John Blair McPhail, Jr.

He enrolled in Company A of the 56th Virginia Infantry in July 1861 and was elected Captain of his Company in May 1862.

He was wounded in action on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 but remained with his unit and relieved Colonel Stuart, who was ill, in command of the regiment at Sharpsburg on 17 September.

He was promoted to Major of the Regiment on 13 June 1864, and appointed Lieutenant Colonel on 7 December 1864. He was captured in action at Hatcher's Run, Virginia, on 31 March 1865 and imprisoned at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington DC and at Johnson's Island before being released on 15 July.

He was a farmer and built and was president of the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad.

Details above from Young,1 a finding aid to the Carrington Family Papers, 1744-1940 (5,068 items. Mss1C2358d. Microfilm reels B10-12) at the Virginia Historical Society, and the Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity (1894). His gravesite is on Findagrave, which has his birth in Halifax County.

11/01/1835; Charlotte County, VA

07/23/1904; burial in Edgehill Plantations Cemetery, Charlotte Court House, VA