Richard Wallach Goldthwaite was educated at Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and Columbia, S. C., graduating at Columbia in 1860.
As soon as the Civil War broke out he entered the Confed-
erate army as a volunteer, and when, in 1862, Semple's bat-
tery was organized, he was made senior second lieutenant,
and afterwards, for a long time prior to the close of the war,
commanded, as captain, that well-known company of brave. mk
Ala., and Columbia, S. C., graduating at Columbia in 1860.
As soon as the Civil War broke out he entered the Confed-
erate army as a volunteer, and when, in 1862, Semple's bat-
tery was organized, he was made senior second lieutenant,
and afterwards, for a long time prior to the close of the war,
commanded, as captain, that well-known company of brave. mk
Richard Wallach Goldthwaite was educated at Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and Columbia, S. C., graduating at Columbia in 1860.
As soon as the Civil War broke out he entered the Confed-
erate army as a volunteer, and when, in 1862, Semple's bat-
tery was organized, he was made senior second lieutenant,
and afterwards, for a long time prior to the close of the war,
commanded, as captain, that well-known company of brave. mk
Ala., and Columbia, S. C., graduating at Columbia in 1860.
As soon as the Civil War broke out he entered the Confed-
erate army as a volunteer, and when, in 1862, Semple's bat-
tery was organized, he was made senior second lieutenant,
and afterwards, for a long time prior to the close of the war,
commanded, as captain, that well-known company of brave. mk
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