Eubank enrolled in Randolph-Macon College in the fall of 1862 under the college's military curriculum. R-MC closed in February 1863 and Eubank enrolled at VMI for the fall of 1863, although he was dismissed from VMI in November for excessive demerits.
Prior to enrolling at R-MC, Eubank had served for a year as a private in Co. K of the 23rd VA Infantry. He had joined on May 2, 1861 at the age of 16. Eubank had been taken prisoner at the Battle of Kernstown, near Winchester, VA on March 23, 1862 and sent to the POW camp at Fort Delaware, MD. He was exchanged on August 5, 1862 but did not return to his regiment and was later reported as AWOL during the time he attended college at R-MC and VMI. He enlisted on January 20, 1864 as a private in Co.G of the 9th VA Cavalry. On his 1910 pension application, he indicates that he had been slightly wounded twice, at White Oak Swamp and at Stoney Cree, and that he was paroled at Appomattox Court House.
After the war, he returned home to Lunenburg County, VA and farmed. In his pension application, he states he is totally disabled due to kidney disease and rheumatism, and that his home has burned. He died Dec. 19, 1915.
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