Richard Moss King

In 1860 he was a 21 year old farmer living with his parents and 7 siblings on their small place near Littleton in Halifax County, NC. He enlisted in Warren County, NC on 30 March 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company A of the 14th North Carolina Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September, sent to Fort Delaware, then, on 2 October, on to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November. He had been promoted to Sergeant on 20 September while a prisoner.

He was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864 and absent, recovering, to at least 30 August 1864. He was with his company when they were surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

In 1870 he was a deputy sheriff living on his widowed mother Harriet's farm at Littleton, NC but by 1880 was farming his own place there.

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 and the US Census of 1860-1880.

He married Missouri Harriss (1842-) in May 1874 and they had 8 children by 1890.

c. 1839 in NC