HON. F. V. WINSTON
Was born in Louisa county, Va., Oct. 10, 1830, and was educated at
the University of Virginia, from which he graduated in law in June,
1851, was admitted to the bar the following year and began the practice
of his profession in 1854, at Louisa, C. H., and has been in continuous
practice ever since. He entered the C. S. A. in April, 1861,
as first lieutenant of Co. D. 13th Va. Inf.; later was commissioned
captain of the same company and participated in many engagements,
including Bull Run, Port Republic, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, 2d
Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
and others. In the sessions of 1863-4, he was a member of the
Virginia legislature, and was still occupying that position at the close
of the war. His postoffice address is Louisa, Louisa Co., Va.
