Cabell was,a lawyer in Lynchburg, VA in the1850 census and in Nelson County, VA in the1860 census, the year he moved to Buckingham County, VA.. He was drafted as a private on April 11, 1862 into Co. E of the 41st VA Infantry. He was discharged from duty on June 18, 1862. He returned to service on an unknown date as a private in Co. H of the 1st Regiment VA Infantry. Records indicate he was hospitalized with diarrhea at Chimborazo in Richmond, VA on March 10, 1865. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
After the war, he practiced law in Buckingham County, VA. He served Buckingham County in the VA House of Delegates from 1865-1867, having previously served Nelson County in that capacity from 1855-1856. He died November 2, 1898 and is buried in Richmond, VA in Hollywood Cemetery.
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