Powell, brother of Eugene Cole Powell, enlisted in Co. C of the 3rd VA Infantry on May 23, 1861 as 1st lieutenant and resigned his commission on August 22, 1861 due to ill health. He later joined Co. I of the 3rd VA cavalry on February 27, 1862 as a private.He was wounded at Upperville, VA on November 3, 1862 and was hospitalized in Petersburg, VA on March 7, 1865 and released on April 2 as Petersburg fell.
After the war, he taught school, farmed, practiced law, and held public offices including justice of the peace, sheriff, and commonwealth's attorney in Dinwiddie County. He died December 17, 1923 and is buried in Good Shepherd Cemetery in Dinwiddie County, VA.
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