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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Lemuel J. Radford

(c. 1837 - 1863)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

In 1850 he was a 13 year old living with his parents and 3 siblings on their small farm in Greene County, NC. He enlisted at Snow Hill, NC on 27 April 1861 and mustered the same day as a Private in Company A, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

On the Campaign

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

The rest of the War

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 to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was killed in action at Chancellorsville, VA on 3 May 1863.

His father Henry filed a claim for his final pay in December 1863.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3; with his age at enlistment as 20 years. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850. His memorial in Greene County is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1837 in NC

Death

05/03/1863; Chancellorsville, VA

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34403]

2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #255 [AotW citation 34404]

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