John W. Daniel, a well-known resident of the city of Washington, was reared and educated in that city, though a native of Virginia. He was born in Stafford county, that State, in 1838, and in his infancy was taken by his parents, upon their removal, to Washington, which has since been his home. Upon the passage of the ordinance of secession by Virginia, there were many citizens of Washington, especially among the young and adventurous, who decided to give their services to her support. Among these Mr. Daniel was numbered. He enlisted in April, 1861, in the Richmond Grays, one of the earlier organizations of Confederate military, whence he was transferred in the following September, to the Forty-seventh Virginia infantry. With this command he served, with the rank of orderly sergeant of his company, until the spring of 1862, when a severe attack of illness confined him for the following five or six months and incapacitated him for duty in the field. In the winter of 1863-64 he entered the naval service as secretary to Commodore Forrest and subsequently held the same position with Commodore J. K. Mitchell and Admiral Semmes. While serving in this capacity he took part in several actions and in the attack of the James river squadron. After the cessation of naval operations he joined the land forces and surrendered with the army of General Johnston at Greensboro, N. C. Soon after he was paroled Mr. Daniel returned to his old home at Washington and embarked in civil life. In his undertakings since the close of the war he has met with gratifying success and has gained the confidence and esteem of the community. Since the year 1888 he has been in the service of the government of the District of Columbia.
Captain William T. Daougherty, adjutant of R. E. Lee camp, No. 3, United Confederate Veterans, Hampton, Va., was born at Hampton, December 13, 1840. His father, George P. Daougherty, born in Southampton county, 1819, died in 1896, was for many years prior to the war a foreman in the Gosport navy yard, and during the war was in the service of the Confederacy at Charlotte, N. C. In April, 1861, young Daougherty, then residing at Hampton, enlisted in the Washington artillery, organized at that place, as a private. He served with this organization through 1861 and the spring of 1862, mainly at Yorktown, and at the reorganization was elected second lieutenant of his company. On May 20, 1862, he resigned his commission and became a private in the Old Dominion Dragoons, a cavalry company, in which he remained until the close of the war, gaining promotion to orderly sergeant in July, 1864. He participated in the fighting at Yorktown and Williamsburg with the artillery, and during his subsequent career as a cavalryman took part in a great number of engagements, including practically all of those in which the cavalry under Stuart, Hampton and Lee won such distinguished honor. Among these battles were Malvern Hill, Muddy Run, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Willis' Church, Hanover Court House, Brandy Station, Kelly's, Ford, Dumfries, White Post, Fairfax Court House, Chantilly, Poolesville, Boonsboro, Sharpsburg, Paris, Upperville, Philomont, Fredericksburg, Aldie, Carlisle, Hanover, Pa., Gettysburg, Cashtown, Williamsport, Raccoon Ford, Chancellorsville, Todd's Tavern, Spottsylvania, Beaver Dam, Yellow Tavern,
