Hobbs enlisted as a corporal in Co. I of the 24th VA Cavalry on July 24, 1863. He was appointed sergeant on July 8, 1864. He was captured at Amelia Court House on April 6, 1865 and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, from which he was released on June 13, 1865.
After the war, he was a farmer in Greensville County, VA and remained there until sometime between 1910 and 1920, when he moved to Norfolk, VA. He died on January 25, 1932 and is buried in Emporia Cemetery in Emporia, VA.
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