Oscar Malachi Styron enlisted in the 6th VA Infantry, Co. G on August 1, 1861. He was promoted to corporal on June 17, 1862 and to sergeant on February 1, 1863. Muse was wounded in the right lung at the Battle of Second Manassas and discharged due to his wound. Ater recuperating in hospitals in Warrenton and Richmond, Styron married and went to Enfield, North Carolina, where he managed the farm of Charles Manly, former governor of N.C., until his death on March 17, 1865.
Styron sometimes used "Muse" as his his middle name, in honor of his close college friend Edward (Edwin) Muse, and this middle name was given to his son Oscar, Jr., who was born several months after Muse's death A native of Princess Anne County, Styron is buried in a small family cemetery today located on a narrow strip of land between a subdivision and a drainage ditch on the edge of North Landing Road in Princess Anne County.
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