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Submitted: 10/15/16 • Approved: 10/15/16 • Last Updated: 10/18/16 • R82166-G82141-S3
Richard P. Read
Died at Fort Scott
Aug. 10, 1862
Aged 25 years
A member of Co. A.
10 Regt. Kansas Vt.
N.Y. Birth Record:
Name: Richard "Reed"
Birth Date: 02 Feb. 1837
Place: Schodack, Rensselaer, NY
Father: Joel Reed (Occupation: Boatsman, in Stuyvesant, Columbia Co., NY, 1850 Census)
Mother: Mary Ann Burns
Military History:
Descriptive Roll - 10th Regt. Kansas Vol. Infantry:
Richard P. "Reed"
Rank: Corporal
Age: 25 years
Height: 6'3"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue
Complexion: Light
Single
Occupation: Carpenter
Nativity: Columbia Co., NY
Residence at Enlistment: Town - Paola, Miami County, Kansas.
Enlisted/Mustered In: July 16th 1861 at Fort Leavenworth by Lt. Bond.
Remarks: Died on the march from Ind. Nation to Fort Scott Kansas
August 10th 1862.
Contributed on 10/15/16 by martinanita26
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