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Sgt Richard Norris Roland Sr.

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Sgt Richard Norris Roland Sr.

Birth
Bryantown, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death
17 Nov 1913 (aged 78)
Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA
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Company E "Mount Vernon Guards", 17th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Alexandria, VA.; 25 years old, fair complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, 6' tall.
Enlisted on 4/17/1861 in Alexandria, VA. for 12 months' service, he was mustered into Captain Samuel H. Devaughn's Company "Mount Vernon Guards", 17th Virginia Infantry as a Private. (This Company was redesignated Company E, 17th Virginia Infantry.)
Promoted to 4th Sergt between Mar & April and May & June 1862 Rolls.
Wounded in head 5/31/1862 Seven Pines, VA.; returned to duty, listed as Present March & April 1863 Roll.
Promoted to 3rd Sgt. 10/25/1862.
Hospitalized 1/9 - 4/21/1863 Chimborazo Hospital #1, Richmond, VA. for head wound suffered at Seven Pines.
POW 7/21/1863 Manassas Gap, VA.; confined Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C. 7/26/1863; transferred 7/31/1863 to Point Lookout, MD.; transferred 8/16/1863 to Elmira, N.Y.; transferred 2/20/1865 to James River, VA. for exchange.
Paroled 4/18/1865 Richmond, VA.
Oath Allegiance 5/10/1865 Alexandria, VA.

Postwar he worked at Orange & Alexandria R.R.
Member SCV, R.E. Lee Camp, Alexandria, 1886.

The 17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using the 6th Battalion Virginia Infantry as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Warren, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier.
Company E "Mount Vernon Guards", 17th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence Alexandria, VA.; 25 years old, fair complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, 6' tall.
Enlisted on 4/17/1861 in Alexandria, VA. for 12 months' service, he was mustered into Captain Samuel H. Devaughn's Company "Mount Vernon Guards", 17th Virginia Infantry as a Private. (This Company was redesignated Company E, 17th Virginia Infantry.)
Promoted to 4th Sergt between Mar & April and May & June 1862 Rolls.
Wounded in head 5/31/1862 Seven Pines, VA.; returned to duty, listed as Present March & April 1863 Roll.
Promoted to 3rd Sgt. 10/25/1862.
Hospitalized 1/9 - 4/21/1863 Chimborazo Hospital #1, Richmond, VA. for head wound suffered at Seven Pines.
POW 7/21/1863 Manassas Gap, VA.; confined Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C. 7/26/1863; transferred 7/31/1863 to Point Lookout, MD.; transferred 8/16/1863 to Elmira, N.Y.; transferred 2/20/1865 to James River, VA. for exchange.
Paroled 4/18/1865 Richmond, VA.
Oath Allegiance 5/10/1865 Alexandria, VA.

Postwar he worked at Orange & Alexandria R.R.
Member SCV, R.E. Lee Camp, Alexandria, 1886.

The 17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in June, 1861, using the 6th Battalion Virginia Infantry as its nucleus. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Warren, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Fauquier.

Bio by: BigFrench

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