Robert Armistead, brother of George Wesley Armistead, enlisted in Confederate service on April 4, 1861 at Richmond Virginia as a private. Serving in the "1st" company of the Virginia Howitzers, Light Artillery, he was twice promoted, first to corporal within a month of his enlistment and then to 2nd Lieutenant in November, 1861. Robert Armistead survived the War and died in 1894.
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