Richard Morris was in the Randolph-Macon class 1848. He served as a private in Company D of the 44th Virginia Infantry. He was captured on the first day of the fighting at the Wilderness on May 5, 1864. Two days later he was taken to Belle Plain, Virginia along with hundreds of other Confederate soldiers. On May 18, he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, another holding location for prisoners of war. By July 30, 1864 he had been taken to the notorious Elmira Prison in Elmira, New York where he died of “chronic diarrhea.” Richard G. Morris is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, New York in grave number 341.
Contributed by Matthew Guillen '14
