heel ing , ▁considering ▁it ▁a ▁tro phy ▁and ▁ind ign ant ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁ad orn ed ▁" a ▁country ▁whose ▁inhabitants ▁were ▁st riv ing ▁to ▁destroy ▁a ▁government ▁which ▁he ▁founded ." ▁ ▁St ro ther ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁ 3 0 ▁batt les , ▁though ▁never ▁wounded . ▁He ▁res igned ▁his ▁commission ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁when ▁General ▁Hunter ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁General ▁Philip ▁Sher idan , ▁whose ▁sc orch ed ▁earth ▁strateg ies ▁would ▁be ▁successful , ▁but ▁make ▁him ▁even ▁more ▁des pis ed ▁in ▁the ▁Valley . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁St ro ther ▁was ▁appointed ▁a ▁bre vet ▁brig ad ier ▁general ▁of ▁volunte ers ▁and ▁remained ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁of ▁Virginia ▁milit ia ▁into ▁ 1 8 6 6 . ▁Following ▁the ▁war , ▁St ro ther ▁became ▁Ad j ut ant ▁General ▁of ▁V MI ▁and ▁also ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁V MI ▁Board ▁of ▁Vis itors ; ▁in ▁that ▁capacity ▁he ▁act ively ▁promoted ▁the ▁institution ' s ▁reconst ruction . ▁ ▁Post bell um ▁career ▁After ▁his ▁father ' s ▁death ▁in ▁January ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁the ▁war ▁limited ▁occup ancy ▁by ▁Southern ▁guests ▁( other ▁than ▁the ▁unw el come ▁Stone wall ▁Jackson ▁who ▁once ▁used ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁base ▁to ▁shell ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁Ohio ▁Rail road ). ▁St ro ther ▁ran ▁the ▁family ▁hotel , ▁which ▁a ▁Baltimore ▁company ▁in ▁ 1 8