Donohoe family.

The four eldest sons of Stephen George Donohoe (1809-1915), a Loudoun County, Va., justice of the peace, entered the Confederate Army in 1861 and recounted their experiences during battle in letters to family members. George Augustus Donohoe (1843-1861), who enlisted in the 8th Virginia Infantry, was killed by a gunshot wound at the Battle of Ball's Bluff on 21 Oct. 1861; Stephen Joseph Donohoe (1841-1864), who served in the 6th Virginia Cavalry, died on 14 May 1864 of wounds received during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House a week earlier (7 May 1864). John Carroll Donohoe (1838-1921), also a member of the 6th Virginia Cavalry, survived the war and later became a bookkeeper in Baltimore, Maryland. LeGrand Donohoe (1846-1920) served in the 35th Battalion and survived the war, but was bedridden for much of his later life. These four men frequently wrote letters home to their family, often to their aunts Amanda (1815-1901), Ann (1805-1894), and Mary E. Donohoe (1812-1899).