Saturday, February 18, 2012

James R. Worrell, student 1859-1860

Worrell enlisted as a private in the Norfolk Light Artillery on May 22, 1862. He spent several months in the Camp Winder military hospital in Richmond in late 1862 and early 1863 due to illness. He was wounded on May 1, 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA. He is listed on a hospital roll in Charlottesville, VA June 2-17, 1864 with a "contusion of the hip."

In 1870, Worrell was living in Townesvile, NC and was "working on the land." By 1900, he was back in his native Norfolk, VA and is listed as a clerk in the census. He was admitted on June 6, 1907 to the Soldiers' Home in Richmond, VA, where he died on August 12, 1907.

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