In 1861, talk of secession transformed into armed conflict. Many of the men educated at Randolph-Macon College in the preceding 29 years immediately responded to the calls of their state militias to serve, while others later enlisted or were conscripted into the Confederate or Union armies. Others served in public office, or were ultimately drawn into the conflict in the last days in reserve units in local defense. These are their stories.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Charles Henry Tarry (Terry), student 1856-1857
Tarry was a plantation overseer, probably for his father's holdings, in Dallas County, AL in the 1860 census. He enlisted in Co. K of the 15th Alabama Infantry in March 1862. He died of measles in Richmond, VA on July 6, 1862 and is buried in the Confederate section of Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery under the variant spelling of his last name as Terry. No official records of his service survive.
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