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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Richard H. Alford

(c. 1840 - ?)

Home State: South Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 8th South Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, he enlisted as Private, Company E, 8th South Carolina Infantry, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry on 13 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He transferred to another regiment, date not given, and survived the war.

References & notes

His service information from the Rolls.1

Birth

c. 1840

Notes

1   Thomas, John P., and and previous SC Historians of the Confederate Records, Confederate Rolls of South Carolina, Columbia: Historian of Confederate Records, 1898, Roll of Company E, 8th Reg't Inf, South Carolina Vols.  [AotW citation 24265]