Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Richmond E. LLoyd, student 1859-1861

Lloyd enlisted as a private in the Wilmington Light Infantry, which became Co. G of the 18th NC Infantry, on August 2, 1861. He was received a serious wound at Fredericksburg, VA on December 13, 1862 and was hospitalized in Richmond before being furloughed in February 1863 to recover at home in North Carolina. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on January 1, 1863. He was still absent from his company through the summer of 1863 and does not appear to have returned before being discharged for disability on February 1, 1864.

Lloyd was a farmer in North Carolina after the war. He died on May 29, 1913 and is buried in Bladen County, NC in the cemetery at Carvers Creek United Methodist Church.

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