Lambeth served briefly as a chaplain in the 10th VA Infantry in the summer and fall of 1861 before returning to civilian life.
He spent the remainder of the war years as a Methodist minister first in Lexington, VA and then in Cumberland County, VA. Reverend Lambeth served the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church with distinction until his retirement in 1905. He died August 28, 1928 and is buried in Longwood Cemetery in Bedford, VA. His personal papers were recently donated to Randolph-Macon College by family descendants and are being sorted and inventoried.
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