Dobie enlisted as a private on May 17, 1861 in the Sussex Light Dragoons, Co. C of the 5th VA Cavalry, which became Co. H of 13th VA Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal on May 5, 1862 and to sergeant on October 1, 1863. His horse was killed July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg and he received $600 in compensation on August 15, 1863. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Dobie became a teacher and farmer. He died July 1, 1906 and is buried in the Slade Green Family cemetery in Sussex County, VA.
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