Heartwell, a farmer before the war in Brunswick County, VA, enlisted as a private in the Brunswick Guard, Co. A of the 5th Battalion VA Infantry, on May 4, 1861. He was discharged for disability on February 17, 1862. His disability certificate indicates his complaint as "icterus brought on by exposure to the miasmatic influences which surround this camp" at Hardy's Bluff, VA, which was the location of Fort Huger in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Heartwell, returned to Brunswick County, where he farmed the rest of his life. He died in 1908 and is buried in the Heartwell Family Cemetery on Route 715 in Brunswick County, VA
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