The Passing of a Real Son of the South

From the Jan. 30th Washington, DC Examiner Civil War Heritage "The passing of a real son of the South" by Gregg Clemmer.

Lucas L. Meredith, Jr., of DeWitt, Virginia died Jan. 28th. He was born on 1924 to the late Lucas L. Meredith and Mary Francis Gregory Meredith. Mr. Meredith was a World War II veteran in the Pacific and a member of the Camp A.P. Hill Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp #167. His father died in 1927 and he was also a veteran...of the Confederate Army.

His father was born March 15, 1842, in DeWitt, Virginia, and enlisted in the Confederate Army May 23, 1861 at Dinwiddie Courthouse. His brother had taken the family's strongest horse and joined the 3rd Virginia Cavalry and served under Jeb Stuart as a corporal.

Lucas Meredith joined Co. C, 3rd Virginia Infantry, Kemper's Brigade. He was in Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg and was captured at Five Forks in April 1865, walking back home from prison a few weeks after the war ended.

He returned to farming and eventually became a veterinarian.

Both brothers survived the war