John Henry Maclin, brother of Thomas B. Maclin, initially enlisted as a private in the Brunswick Guards, Company A of the 5th Battalion VA Infantry but on August 19, 1861 he transferred to Company E of the 12th Virginia Infantry (the Petersburg Rifles). He was discharged for disability on April 28, 1862. Sometime in 1863, he enlisted in the Petersburg Cavalry, Company E of the13th VA, and served until the war's end.
After the war, he started a tobacco firm in Petersburg, VA, which became one on the largest in the state. He died April 1, 1923 and is buried in Petersburg's Blandford Cemetery.
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