David Richard Strickland



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David Richard Strickland
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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