Spencer enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry on June 8, 1861. As he was only 16 years old, he was discharged on April 28, 1861 at the rank of corporal. He was then sent with his brother, Robert H. Spencer, to attend Randolph-Macon, which their father, Thomas R. Spencer, had attended from 1835-1836. On March 29, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Epes' Co. of the Chesterfield (also Johnston) Artillery, a company in which his brother Robert also served. In December 1863, he was transferred to Major Mulligan's Co. of the C.S. Signal Corps. He was captured on January 25, 1864 at the signal station at Point Pleasant, VA and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, from which he was paroled and exchanged on September 18, 1864. He spent some time at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond VA, where his diagnosis was debilitas. Spencer surrendered with his company at Appomattox Court House, VA.
After the war, Spencer returned to Greensville County, VA, where he is listed in the 1870 census as farmer and physician. He died in 1876.
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