| Name: BYRD,
RICHARD DANIEL (listed on muster roll as Richard D. Byrd) |
| Rank: Private |
| Enlisted: 7
October 1861 at Westville, Dale County |
| Service History: Present:
Winchester, Virginia 1862/05/25, Cross Keys, Cedar Mountain, Manassas
Junction, Manassas Plains, Chantilly; Wounded: Cold Harbor; Absent
wounded: Malvern Hill; Absent sick: Hazel River, harpers Ferry,
Sharpsburg, Shepards Town; Absent on detail: Fredericksburg, Suffolk,
Gettysburg, Battle Mount, Chickamauga, Raccoon Mountain, Lookout Valley;
Absent on detail: Camel Station, Knoxville; Captured: Dandridge,
Tennessee 1864/01/16. |
| Date of Birth: 21
September 1839 |
Place of Birth: Johnston
County, North Carolina |
| Date of Death: 1922 |
Place of Death: Enterprise,
Coffee County, Alabama |
| Buried: Enterprise
City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama |
| Father: Acrel
Byrd (b 16 December 1815 in Johnston County, North Carolina, d 24 June
1891 in Dale County, Alabama) |
| Mother: Nancy
Gurley |
| Spouse(s): Sarah
Eleanor
McGee (b 1836 in North Carolina, d 28 November 1903) |
| Children: Sarah,
Bowen, Benjamin, Mattie |
| Occupation:
Farmer |
| Residence(s): Westville,
Dale County, Alabama; Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama |
| Other: |
| Photographs:
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| Submitter:
Georgia V. Fleming |
E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net |
