Contributed by: Arthur Booth

David Richard Strickland
Pvt Company E 30th NC Infantry Regiment
5' 10" Blond hair blue eyes dark complexion
born in Magnolia NC 1841
enlisted March 3rd 1862 in Wilmington NC
Captured May 19th 1864 at Spottsylvania Court House
Sent first to Point Lookout Maryland then transferred to
Elmira NY Aug 10th 1864
Released June 27th 1865
Married the former Rebecca Tucker and had 4 daughters
died in Warsaw NC early 1922

This info was compiled with the help of Broadfoot Publishing Company
from his Confederate Service Record, Confederate Pension request and 
Widows pension request.  I still do not know the location of his grave site.
So if you have ever ran across it if you could let me know the location I would 
GREATLY appreciate it. 


More info on David Richard Strickland:

Name: David R Strickland ,   
Residence: Duplin County, North Carolina  
Enlistment Date: 03 March 1862 
Side Served: Confederacy  
State Served: North Carolina  
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 03 March 1862 at the age of 21
Enlisted in Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 03 March 1862.
POW on 29 September 1862 at Warrenton, VA
Paroled on 29 September 1862 at Warrenton, VA
Absent on 15 December 1862 (Estimated day)
Returned on 01 May 1863 (Estimated day)
POW on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA
Confined on 23 May 1864 at Point Lookout, MD
Transferred on 10 August 1864 at Elmira, NY
Took Oath of Allegiance on 27 June 1865 at Elmira, NY 

Source Citation: Side served: Confederacy; State served: North Carolina; 
Enlistment date: 03 March 1862.


D. R. Strickland (First_Last) 
Regiment Name 30 North Carolina Infantry 
Side Confederate  
Company  E  
Soldier's Rank_In  Private  
Soldier's Rank_Out  Private  
Film Number M230 roll 37 


30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 

30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, 
North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: 
Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, 
and Mecklenburg. It served in the Department of North Carolina, then was assigned 
to General G.B. Anderson's, Ramseur's, and Cox's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. 
The 30th saw action from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the 
Shenandoah Valley, and was involved in the Appomattox operations. The unit 
reported 30 killed and 137 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, lost thirty-six 
percent of the 250 in the Maryland Campaign, and had 9 wounded at Fredericksburg. 
It sustained 125 casualties at Chancellorsville, lost sixteen percent of the 278 engaged 
at Gettysburg, and had 3 killed and 42 wounded on the Rappahannock River. On 
April 9, 1865, it surrendered 6 officers and 147 men. The field officers wre Colonel 
Francis M. Parker; Lieutenant Colonels Walter Draughan, James T. Kell, and William 
W. Sillers; and Major James C. Holmes. 




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