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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
was shot, but this was not' observed until
the main army had retreated a considerable
distance. When Mr. Costenbader made this
discovery, he returned to the field of battle
alone to get the colors. As the Union sol-
diers saw him come back alone they com-
menced to cheer and shout in admiration
of his bravery. Later in life, when he re-
counted this adventure to his sons, he told
them that the shouting aroused his anger
and he lost all fear. All alone he rammed
the colors into the ground, faced the enemy,
at whom he fired three times, and then
retreated in safety. The enemy had appar-
ently too much admiration for his courage
and bravery to shoot him down, which they
could have done very easily. During the
second day at Gettysburg he, with a few
others, captured twenty-two Union soldiers.
His eldest brother was in General Sher-
man's army, and \vas one of the men who,
on the destructive march through the south,
was considered one of the bravest soldiers
in the Union army. His name was Jesse,
and he was as sure that the Union army
was in the right, as his brother was that the
Confederates had right on their side. He,
also, has passed away. He was one of the
stanch Grand Army of the Republic men
of the north. His hatred for his brother
\vho was fighting for the southern cause
was intense, and he frequently expressed the
wish that they might meet face to face in
battle. After the war they met — and all
differences were forgotten. A complete
record of the engagements in which Mr.
Costenbader was active is as follows : At
Gaines Mill, one day; Mechanicsville. one
day; IMalvern Hill, one day; Cedar Moun-
tain, one day; Second Manassas, three
days; Ox Hill, where he was shot through
the right breast, the bullet being extracted
from his back; Fredericksburg; Gettys-
burg, during the three days ; Wilderness,
two days ; Spottsylvania. one day ; Hanover-
town, where he was again wounded ; Funks-
town or I'alling Waters; and Warrentown
Springs. Upon his return to his Westmore-
land county home, he resumed his business
occupations, with which he was success-
fully identified until his death in 1903 at the
age of sixty-seven years.
Mr. Costenbader married Ella J. Pitts, born in 1848. died about 1895, daughter of William Larkin and Martha Ann (Page) Pitts; granddaughter of Richard Larkin
Pitts, w'ho was born in Caroline county,
Virginia ; and a sister of Elizabeth, Ann,
Martha. William. Silas, John. Sarah. Lucy,
Harriet. Alexander, Larkin and Robert.
Mr. and Mrs. Costenbader had children :
Benjamin, a resident of Slatington, Penn-
sylvania ; Edwin H.. lives at Colonial Beach,
Virginia ; John H.. a dentist, of Norfolk,
\'irginia ; Cora V.. married Robert L.
Thomas, and lives on the old Pitts home-
stead in \Trginia ; Vivanna. unmarried, re-
sides in Richmond; Ardelle R., married
Claude W^ilkins and lives at Maple Grove,
\\'estmoreland county, \^irginia ; Dr. Frank
Lee. of whom further.
Dr. Frank Lee Costenbader, son of Wil- liam H. and Ella J. (Pitts) Costenbader, was born on the maternal homestead in Westmoreland county. Virginia. His edu- cation was obtained in the elementary schools of his native county, and there he attended college, afterward coming to Rich- mond and entering the University College of Medicine, receiving from that institution in 1901. the degree of Doctor of Dental Sur- gery, and in 1902. that of Doctor of i\Iedi- cine. For the period of one year after his graduation in medicine, he was the resident physician in St. Luke's Hospital, and in May, 1903. established himself in the prac- tice of dentistry, having made that profes- sion his choice. Dr. Costenbader's profes- sional labors have been heavy ever since he began his preparatory study for his degree in medicine and dentistry, and in active practice he has found great favor in Rich- mond, to which field he has confined his efTorts. His ofBce for the past four years has been at No. 113 East Grace street, where he attends to a large and profitable practice. Dr. Costenbader is fraternally associated Avith the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic order, affiliating, in the last mentioned organization, with Dove Lodge, No. 51, Free and Accepted Masons. In religious belief he is identified with the Christian church, and a member of the Sev- enth Street congregation of that denomi- nation.
Dr. Costen])ader married, at \\^ashington, District of Columbia. July 25. 1913, Mary Adelaide Teck Shand. born in Flalifax. Nova Scotia. Canada, November i. 1874, a daugh- ter of James and Annie (Reid) Shand. and a sister of Ella, Elizabeth C, Robert Napier, Matthew Henry, James P., Harry Elcho,
