Brock enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 9th VA Cavalry on May 1, 1864. He was wounded in the left knee at Reams' Station, VA on August 27, 1864 and spent several months at the General Hospital at Camp Winder in Richmond.he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on January 7, 1865 and assigned to the surgeon in charge at Camp Winder beginning January 28, 1865..
After the war, he completed his education at the University of Virginia and became a school teacher. He eventually became a professor at Hampden-Sydney College from 1886-1918. Brock died April 30, 1928 and is buried in the Hampden-Sydney College Cemetery in Prince Edward County, VA.
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