cavalry, closed his efficient and faithful military career in 1865,
when he again returned to country life, and died at the seat of his
ancestors, at Ravensworth, in Fairfax County.

In the mean time his private life was interrupted by the voice of
his people, which called him to their service in the senate of
Virginia and for three terms as their Representative in Congress,
two of which he completed, and left the vacancy in the third by his
untimely death.

Truth, honor, and courage to do good and to resist evil, sincerity
in all relations and fidelity to all duty, were heirlooms of his
race and lineage, which he kept and left untarnished to his
posterity.

With a mind strong and vigorous, a judgment sound and well-poised,
a calm and self-contained temper, which impelled him to the right
and restrained him from the wrong, and a moral sense which guided
and controlled his purposes and his actions along the path of
absolute rectitude, he lived a life adorned by noble virtues and
filled with noble deeds. Gentle but firm, decided, and fixed in his
convictions, but respectful and deferential to those of others, he
was a model of all the splendid qualities which make up the
character of a courteous and Christian gentleman.

In addition to all these natural gifts his convictions led him to
the profession and practice of a simple and genuine faith in the
religion of Christ.

After an honorable military and civil career, in the peace of God