Friend, younger brother of Dr. George W. Friend, enlisted as a private in the Richmond Howitzers, the 1st Co. VA Howitzers Light Artillery on April 19, 1864 at the age of 17. He surrendered at Richmond, VA on April 17, 1865 and took the oath of allegiance on April 18.
After the war, he returned to Chesterfield County, VA where he was a farmer in the 1870 census. By 1880, he was a merchant, and in 1900 and 1910 he is listed as an insurance agent. He died June 16, 1919 and is buried in Chesterfield County, VA in Sunset Memorial Park.
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