Richardson Leonard Henley

He was a lawyer in Williamsburg before the War. He enlisted as Sergeant, Company C, 32nd Virginia Infantry on 28 April 1861, and was appointed Captain and Acting Commissary on 7 October. He reported as volunteer aide-de-camp (VADC) to General McLaws in May 1862.

He was with his Regiment at Sharpsburg, and was wounded through the arm there on 17 September 1862. In his Report, General Semmes noted:

Calling for a staff' officer to bear an order to the regiments on the left, none being at hand, Captain Henley, acting commissary of subsistence, Thirty-second Virginia, who had been shot through the arm but refused to quit the field, offered himself to become the bearer, which was declined, on account of his wound; whereupon, stating that his wound was slight and that he was not disabled, he was allowed to proceed. While doing so, he fell, severely wounded, pierced with two bullets.

He was assigned to conscription duty in July 1863.

He was a lawyer, judge, and writer in Williamsburg, VA.

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07/27/1836; James City County, VA

05/23/1897; Williamsburg, VA; burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, VA