Robert Alexander Stainback enlisted as a private in the 56th VA Infantry, Co. E, on July 10, 1861. He was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson, TN, and sent to Camp Morton, IN in March 1862. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, MS, on August 24, 1862. Stainback was promoted to 1st lieutenant on December 31, 1863 and then to captain in August, 1864. He was taken prisoner at Sailor's Creek, VA, on April 6, 1865 and sent to Johnson's Island, OH, where he remained until he took the Oath of Allegiance on June 20, 1865.
After the war, he moved to Clarke County, MS, where the 1880 census lists his occupation as merchant. The 1888 Southern Insurance Directory lists him as the sole insurance agent in Quitman, Clarke County, MS.
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