GALLANT SOLDIER IS DEAD.
Capt. John E. Laughton, a Confederate veteran and member of Camp 171, U. C. V. died yesterday morning at his home, 1430 W Street Northwest.
Capt. Laughton was sixty-nine years of age. He was among the earliest supporters of the Confederate cause, enlisting at the age of seventeen in the Petersburg Grays, Company D, Twelfth Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. He was wounded seven times during the war--at French's Farm June 25, 1862, severely wounded in the breast and arm at The Crater on July 30, 1864; but after each recovery rejoined his command, and was at the Appomattox Court House surrender in 1865.
Capt. Laughton was born in Richmond and resided in that city for many years. At one time he was commander of the R. E. Lee Camp, U. C. V. of Richmond, and also was a director of the Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home. He leaves a wife and three sons, Wallace, Herbert, and Hunter Laughton, the latter of whom is auditor of the Southern Railway.
The body will be taken to Richmond this morning for interment in Shocko Hill Cemetery.
-The Washington Herald, Apr 6, 1913, p. 12
Capt. John E. Laughton, a Confederate veteran and member of Camp 171, U. C. V. died yesterday morning at his home, 1430 W Street Northwest.
Capt. Laughton was sixty-nine years of age. He was among the earliest supporters of the Confederate cause, enlisting at the age of seventeen in the Petersburg Grays, Company D, Twelfth Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. He was wounded seven times during the war--at French's Farm June 25, 1862, severely wounded in the breast and arm at The Crater on July 30, 1864; but after each recovery rejoined his command, and was at the Appomattox Court House surrender in 1865.
Capt. Laughton was born in Richmond and resided in that city for many years. At one time he was commander of the R. E. Lee Camp, U. C. V. of Richmond, and also was a director of the Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home. He leaves a wife and three sons, Wallace, Herbert, and Hunter Laughton, the latter of whom is auditor of the Southern Railway.
The body will be taken to Richmond this morning for interment in Shocko Hill Cemetery.
-The Washington Herald, Apr 6, 1913, p. 12
GALLANT SOLDIER IS DEAD.
Capt. John E. Laughton, a Confederate veteran and member of Camp 171, U. C. V. died yesterday morning at his home, 1430 W Street Northwest.
Capt. Laughton was sixty-nine years of age. He was among the earliest supporters of the Confederate cause, enlisting at the age of seventeen in the Petersburg Grays, Company D, Twelfth Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. He was wounded seven times during the war--at French's Farm June 25, 1862, severely wounded in the breast and arm at The Crater on July 30, 1864; but after each recovery rejoined his command, and was at the Appomattox Court House surrender in 1865.
Capt. Laughton was born in Richmond and resided in that city for many years. At one time he was commander of the R. E. Lee Camp, U. C. V. of Richmond, and also was a director of the Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home. He leaves a wife and three sons, Wallace, Herbert, and Hunter Laughton, the latter of whom is auditor of the Southern Railway.
The body will be taken to Richmond this morning for interment in Shocko Hill Cemetery.
-The Washington Herald, Apr 6, 1913, p. 12
Capt. John E. Laughton, a Confederate veteran and member of Camp 171, U. C. V. died yesterday morning at his home, 1430 W Street Northwest.
Capt. Laughton was sixty-nine years of age. He was among the earliest supporters of the Confederate cause, enlisting at the age of seventeen in the Petersburg Grays, Company D, Twelfth Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade. He was wounded seven times during the war--at French's Farm June 25, 1862, severely wounded in the breast and arm at The Crater on July 30, 1864; but after each recovery rejoined his command, and was at the Appomattox Court House surrender in 1865.
Capt. Laughton was born in Richmond and resided in that city for many years. At one time he was commander of the R. E. Lee Camp, U. C. V. of Richmond, and also was a director of the Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers' Home. He leaves a wife and three sons, Wallace, Herbert, and Hunter Laughton, the latter of whom is auditor of the Southern Railway.
The body will be taken to Richmond this morning for interment in Shocko Hill Cemetery.
-The Washington Herald, Apr 6, 1913, p. 12
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