I voted for a Union man, John Hanney, to

I voted for a Union man, John Hanney, to go to the convention which passed the ordinance of secession of my state, Virginia, but on the 23rd day of May 1861 I voted for secession, and the next day, the day the state of Virginia was invaded, I entered the service of the Confederate States. I entered, to stay until the close of the war, which I did. I surrendered, on the 29th of April '65, twenty days after General Lee surrendered. The reason I was not with Gen. Lee when he surrendered, was that I was sent with Col. Edmond Berkeley, to Fauquier and Loudoun Counties, to get lead and arms, and the surrender took place while we were away. Later we went to Fairfax C. H., surrendered and were paroled. My first service was with; the Loudoun Cavalry, armedj with an old flintlock musket,; but I did not carry it very! long. I soon got a carbine,! and later a revolver which I preferred. We performed picket duty at various places in Fairfax and Loudoun. One place was at Lowe's Island, where I and a small number of my company were fired on by a regiment of the enemy on the other side of the river. They, did not hit anyone, butHt made us feel uncomfortable,"?! being the first time we were under fire. About the first of July, while on picket duty near Broad Run Bridge, eight and a half miles below Leesburg, I was accidentally shot by a comrade who was drunk, the ball striking just below the kneecap, which kept me off my horse for nine days. On the 17th of July I heard that Col. Eppa Hunton who commanded the 8th Virginia infantry and three cavalry companies was ordered to the stone bridge over Bull Run. The morning of the 18th, I