Terrell, a farmer in Orange County at the beginning of the war, enlisted in the Albemarle (VA) Light Artillery as a private on July 15, 1861. He was discharged for disability due to rheumatism on July 29, 1861. A letter in support of his discharge indicates he was prone to "violent and frequent attacks of inflammatory rheumatism, brough on by the slightest exertion." In 1862, a Confederate field hospital was located on Terrell's farm. On August 1, 1863, he became a private in Co. D of the 20th VA Battalion Heavy Artillery, probably conscripted back into the service. He was detailed as a clerk to Major Selden from October 16, 1863 until at least April 1864, when he was detailed as an "agriculturalist," returning to his farm "Glencoe," near Grodonsville, VA. Numerous receipts for crops received by the Confederates from Terrell still exist. Terrell was considered AWOL after Dec. 19, 1864 when his detail was expired and on February 26, 1865, his captain requested that Terrell's detail be revoked and that Terrell return to the company. By late March of 1865, Terrell was again requesting to be examined for discharge due to disability.
Afte rthe war, he returned to farming in Orange County, VA, moving to Louisa County by 1900. He died on March 22, 1922 and is buried in the Terrell Family Cemetery off Route 732 in Orange, County, VA.
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