Richard Zada Brown

Going by Zada, in 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents, 4 siblings, and 6 slaves on their farm at Canton in Madison County, MS. By then an 18 year old planter from Baton Rouge, LA, he enlisted there on 15 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 7th Louisiana Infantry. His father Beverly signed a statement certifying his son's age as 18 at enlistment. He was listed as absent, sick, for all engagements of his regiment up to August 1862.

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 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 10 October, furloughed for 30 days on 7 (or 13) November, and was formally exchanged on 10 November 1862. There is no later military record.

By 1870 he was "at home" with his parents and 2 sisters on their farm at Baton Rouge, LA. In 1880 he was a laborer living with his parents on a farm in Ascension Parish, LA.

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.

c. 1843; Madison County, MS