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Re: Richmond Howitzers 1st VA Light Artillery Batt

Samuel H. McCarthy

Residence Richmond VA;
Enlisted on 3/21/1862 at Richmond, VA as a Private.
On 3/21/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. VA 13th Battn Light Artillery
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 7/20/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day) [Petersburg]
* Hospitalized 7/24/1864 Richmond, VA (With shell wound in back)
* Absent, wounded 8/15/1864 In Private Quarters, Richmond, VA (Home 2nd St, between Cary and Canal)
* Furloughed 9/21/1864 Chesterfield Depot, VA (For 60 days)
* Hospitalized 11/22/1864 Chimborazo Hospl, Richmond, VA (For same back wound)
* Hospitalized 3/25/1865 Richmond, VA ("partial paraplegia, Rec Retirement")
* Oath Allegiance 4/18/1865 Richmond, VA
He was described at enlistment as:
6' 1.0", fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair
Other Information:
born in 1845 in Richmond, VA

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

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