Hanes, younger brother of Captain Garland Hanes, was a farmer in Buckingham County, VA at the beginning of the war. He was drafted as a private into Co. A of the 57th VA Infantry on October 18, 1864. He was captured on April 1, 1865 at Five Forks, VA and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD on April 5, 1865. Hanes was released on June 13, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.
After the war, Hanes returned to farming in Buckingham county, where he also served for many years as superintendent of instruction for the public schools.Hanes died sometime after 1890.
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