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Confederate (CSV)

Sergeant

Russell Riley

(1843 - ?)

Home State: Florida

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Florida Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He mustered as Private in Company A, 2nd Florida Infantry on 25 May 1861 in Pensacola, FL. He was appointed Sergeant, date not given. He was wounded in action at Seven Pines, VA on 31 May 1862.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

He was discharged for disability on 5 August 1863 and later was a clerk in the CS Navy Department.

References & notes

Basic information from State of Florida1. Details from Hartman & Coles' Biographical Rosters of Florida's Confederate and Union Soldiers 1861-1865 (1995, via the Historical Data Systems database)

Birth

1843

Notes

1   State of Florida, Board of State Institutions, Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian, Civil and Spanish-American Wars, Live Oak (FL): Democrat Print, 1903, pp. 80 - 94  [AotW citation 15434]