Thursday, February 9, 2012

Robert Alexander Boyd, student 1858-1861

Boyd attended VMI after leaving R-MC in 1861, and upon his graduation in 1863, he enlisted as a sergeant in Co. D of the 1st Regiment of Engineers.He surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Boyd returned to Mecklenburg County, VA after the war and became a farmer. He died June 24, 1909 and is buried in a family cemetery in Mecklenburg County.

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