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Col Richard Sprigg Canby Lord

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Col Richard Sprigg Canby Lord

Birth
Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, USA
Death
15 Oct 1866 (aged 33–34)
Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Lot 354, Grave 8
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Lord, Richard S. C., c.1832 born in Ohio; July 1, 1856 graduated from West Point (40/49) and appointed brevet 2ndlt., 7th U. S. Infantry Rgt. Oct. 31, 1856 2ndlt., 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. June 22, 1857 transferred to 1st U. S. Cavalry (dragoons) Rgt. 1857-1861 frontier duty; April 23, 1861 1stlt. Oct. 26, 1861 capt. February 1862 battle of Valverde, N. M. July 7, 1863 brevet maj., U. S. Army for Gettysburg, Pa. July 9, 1863 wounded at Boonsboro, Md. 1863-1865 assistant in Cavalry Bureau; April 2, 1865 brevet ltcol., U. S. Army for Five Forks, Va. Oct. 15, 1866 died in Ohio.
Married Angelina Wright on 18 Mar 1836 in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio.
Children: Richard Stanton Lord (1864-1867), and Edith Lord (1865-1965).



Lord, Richard S. C., c.1832 born in Ohio; July 1, 1856 graduated from West Point (40/49) and appointed brevet 2ndlt., 7th U. S. Infantry Rgt. Oct. 31, 1856 2ndlt., 3rd U. S. Artillery Rgt. June 22, 1857 transferred to 1st U. S. Cavalry (dragoons) Rgt. 1857-1861 frontier duty; April 23, 1861 1stlt. Oct. 26, 1861 capt. February 1862 battle of Valverde, N. M. July 7, 1863 brevet maj., U. S. Army for Gettysburg, Pa. July 9, 1863 wounded at Boonsboro, Md. 1863-1865 assistant in Cavalry Bureau; April 2, 1865 brevet ltcol., U. S. Army for Five Forks, Va. Oct. 15, 1866 died in Ohio.
Married Angelina Wright on 18 Mar 1836 in Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio.
Children: Richard Stanton Lord (1864-1867), and Edith Lord (1865-1965).



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aged 33y 11m 20d

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