47th NC Infantry, Company E: Roster

RICHARDSON, JAMES D., Private

ENLISTED: born in Nash County, resided in Wake, farmer enlisted in Wake at age of 27 on 18 January 1862.  KILLED:  near Petersburg, VA on 31 March 1865.  No further record.

RICHARDSON, WILLIAM W., Private

ENLISTED:  born in Nash County, resided in Wake, farmer who enlisted in Wake at age 35 on 18 January 1862.  WOUNDED: in the right arm and/or right shoulder and captured at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863 (Pickett’s Charge) HOSPITALIZED: at Gettysburg.  PRISON:  Ft. Delaware, DE on or about 9 July 1863, transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD on 22 Oct 1863.  EXCHANGED:  paroled at Pt. Lookout on 18 Feb 1865, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA on or about 20 Feb 1865.  No further record.