VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
ihc wislies of his latlu-r and returned home,
where he remained until October, 1862,
when he entered the academic department
of the University of Virginia, where he re-
mained until July, 1863. He was now more
anxious than before to join the army, but
was disabled by an> accident in which he
broke his bridle-arm, and he took service in
the government nitre and mining bureau in
Pulaski county. In 'Slay. 1864, he procured
leave of absence, and joined the Second
Company of the Richmond Howitzers, and
took part in the battle of Spotsylvania Court
House, two weeks later (May 18, 1864).
On the expiration of his leave, he returned
ic bureau duty in Pulaski county, and after
if a few months, having recovered the use of
his arm, he enlisted in Captain jVIountjoy's
company of Mosby's command. In less
than a month he had been wounded twice,
ar.d he was sent back to "Carysbrook,"
where his father was now living, but soon
rtjoined his company in the field, and served
creditably until the end of the war. Shortly
afterwards, he entered the academic depart-
ment of the University of Virginia, and in
1867 took up the law course, but on account of lack of means was unable to remain for graduation. He kept up his studies, and in
1868 was admitted to the bar, and engaged in practice at Palmyra, Fluvanna county, anfl in 1870 he removed to Richmond. In that city, so many important financial inter- ests were committed to his care that he was obliged to gradually withdraw from the active labors of his i)rofession. He was actively connected with the Schloss Shef- field Works, the American Locomotive Company, and was a director in the South- ern Railway Company, the New \ork Equitable Life .Assurance Association
( which latter position he accepted on the
personal solicitation of Grover Cleveland.
^\ ho was then chairman of the committee
on reorganization), and he was closely
identified with this important corporation.
He was deeply interested in the historj' and
antiquities of his native state. The Vir-
ginia Historical Society claimed his largest
interest. He was for many years its presi-
dtnt. and he made it the object of many of
his benefactions. It was largely through
his interest that Mrs. Stewart, of "Brook
Hill," and her daughters, gave to the society
the old residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee, for
its permanent home ; and his purpose to pro-
vide a fire-proof annex for the safekeeping
ot its valuable manuscripts was only de-
feated by his death. He was also deeply in-
terested in the Association for the Preserva-
tion of Virginia Antiquities, in which he
held official position, and one of the last of
his many gifts to it was the superb bronze
statue of Captain John Smith, erected on
Jamestown Island, the joint gift of himself
and wife. He was a member of the board of
\ isitors of the University of \'irginia, and
a trustee of the university endowment fund.
He was an Episcopalian in religion — a mem-
ber of the standing committee of the diocese
of \'irginia ; a delegate, year after year, to
the Episcopal Council of Virginia ; a dele-
gate from 1866 to the end of his life to the
t;i:neral convention of the church in the
United States, and which in 1907 convened
in Richmond, largely at his instance: and a
trustee of the Episcopal high school. He
was a director of the Jamestown Exposition,
the chief management of which was twice
pressed upon him. and declined. He was
sole owner of the "Times-Dispatch" news-
pa])er of Richmond, and as its controlling
