Benjamin Austin | Richard Bailey | Enos W. Brazelton | William Blount | Burwell Boykin | Wesley Brown | William Bryant | James Brown | Thomas Caldwell | Benjamin Caraway | Allen Capps | George Carter | James Cathey | David Chapman | Henry L Chapman | John F. Chapman | T. W. Casay | William B Cathay | William L. Cathey
Richard Bailey
*Richard Bailey
*Richard Bailey joined Capt. Murphy's Company, Alabama Mounted Volunteers later called 3rd Alabama Cavalry, Company F on 18 Nov 1861 in Marion, Perry County, Alabama at the age of 35 years. He was enlisted by Capt. Samuel Jennings Murphy as a private for 12 months.
*Richard took his horse to war with him. His horse was valued at $105 and horse equipment at $25.
Notes from Richard's Compiled Military Service Records state that he appeared on the regular company muster roll for:
18 Nov to 31 Dec 1861
30 Apr to 30 June 1862
On 30 Dec 1862 Richard was a patient at Camp Direction Hospital in Chattanooga Tenn.
Then he appeared on the hospital muster roll as a patient for Mar and Apr 1863.
In May 1863 he was well enough to be attached to Direction Hospital in Griffin, Georgia as Act Steward.
He was listed on the hospital muster roll for Sept 1 to Nov 30 1863.
Apparently Richard went out and bought supplies for the hospital for which
he was then reimbursed.
This is an image from his Compiled Military Service Record. Note that eggs were a $1.50 a dozen.
On the 31 Aug 1863 Richard was paid for use and risk of horse at 20 cents a
day. He was paid by W. L. Wickham.
*Richard was born about 1826 in Ireland. He is buried in Marion Cemetery in Perry county, Alabama, but there are no dates on the stone. He married Sarah F. about 1844 probably in Edgefield dist, South Carolina. Sarah was born in 1827 in South Carolina.
In 1850 Richard was living with his wife Sarah in Edgefield dist, South Carolina. He was a carpenter. Later in 1860, when he moved his family to Marion, Perry county Alabama he was again employed as a carpenter.
They had the following children:
M i. Joseph T. M. Bailey was born in 1844 in South Carolina. In the Civil War Joseph served in Co. K 37th Ga. Inf. C.S.C.
M ii. James O. Bailey was born in 1846 in South Carolina. James died 15 Oct 1932 in Marion, Perry county, Alabama.
Sources
1. United States. Record and Pension Office., Compiled Service records of Confederate soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Alabama., Washington C. C. : The National Archives, 1961-1962.Third Alabama Cavalry A-D 1861-1865 FHL#0880338.
2. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry County, Marion post office, page 113.Head of house hold Richard Bailey.
3. 1850 Federal census, South Carolina, Edgefield dist., page 85.Head of house hold Richard Bailey.
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By Susette Cook