Taylor enlisted as a captain on July 10, 1861 in Co. E of the 56th VA Infantry. he doesn't appear on the muster rolls after May 5, 1862, but was commissioned into the Field and Staff of the 56th Virginia Infantry on March 28, 1864 as a surgeon. He had graduated from New York University Medical College in 1860. Dr. Taylor mustered out on August 13, 1864.
He practiced medicine in Brunswick County, VA until 1914. Dr. Taylor died January 6, 1918 and is buried in St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery in Cochrane, VA.
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