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Lieut Henry Edmundson Blair

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Lieut Henry Edmundson Blair

Birth
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
18 Oct 1906 (aged 81)
Salem City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Salem, Salem City, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2934111, Longitude: -80.0469056
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Studied law in Richmond, Virginia
Resided in Salem, Virginia 1847
Active duty as 2nd Lt. May 14, 1861 at Salem for 3 years, age 36
Relieved of duty at Battery 5 Richmond, VA July 6, 1862
Captured by Dahgren's Calvary at Frederick's Hall February 29, 1864, escaped 4 or 5 days later
Paroled at Appomattox C. H. April 1865
Law Partner with son, Col. Henry A. Blair
House of Delegates 1873-74
Judge for 33 years
Studied law in Richmond, Virginia
Resided in Salem, Virginia 1847
Active duty as 2nd Lt. May 14, 1861 at Salem for 3 years, age 36
Relieved of duty at Battery 5 Richmond, VA July 6, 1862
Captured by Dahgren's Calvary at Frederick's Hall February 29, 1864, escaped 4 or 5 days later
Paroled at Appomattox C. H. April 1865
Law Partner with son, Col. Henry A. Blair
House of Delegates 1873-74
Judge for 33 years

Inscription

1st Lieut.
Salem Flying Artillery
Army of Northern Virginia
CSA
1861-1865



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