"Robert Soutter Broughton - son of Thomas G. Broughton and Jean Soutter was born in 1841, enlisted in the "Blues" on June 4, 1861 and was promoted to 4th Corporal on November 5, 1862. He was wounded on April 2, 1865 during the fall of Petersburg and was sent to hospital in Lynchburg to recuperate. He was paroled from the hospital about one week after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He was a business man in Norfolk after the war and was instrumental in reorganizing the "Blues" as a militia unit after the Union government turned over city government back to our folks in 1871. He died March 7, 1916 and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk."
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/southernrites/RollofHonor.html
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/southernrites/RollofHonor.html
"Robert Soutter Broughton - son of Thomas G. Broughton and Jean Soutter was born in 1841, enlisted in the "Blues" on June 4, 1861 and was promoted to 4th Corporal on November 5, 1862. He was wounded on April 2, 1865 during the fall of Petersburg and was sent to hospital in Lynchburg to recuperate. He was paroled from the hospital about one week after General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He was a business man in Norfolk after the war and was instrumental in reorganizing the "Blues" as a militia unit after the Union government turned over city government back to our folks in 1871. He died March 7, 1916 and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk."
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/southernrites/RollofHonor.html
http://www.angelfire.com/va3/southernrites/RollofHonor.html
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