Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Robert L. Ragland, student 1846-1847

Ragland, a farmer in Halifax County, VA before the war, enlisted March 8, 1862 as 1st lieutenant of Captain Wright's Company (Co. C) of De Gournay's Battalion Heavy Artillery, the Halifax (VA) Artillery.  He resigned in June 1862 to join the quartermaster's department.

After the war, he returned to farming in Halifax County, VA. Ragland died on March 13, 1893 and is buried in Shady Grove Cemetery in Halifax County, VA.

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