Maclin enlisted as a private on May 4, 1861 in the Greenesville Guard, the 5th Battalion, VA Infantry. His papers indicate he was a student, was 5'11" tall, and had blues eyes, light colored hair, and a "bright" complexion. He was discharged in May, 1862 due to illness. He enlisted in Co. H of the 13th VA Cavalry in the fall of 1862. He was discharged a second time for disability due to tuberculosis in January,1863. He had been hospitalized for much of the fall of 1862.
He returned home to Greensville County, Virginia after the war and is listed as a farmer in the 1870 and 1880 censuses, when he disappears from the record. He never married.
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