Ethelbert James Hudson, Jr., student 1855-1856

Hudson, a druggist in Richmond, VA in 1860 and brother of Edward Macon Hudson, enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 1st VA Light Artillery on May 3, 1861. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant and  was commissioned into Co. G of the 5th VA Cavalry on April 1, 1862. He was captured after the Battle of Gettysburg on July 4, 1863 and sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore and then to Fort Delaware, DE, from which he was exchanged on July 30, 1863. By the time that he was paroled on April 14, 1865 in Burkeville, VA, Hudson had been promoted to captain.

Hudson committed suicide on September 1, 1869 in Baltimore, MD.