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Note: N13320 Civil War Record
Enlisted May 17, 1861 at Petersburg, Va. as Private in Co. D, 5th Va. Cavalry; Appointed Captain of Artillery and assigned as ordnance officer to then Col. T. N. Waul's Texas Legion, May 17, 1862; On detached duty at San Antonio, Richmond, and Gonzales, Texas Jun-Oct. 1862; Absent, sick in Grenada, Miss. Dec. 31, 1862–Feb. 1863; Submitted resignation Feb 26, 1863 for health reasons; Enrolled as conscript at Camp Lee and detailed Feb. 1864; By April 1864, back with Waul as Aide-de-Camp, and won praise for his conduct at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins's Ferry; Appointed 1st Lieut. and Aide-de-Camp Feb. 7, 1865.
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Note: N13319 (Special Dispatch to The Times), 7 December 1900
LYNCHBURG, VA., Dec 7.—Mr. Robert Brodnax died here this afternoon after a lingering illness, aged seventy-three years. For several years he had resided in Pittsylvania county, but was brought here a few weeks ago for treatment. He was a son of General Brodnax. Besides his wife, who was Miss Austina Slaughter, sister of te late J. F. Slaughter, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mary Brodnax Cameron, wife of George Cameron, Jr, of Petersburg.
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Note: N13318 8 December 1900
DEATH OF ROBERT BRODNAX
Passed Away yesterday at the Home & Retreat.
Mr. Robert W. Brodnax, for some years a well-known resident of the city, died at the Home & Retreat yesterday afternoon after an illness of several weeks.
Mr. Brodnax was born December 19, 1827, and most of his life was spent in Lynchburg, where he married Miss Austina Slaughter about the commencement of the Civil War, though for some years he held a position with the old Virginia and Tennessee railroad in Bristol. Afterwards he was secretary of the Lynchburg Banking & Fire Insurance company.
For the past several years Mr. Brodnax had resided in Pittsylvania county until his rapidly failing health occasioned his being brought here for treatment about a month ago; but it was soon perceived that his advanced age precluded all hope of any substantial improvement.
He was a quiet unassuming gentleman of the old school, with many noble traits of character.
He leaves a widow and a married daughter, Mrs. George Cameron, Jr., of Petersburg.
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