Magruder attended Virginia Military Institute from February 8, 1862 until May 29, 1862 when he was furloughed. Rather than returning to VMI in the fall of 1862, he was enrolled in the Corps of Cadets at Randolph-Macon College until the college closed in early 1863. He is reported to have been a courier during the winter of 1863-1864 and then to have served in Co. C of the 7th VA Cavalry, although there are no records to support this.
After the war, he returned to Woodstock, VA when he farmer, was a bank cashier in the 1880 census, and by 1900 was a mill manager. He served for from 1893-1898 as an officer in the Virginia National Guard in Co. A of the 2nd VA Infantry. Magruder died on July 2, 1915 and is buried in Massanutten Cemetery in Woodstock, VA
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