Richmond City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Hammond, George N. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Alice Warner http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00015.html#0003503 June 9, 2009, 6:59 pm Author: Virgil A. Lewis George N. Hammond, captain of Company "B," 1st Virginia Confederate Cavalry, and a son of Dr. Allen C. Hammond, was a native of this county, having been born at the village of Georgetown, June 8, 1833. He entered the Virginia Military Institute, where he became a favorite pupil of Stonewall Jackson, and was graduated therefrom with high honors. On the morning of October 17, 1859, the intelligence of the occupation of Harper's Ferry by a band of insurgents reached Martinsburg. Alarm bells were rung, and soon a body of hastily-collected men were on the march to the point of danger. One of them was George N. Hammond, who was stricken down, severely wounded, by a rifle-ball discharged from the engine house, the last retreat of the invaders. Recovering, he entered the company of Captain Hoge, which was, with the regiment of which it was a part, attached to the command of General J. E. B. Stewart, and with it served until he fell mortally wounded on the field at Yellow Tavern. From here he was conveyed to Richmond, where he died May 16, 1864. His remains are entombed beneath the shades of Hollywood Cemetery. Additional Comments: From History of West Virginia in Two Parts by Virgil A. Lewis, Berkeley County entry. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/richmondcity/bios/hammond174gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb