Reared in Columbus, Mississippi, school teacher prewar. Second Lieutenant, "Lowndes Southrons," March 27, 1861. WIA Booneville while serving as volunteer aide-de-camp. Major, 9th Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters, June 1862. WIA and POW Battle of Munfordville. Colonel, 9th Mississippi Consolidated, April 10, 1865.
Bank president and mayor of Columbus, Mississippi postwar.
Source: Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, Bruce S. Allardice, Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008, which lists Richards' birthdate as August 31, 1828 and death date as July 9, 1916.
Bank president and mayor of Columbus, Mississippi postwar.
Source: Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, Bruce S. Allardice, Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008, which lists Richards' birthdate as August 31, 1828 and death date as July 9, 1916.
Reared in Columbus, Mississippi, school teacher prewar. Second Lieutenant, "Lowndes Southrons," March 27, 1861. WIA Booneville while serving as volunteer aide-de-camp. Major, 9th Battalion Mississippi Sharpshooters, June 1862. WIA and POW Battle of Munfordville. Colonel, 9th Mississippi Consolidated, April 10, 1865.
Bank president and mayor of Columbus, Mississippi postwar.
Source: Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, Bruce S. Allardice, Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008, which lists Richards' birthdate as August 31, 1828 and death date as July 9, 1916.
Bank president and mayor of Columbus, Mississippi postwar.
Source: Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register, Bruce S. Allardice, Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008, which lists Richards' birthdate as August 31, 1828 and death date as July 9, 1916.
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