Richard T Taliaferro
Birth: 8 Dec 1831
Death: 30 Jul 1901
(Aged 69 years, 7 months, 22 days.)
Burial: Marvin Cemetery
Carroll County, Mississippi, USA
Served in Company A, 42nd Inf., Mississippi as Pvt
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 5/1/1862 as a Private. On 5/1/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. MS 42nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment) Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 5/1/1862 as a Private. On 5/1/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. MS 42nd Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment) Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Unit Details:
42nd Infantry Regiment was organized at Oxford, Mississippi, in May, 1862, and in June moved to Virginia with about 750 officers and men. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Carroll, Coahoma, Tate, De Soto, Panola, Lafayette, Union, Pontotoc, Marshall, Benton, and Tippah. For a time it served on garrison duty in the Department of Richmond, then was assigned to General J.R. Davis' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 42nd was active from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the Petersburg siege south of the James River, and saw action around Appomattox. It lost forty-six percent of the 575 engaged at Gettysburg, had 8 disabled en route from Pennsylvania, and had 6 killed and 25 wounded during the Bristoe Campaign. The regiment surrendered 1 Lieutenant, 1 Chaplain, and 5 enlisted men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William A. Feeney, Hugh R. Miller, and Andrew M. Nelson; Lieutenant Colonel Hillery Mosely; and Major Robert W. Locke.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- Richard T Taliaferro