Friend, cousin of Charles N. and George W. Friend, enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 9th VA Infantry on August 29, 1861. He served extra duty with the engineering department in early 1862. For nearly 2 years, from the fall of 1862 through the summer of 1864, he was detached from his unit serving as a courier for General George Pickett.
After the war, he farmed in Chesterfield. VA. Friend died in 1915 and is buried in the Friend Family Cemetery in Chester, VA.
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