Eppes, a farmer in Sussex County, VA, enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on November 1, 1861. By spring 1862, he was assigned to Co. I of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He was wounded on May 8, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. His horse, worth $2700, was killed in mid-November, 1864 near Newtown, VA.
After the war, Eppes returned to farming in Sussex County. By 1871, he was bankrupt and 209 acres belonging to him and a brother in Sussex County were auctioned. He appears in the 1880 census as a merchant in Sussex County.
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