Samuel Summerfield Lambeth, student 1856-1857

Lambeth served briefly as a chaplain in the 10th VA Infantry in the summer and fall of 1861 before returning to civilian life.

He spent the remainder of the war years as a Methodist minister first in Lexington, VA  and then in Cumberland County, VA. Reverend Lambeth served the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church with distinction until his retirement in 1905. He died August 28, 1928 and is buried in Longwood Cemetery in Bedford, VA.  His personal papers were recently donated to Randolph-Macon College by family descendants and are being sorted and inventoried.

Presley Lewellyn Hinton, Jr., student 1858-1859

Hinton enlisted as a private in Co. A of the 3rd VA Cavalry on May 14, 1861. In the summer of 1862 he was appointed a hospital steward, as he had attended medical school at the University of Virginia in 1860 and 1861 after leaving Randolph-Macon. In 1863, he was serving as a hospital steward in Atlanta, Georgia. By the summer of 1864, he was serving at the Blind School Hospital in Macon, GA. No further war record has been found.

Henry Clay Brock, student 1861-1862

Brock enlisted as a private in Co. H of the 9th VA Cavalry on May 1, 1864. He was wounded in the left knee at Reams' Station, VA on August 27, 1864 and spent several months at the General Hospital at Camp Winder in Richmond.he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps on January 7, 1865 and assigned to the surgeon in charge at Camp Winder beginning January 28, 1865..

After the war, he completed his education at the University of Virginia and became a school teacher. He eventually became a professor at Hampden-Sydney College from 1886-1918. Brock died April 30, 1928 and is buried in the Hampden-Sydney College Cemetery in Prince Edward County, VA.

Edward Harrison Estes, student 1859-1861

Estes enlisted as a private in Co. K of the 38th VA infantry on June 2, 1861. In the late summer and fall of 1861, he was at home with a fever on furlough.  He was wounded at Seven Pines, VA on May 31, 1862 and was hospitalized at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA with a fever from June 3 through June 9, 1862.. In the summer and fall of 1862, he was assigned to enroll conscripts into the army. He was promoted to sergeant on August 31, 1862 and to 2nd lieutenant on December 18, 1864.

He returned home to Pittsylvania County after the war and is listed as a "trader" in the 1870 census. By 1880 he had moved to Henry County, VA where took up farming. Estes died on December 23, 1909 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Martinsville, VA

James T. Gray, student 1859-1862

Gray enlisted in the 1st Co. of the 1st VA Howitzers Light Artillery, the Richmond Howitzers, on September 9, 1862 as a private. He was wounded at Gettysburg, PA on July 3, 1863 and taken prisoner.  Gray was sent to the POW camp at Fort McHenry in Baltimore and then to Fort Delaware, DE. He was exchanged on Nov. 1, 1864. He returned to his unit and was paroled on April 18, 1865 in Richmond, VA.

Gray became a tobacco dealer in Richmond after the war. He died October 5, 1923 and is buried in Richmond Va in Hollywood Cemetery.

Abram Strong DuPont, student 1860-1861

Dupont enlisted in Co. G of the 1st FL Infantry on April 4, 1861 as a private and served until April 6, 1862. On May 8, 1862, he joined Co. E of the 2nd FL Cavalry. On January 1, 1863 he was made bugler of the company. He was detailed as a courier for General Anderson on April 25, 1864 for an unspecified period of time. He was paroled in Tallahassee, FL on May 15, 1865.

After the war, he was a farmer in Quincy, FL and Fort Myers, FL. He died April 7, 1914 and is buried in Fort Myers Cemetery in Fort Myers, FL.

Chandler W. Hill, student 1859-1861

Hill enlisted in Co. G of the 6th VA Infantry on April 19, 1861. At some point he became sergeant, but his rank was reduced to private on October 27, 1862. He was promoted to corporal April 1, 1864. Hill was wounded at the Battle of the Crater in Petersburg, VA on July 30, 1864 and his left arm was amputated. He spent several months in military hospitals. He was returned to duty Nov. 7, 1864 as a military intelligence officer. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

After the war he moved to Portsmouth, VA where his profession in the 1870 and 1880 censuses is judge of Hustings Court. He died August 14, 1896 and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Portsmouth, VA. His widow's pension application indicates he died of "intestinal indigestion."

William A. Gilmer, student 1859-1860

Gilmer enlisted as a private May 8, 1861 in Co. A of the 7th AL Infantry. On April 28, 1862 he mustered into Co. I of the 37th AL Infantry. He drowned on May 5, 1862 when he slipped off a gangway while boarding a boat in Montgomery, AL with his regiment.   A memorial tombstone was placed in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, AL.

Henry "Harry" Clay Moss, student 1859-1860

Moss enlisted in Co. E of the 30th MS Infantry on April 3, 1862. He spent much of 1862 and 1863 detailed as a clerk to the Quartermaster, Ordnance and Enrolling departments in various locations in Mississippi and Alabama. He spent several months in the hospital, and on December 13, 1864 he was retired to the Invalid Corps. He was paroled as a prisoner of war on May 16, 1865 in Marion, AL.

After the war he returned home to Yazoo County, MS and became a journalist. He was editor of a Yazoo City newspaper, the Mississippi Democrat for several years. Moss died of pneumonia in 1884.

Charles Henry Dear, student 1862-1863

Dear was a student at VMI at the beginning of the war. He matriculated at Randolph-Macon in the fall of 1862, under the military curriculum patterned after VMI that was taught by a VMI graduate, James E. Blankenship. He joined Mosby's Rangers, Co. D of the 43rd VA Cavalry, in the early months of 1863.  He participated in numerous raids and was alleged to have been wounded at lest 12 times. He was paroled in Winchester, VA, on May 17, 1865.

After the war, he ran an inn in Washington, VA, and eventually went to work for the IRS. He died January 5, 1929 and is buried in Washington Cemetery in Washington, VA