Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996
Rank: 2nd Lt.
1860 Census:Farmer, Scott Co., age 29
Enlistment: Osborne Ford, Scott Co., age 30, pvt., 5/61
Present thru 10/15/61. Elected 2nd Lt. 4/21/62. Present
4/30/62. Absent 9/22/62. Present comdg. Company 3/18/63 to
3/24/63. MWIA, rt. lung, and captured Spotsylvania C.H. 5/10/64.
Same day denied promotion to 1st Lt., examining board having
found him not qualified for promotion. POW, 2nd Div., 2nd Corps
hospital, 5/10/64-5/14/64.
Robert's widow, Nancy, obtained a pension on October 23, 1894 for $30 per annum.
For more information, please contact Dianne Carr Peterson, peterson@ee.net.
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