David Rodes Ryan

Son of successful Irish-born merchant William Ryan, in 1860 David was a 22 year old clerk living with his parents and 3 siblings in Charleston, SC. He enlisted in Camden, SC on 8 April 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company E of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry in Richmond, VA on 15 May. He was appointed 2nd Sergeant between May and September 1862.

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

He was admitted to a hospital in Culpeper, VA on 24 September and on furlough from 1 October to 17 November 1862. He was slightly wounded in the head at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863, but remained with his company. He was killed at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and buried on the Rose Farm there.

He was reinterred in Magnolia Cemetery in 1871.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, as D.R. Ryan. Personal details from family genealogists, at least one of whom has his as David Rogers Ryan, and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

c. 1838; Charleston, SC

07/02/1863; Gettysburg, PA; burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC