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These records contain card abstracts of entries relating to each soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports. They may also contain the originals of any papers relating solely to a particular soldier. Browse by military unit, then name of soldier, or use the search box related to this title.
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- Publication Number:
- M324
- Publication Title:
- Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia
- Publisher:
- NARA
- National Archives Catalog ID:
- 586957
- National Archives Catalog Title:
- Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations , compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865
- Record Group:
- 109
- State:
- Virginia
- Short Description:
- NARA M324. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from Virginia units, labeled with each soldier's name, rank, and unit, with links to revealing documents about each soldier.
- Roll:
- 0930
- Military Unit:
- Fifty-first Infantry
- Given Name:
- John S
- Surname:
- Richardson
- Age:
- [BLANK]
- Year:
- 1862
- Surname Starts With:
- R
- Original data from:
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Richardson John S. Company H 51st Virginia Infantry Rank at induction: Private Rank at discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate [Source: Civil War Service Records, database at ancestry.com] John Summerfield Richardson was killed at Fayetteville, Fayette County, (West) Virginia on 10 September 1862 while serving as a private with Company H of the 51st Virginia Infantry. Company H (formerly called Company F) enlisted July 2, 1861, for one year; reorganized May 23, 1862. Captains were Granville R. Conner to April 1862 and William G. Price who was wounded and captured. Engagements that the infantry participated in during Richardson's time were Gauley River (Sept. 10, 1861); Carnifax Ferry (Sept. 11, 1861); Buffalo Mountain (Dec. 13, 1861); Fort Donelson (Feb. 12-16, 1862); Lewisburg and Clarksville (Feb. 18, 1862); Mercer and Princeton (May 17-18, 1862); Lewisburg (Aug. 28, 1862); Kanawha Campaign (Sept. 1862); and lastly Fayetteville (Sept. 10, 1862). John S. Richardson (First_Last) Regiment Name 51 Virginia Infantry. Side Confederate Company H Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M382 roll 46