Hazlewood, son of Dr. James E. Hazlewood of Lunenburg County, VA, enlisted as a private on May 20, 1861 in the Flat Rock Riflemen, which became Co. C of the 20th VA Infantry. He was captured at Rich Mountain, then part of VA but now WV, on July 11, 1861 and paroled the same day. The regiment was disbanded in September 1861. He later enlisted on September 1, 1862 as a private in Captain Allen's Company of the Lunenburg (VA) Light Artillery, a company his younger brother James W. joined in January 1863. In summer of 1863, Hazlewood was detailed to the hospital department to work as a nurse but returned to the company in the fall. He was granted a leave to deal with his ailing father's affairs in January 1864. On April 30, 1864, he was transferred into Co. G of the 56th Infantry when the artillery company was disbanded. He was paroled at Burkesville Junction, Va, in April 1865.
By 1870, he had moved to West Virginia, where he was a farmer in Mercer Ccounty and then in Monroe County. He died January 19, 1918 and is buried in Swope Cemetery in Lindside, WV.
Note: Hazlewood's military records alternately list him as John J and John I. He should not be confused with another John J. Hazlewood of Lunenburg County of about the same age with a farmer father also named James, who enlisted in Co. B of the 20th VA Infantry and then later in the 22nd Battalion VA Infantry, and who was disabled and discharged in 1864.
John I. Hazlewood was my great-great-grandfather. Until now, I knew nothing about him or his father. Thank you so much for this clue to my family's past.
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