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Re: 24th Virginia Cavalry book by Darryl Holland

He enlisted at age 16 in 1862 and served on detached duty, apparently as a courier. I found, but lost the reference that he stated he served in this category with Gen. Longstreet. It was later in 1864 he was assigned to the 24th Virginia Cavalry.

Julius Franklin Howell, A. M., instructor in pedagogics, Arkansas
Industrial University, was born in Nansemond County, Va., January 17,
1846. His early life was spent on a farm and in private schools; later
he attended the Reynolds Collegiate Institute, where he took a full
classical and mathematical course. In 1862 he enlisted in the
Confederate army, detached service, and in 1864 he became a member of Company K, Twenty-fourth Virginia Cavalry, being in active duty until
the close of the war. During one of the minor engagements about
Richmond, Va., he was slightly wounded in the right leg.
http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/washington/bios/juliusfh.txt

Civil War Confederate Soldier. Julius Franklin Howell, at the age of sixteen, entered Confederate service and would in time become a member of the 24th Virginia Cavalry. On occasions, he was on detached duty, serving general officers as a trusted courier.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22475979&ref=acom

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