James Madison Riley

A 31 year old farmer in Saluda, Edgefield District, he enlisted as Private, Company M, 7th South Carolina Infantry on 9 August 1862.

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

He was in hospitals in Staunton and Richmond, VA into December 1862. He was ina hospital again, with an ulcer of his leg, from 4 June to 8 August 1863. He was captured at Cedar Creek, VA on 19 October 1864 and exchanged at Point Lookout, MD on 23 October. He was surrendered on 26 April 1865 and paroled at Greensboro, NC on 2 May 1865.

By 1870 he was a farmer in Miller, Baker County, GA.

His service from Swain.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave, and has his death date as 7 March 1881.

He married Anne Elizabeth Free (1829-1882) in 1858 and they had 5 children.

04/05/1831

11/07/1881; burial in Christ Methodist Church Cemetery, Baker County, GA