Thursday, August 16, 2012

James Drury Proctor, Class of 1853 (A.B.) and 1856 (A.M.)

Proctor enlisted in Co. F of the 5th VA Cavalry, the Prince George Cavalry, on April 20, 1861 as a private. This later became Co. F of the 13th VA Cavalry. He was hospitalized at Episcopal Church Hospital in Williamsburg, Va on March 27, 1864 with chronic diarrhea. He is listed on the register of the South Carolina Hospital in Petersburg, VA dated April 1, 1864 as "At C Proctors on Washington St." Proctor returned to his company on August 1, 1864. The November-December 1864 company roll lists him as "Detailed as clerk for Court Martial."

After the war, he returned to Prince George County and farmed and worked in the railroad industry. In 1900, he was postmaster. Proctor died on August 3, 1900 and is buried in Petersburg, VA in Blandford Cemetery.

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