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Hedgman Slack
Hedman Slack was born in 1834, in Kanawha county, Virginia. His education was obtained in district schools of that day. When his
country called for volunteers, early in 1861, young Slack, in company with his younger brother - Greenbury, who was killed in the
battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia - enlisted in the Union army, the former in the Fourth, and the latter in the Thirteenth Virginia Regiments.
Both of the brothers were made Captains. The Fourth Virginia Regiment was changed to the Seventh West Virginia Cavalry, and
Captain Hedgman Slack was elected its first Major. He was a man of great courage, and in several severe engagements commanded
his regiment. April 20, 1868, President Grant appointed him United States Marshal for West Virginia, which office he held for nine
consecutive years. He now resides on his farm seven miles northeast of Charleston.
Taken from Prominent Men of West Virginia,
Geo. W Atkinson and Alvaro F Gibbens, W.L. Callin Publishing, Wheeling, WV, 1890.
© 1996 Becky Falin
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