Washington was a farmer in Hampshire County, VA (now WV), when he enlisted as a private in Co. K of the 13th VA Infantry, the Hampshire Guards, on May 18, 1861. He was hospitalized with pneumonia on December 31, 1861 in Danville, VA. On September 1, 1862 following the 2nd Battle of Manassas, he was wounded in the shoulder at Chantilly, VA. Washington was detailed as a courier on February 7, 1863 and was still listed as a courier in the spring of 1864.
After the war, he returned to Hampshire County, WV and farmed. Washington died on June 2, 1901 and is buried in Romney, WV in Indian Mound Cemetery.
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