Hicks enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 23rd VA Cavalry on January 20, 1864. He was promoted to second lieutenant on April 20, 1864. He was paroled April 25, 1865.
He lived in August County, VA after the war where he was a hotel attendant in the 1870 census and a farm superintendent in the 1880 census. An 1882 C&O Railroad directory indicates he had a livery stable, and he is listed as a railroad agent on his 1889 death certificate. An 1884 journal indicates he is both ticket agent and "the"genial and accommodating proprietor of the well kept eating house at that point." He died on September 25, 1889 and is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Waynesboro, VA.
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