesville was his residence, until 1874, when the move was made to his cherished farm, "Willoughby," two miles south of the city, and where he died on May 19th, 1894.
Up to his last day he maintained an active and efficient in- terest in the civic and religious life of the community.
He served one term as Mayor of Charlottesville, was the first County Superintendent of Sunday Schools, and was a mem- ber of the vestry of Christ Church for forty years.
CAPTAIN JAMES MERCER GARNETT.
BY MILTON W. HUMPHREYS.
James Mercer Garnett was born at Aldie, Loudoun County, Virginia, April 24th, 1840, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 18th, 1916. His father was Theodore Stanford Gar- nett, his mother Florentina Isadora (Moreno) Garnett.
Having been prepared at the Episcopal High School of Vir- ginia, he entered the University in 1857 and received the de- gree of Master of Arts in 1859. Having taught school a year,
JAMES MERCER GARNETT CAPTAIN, ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY, C. S. A. Prof. English Language and Literature, University of Virginia
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he was pursuing a graduate course at the University in 1860-61, when he went out with one of the two companies of volunteers formed there, and on July 13th he became a member of the Rockbridge Artillery. He participated in the battle of Ma- nassas and subsequent engagements with distinguished bravery. In 1862 he was made First Lieutenant of Infantry and later Second Lieutenant of Artillery. He rendered very efficient service as aide-de-camp, and having been promoted to the rank of Captain, he was assigned to ordnance duty. To the end at Appomattox he was Chief of Ordnance of Rodes's (Grimes's) Division. He is repeatedly cited in reports by his superior offi- cers, including "Stonewall" Jackson, for gallantry and general efficiency.
After the war he devoted himself to education and author- ship. The positions he held were as follows:
1865-6, Licentiate in Ancient Languages, University of Vir- ginia.
1866-7, Professor of Greek and Mathematics, Louisiana State University.
1867-8, Assistant Principal, Episcopal High School of Vir- ginia.
1869-70, Student in Berlin and Leipsic.
1870-1880, President of St. John's College, Annapolis, Mary- land.
1880-82, Principal of Garnett's University School, Ellicott City, Md.
1882-1896, Professor of English, University of Virginia.
1896-7, Professor of English, Goucher College, Baltimore.
He spent the remainder of his life in Baltimore, teaching privately and doing literary work.
Professor Garnett published histories and sketches of several members of his paternal line, all men of distinction, and made numerous important contributions to Virginia and Confederate history, including a history of the University of Virginia (1904).
He ably advocated scholarly methods in teaching English and
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was the author of several papers and addresses on the subject, and also of several text-books, including an excellent transla- tion of Beowulf. He also published articles on various other subjects, especially biblical.
He was a member of numerous organizations, including the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and was president of the American Dialect Society (1890-91) and of the American Philological As- sociation (1893-4).
He was an ardent lover of the Confederate cause and was largely or chiefly instrumental in the formation of the John Bowie Strange Camp of Confederate Veterans, of which he was a Lieutenant-Commander from its organization in 1889 until 1892, when he became Commander, and so remained until he removed from Charlottesville in 1896.
On April 19th, 1871, he married Katherine H. Noland, of Middleburg, Virginia, who, with some other ladies, organized at his residence the Albemarle Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Professor Garnett was an earnest and zealous member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and on Sundays instructed a class in the Greek New Testament.
He was a man of profound scholarship, grave demeanor, firm convictions, devotion to duty, fidelity to friends, and strict moral principles ; an enemy of all sham and superficiality.
CAPTAIN JOHN P. JONES.
BY C. B. LINNEY.
Captain John P. Jones enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of Company D, Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiment, at the beginning of the war, and served with marked distinction to the close. He was wounded during the Seven Days battles around Richmond, captured at Gettysburg, and remained a prisoner un- til the surrender at Appomattox.
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CAPTAIN CARTER McKEIN LOUTHAN.
BY G. L. PETRIE.
Carter McKein Louthan was born at Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia, May 11th, 1838. He was educated at schools in Berryville and at the University of Virginia. While at the University he participated in the organization of the Y. M. C. A., the first College Y. M. C. A. in the world, and it was his privilege fifty years after to be present and participate in its semi-centennial celebration.
He enlisted in the Confederate army, May 31st, 1861, as pri- vate in Company I, Second Virginia Regiment, Stonewall Jack- son's Brigade. He was with Jackson in the Bath and Romney Campaigns, January, 1862. After this, because of shattered health, he was discharged from the army. Seven weeks later he joined Brooks' Battery, Poague's Battalion, and was in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristow Station and Mine Run. Shortly after this he was captured and was a pris- oner for three months at Camp Chase, Ohio, and for seventeen months at Fort Delaware. He obtained release about two months after the surrender at Appomattox.
After the war he taught school for four years. He was ad- mitted to the bar at Berryville, and was Commonwealth's At- torney for Clarke County for about eight years. He was County Superintendent of Schools for five years. He was Deputy Collector of internal revenue under Presidents Harri- son, Mckinley and Roosevelt. Originally a Democrat, he became a member of the Republican party in 1884. He was a devout and earnest member of the Baptist Church, and was for sev- eral years presiding officer of the Albemarle Baptist Association.
He lived in Clarke County till 1886, then removed to Madi- son County, where he resided till 1901. After that he resided in Charlottesville. He was twice married, first, to Miss Ella Burns; second, to Miss S. Edna Tyler, who survives him.
He was a brave and faithful soldier and made an honorable record in the military service of the Confederate States. He possessed the affection and confidence of those who knew him. He had a vigorous, active mind, was a forceful speaker, and a
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graceful, strong writer. He was an entertaining companion, possessing fine conversational powers.
As a member of John Bowie Strange Camp, his memory is cherished as his comradeship was enjoyed.
Though he has passed away from us, his name is honorably enrolled amongst those who faithfully served the cause they loved : a soldier, a patriot, a Christian.
CAPTAIN JAMES DAVIS McINTIRE.
BY R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
Captain James Davis McIntire was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1840. He was a son of George M. McIntire, Esq., a prominent business man of this city, and Catherine Ann Clarke, his wife, who was a native of Virginia. His grand- mother was a sister of the distinguished John A. G. Davis, Professor of Law in the University of Virginia.
Young McIntire attended private schools in Charlottesville until the year 1859, when he entered the University of Virginia, where he was a student for the session of 1859-60. At the out- break of the War between the States he entered the service of the C. S. A. as a second-lieutenant of Company F of the Nine- teenth Virginia Infantry, being subsequently elected First-Lieu- tenant and later Captain of that company. He was adjutant of his brigade and a most excellent, gallant and efficient officer. He was wounded at Second Manassas, and in the historic charge of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg he received another severe wound.
After the surrender he returned to his native city, later mov- ing to Richmond, where he engaged in the insurance business with marked success. He married Miss Pauline Ould Griffeth, of Baltimore, on October 10th, 1874, and had three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others, Miss Katherine Ang- ela McIntire and Miss Helen Jeffrey McIntire, survive him. Mrs. McIntire died some years previous to the death of her husband.
Mr. McIntire was a gentleman of high qualifications, a gal-
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lant and distinguished soldier, a sincere friend and a prominent and useful citizen. He died in Richmond, Virginia, on Feb- ruary 5th, 1910.
CAPTAIN GEORGE NORRIS.
BY W. E. NORRIS.
George Norris was a native of Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born in 1837, and was an alumnus of the John Bowie Strange Military Academy.
In 1861 he abandoned his studies at the University of Vir- ginia and entered the V. M. I. for a short course in military instruction and training.
He was elected Lieutenant of the "Border Guard," a volun- teer Albemarle Company, recruited and commanded by Captain R. D. Crank. The company was mustered into the service, June 23rd, 1861, and assigned to the Wise Legion at Lewisburg, Vir- ginia. The Legion served through a campaign in Western Vir- ginia, during which it fought in the engagement of Scarey Creek where probably the first war casualties in battle occurred among Albemarle County men.
The Wise Legion was captured at Roanoke Island and pa- roled. When an exchange of the prisoners had been effected, the command was reorganized. The Border Guard then elected George Norris Captain, and was made Company D of the Forty- Sixth Virginia Infantry. The command was thereafter known as the Wise Brigade. Captain Norris followed the fortunes of the command to the end of the war, ever present at his post of duty-in the defense of Charleston, S. C .; in the battles immedi- ately preceding the establishment of the lines of defense about Petersburg; the dreary, disheartening service in those trenches ; the battles of Hatcher's Run and Five Forks; and on the re- treat, the battle of Sailors Creek, and in other affairs of less magnitude.
Though stern in his requirements in the line of military duty, his men adored him, and at his orders rendered the best that was in them. Outside of the line of strictly military duty his
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manner was remarkably quiet and gentle and he enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow officers. He surrendered at Appomattox with his Company, including his lieutenants, W. E. Norris, Frank S. Durrett and William Harris.
Frank Durrett was a big-hearted, lovable man and a patriotic and efficient officer.
George Norris and William Harris were natives of Char- lottesville and Albemarle County. They were not members of John Bowie Strange Camp as they did not live to see it organ- ized.
CAPTAIN THOMAS RANDOLPH PRICE.
BY PROFESSOR R. H. DABNEY.
From Thomas Price, who came from Wales to Virginia about 1740, was descended Thomas Randolph Price, who was born in Richmond, March 18th, 1839, and died in New York, May 7th, 1903. Among his ancestors was Richard Channing Moore, second Bishop of Virginia. He married Lizzie Campbell Trip- lett, who still survives him.
After taking the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Virginia, he pursued his studies at the Universities of Ber- lin, Kiel, Athens and Paris. Had he been cowardly or selfish, he might have remained in Europe when the Northern hosts in- vaded the South in 1861. But, being conspicuously the reverse, he promptly ran the blockade and offered his services to the Confederate Government. Assigned to duty as Lieutenant on Jeb Stuart's Staff, he was later transferred to the Corps of En- gineers under General Gilmore, and rising to the rank of Cap- tain, served gallantly and efficiently to the close of the war; being sent by Lee in the last days of the Confederacy to tell President Davis in Danville that surrender was inevitable.
Price's love for the Confederacy was based upon a profound conviction of the righteousness of the Southern cause. For, al- though he spent the last twenty years of his life in New York, he scorned those Southern renegades .who loudly gloried in the fact that the South had been whipped. Indeed, a Northern colleague of his at Columbus, Professor Woodbury, so respected
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his splendid fidelity to the Lost Cause that he begins his "Reg- imen" to Price's memory with the line-
Sleep, Soldier of the South, who loved me well!
and eulogizes the "sweet patience" with which, after enduring the supreme grief of seeing the Confederacy fall, he bore all the lesser ills of life.
For thou hadst borne the worst, and learned to bear All lesser sorrows in one great despair.
O much enduring soul who enterest peace,
Still shall our love for thee on earth increase;
Now, poet, scholar, soldier, on death's plain
Sleep with thy early friends in battle slain.
At the close of the war, after teaching for a time in a classi- cal school established by himself and John M. Strother in Rich- mond, he became Professor of Latin and Greek at Randolph- Macon College; and then, dropping the Latin, became the first Professor of English in the South. In 1876, however, he suc- ceeded Gildersleeve in the chair of Greek at the University of Virginia. Here he did splendid and happy work; but, when summoned in 1882 to be the first Professor of English at Co- lumbia, listened to the call of his mother tongue and devoted the rest of his life to the duties of his chair.
Though an ardent and inspiring teacher of English, he was no narrow specialist; for he was familiar with three ancient and six modern languages ; was a member of the Greek Club in New York; spoke frequently before the American Oriental Society ; was President of the Modern Language Association; delivered numerous addresses; and wrote scholarly articles on various literary and linguistic topics.
All in all he was morally, intellectualy and socially one of the finest products of the Old South.
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CAPTAIN STEPHEN VALENTINE SOUTHALL.
BY R. T. W. DUKE, JR.
Stephen Valentine Southall was born in Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, on April 27th, 1830, and died on November 20th, 1913. He was a son of the distinguished lawyer Valentine Wood Southall of Charlottesville, Virginia, whose mother was a niece of Patrick Henry. Mr. Southall attended the University in the sessions of '47, '48, '49 and '50, read law in the office of his father, and commenced the practice of his profession in Lynch- burg, Virginia, but remained there only a short while, return- ing to his native city, where for a long period of years he was one of the most prominent members of the distinguished Albe- marle Bar.
At the beginning of the Civil War he entered the Confederate service and was commissioned Captain at the reorganization of the army in May, 1862. He served as Adjutant in Long's Ar- tillery, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, and surren- dered with General Lee at Appomattox Court House on the 9th of April, 1865.
After the war he returned to Charlottesville and entered into partnership with the distinguished lawyer and jurist, William J. Robertson, and on Judge Robertson's retiring from active prac- tice, Mr. Southall continued to practice alone. He was a law- yer of great ability, a powerful advocate before juries, and a re- fined and cultivated gentleman of the highest integrity and per- sonal worth. He served one term in the legislature after the reorganization of the State government, and whilst taking an active part in politics and in all civic matters, was never again a candidate for any political office.
He married Miss Emily Voss and left surviving him S. V. Southall, Jr., a prominent attorney of Emporia, Miss Mary Southall and Mrs. Emily Dunn, wife of Reverend Joseph Dunn, of Lynchburg, Virginia. One daughter, Mrs. Dollie Waters, predeceased her father, leaving one child.
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