Massey, variantly spelled Massie, was a farmer in Spotsylvania County, VA at the beginning of the war. He was conscripted as a private in the Camp Guard Battalion, VA Conscripts, on October 1, 1862. In early 1863, he was serving at the Camp of Instruction at Camp Lee, VA. Massie had been promoted to sergeant by the summer of 1864, and served at Camp Lee until the war's end.
After the war, he returned to Spotsylvania County, where he was a farmer, teacher, county surveyor, and served on the county school board. Massey died on Feb. 13, 1909, and is buried in the Smith-Massey Cemetery in Post Oak, Spotsylvania County, VA.
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