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P. J. Ayres enlisted in the Confederate service in 1862 and served in the Army of Northern Virginia, Stuart's Cavalry. He was first in Company F, 4th Virginia Cavalry, for eight months, and was then transferred to Company G, 3d Virginia Cavalry, under Colonel Owen and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and took part in the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and others, He was color bearer in his regiment in 1864. Jim Cummings also belonged to this command. Will some surviving comrade who can testify to his record please write to N. E. Ayres, of Oklahoma City, Okla., in care of Ridenour-Baker Mercantile Company. This information is sought to help his widow get a pension.