Richard Short Ricketts

In 1860 he was a 48 year old harness maker in the Barron District, Jones County, GA. He enlisted in nearby Clinton, GA on 26 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 12th Georgia Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD about 10 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862.

He was frequently absent, sick, from June 1863 into February 1864. He was captured again, at Petersburg, VA on 1 April 1865 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD where he took an oath of allegiance to the United States and was released on 17 June 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer back at Clinton in Jones County, GA. He died "of disease which he contracted in the service" at the Milledgeville State mental hospital on 6 January 1886 at age 73.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists, his family bible, the US Census of 1860-1880, and his widow's pension application of 1901; she spelled his middle name Shortt. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Nancy Shirley Boyet (1830-1916) in January 1845 and they had 9 children.

06/26/1812; Raleigh, NC

01/22/1886; Milledgeville, GA; burial in Cedar Lane Cemetery, Baldwin County, GA