Robert Oscar Perry

• Residence: Age: 7, Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1850
• Residence: Age: 17. He was employed as a tailor's apprentice, possibly to his mother who is listed as a tailoress., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1860
• Military service: Age: 17 - Mar 13 1862 - Virginia, USA
• Military service: According to family lore, he fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. - July 1 1863 - Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
• Military service: While serving as a Sergeant in the 55th Virginia Infantry, Company M, he was captured at Falling Waters, Md. and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md. - July 14 1863 - Falling Waters, Washington, Maryland, USA
• Military service: He was exchanged and returned to Fredericksburg, Va. - Feb 13 1865 - Point Lookout, St. Mary's, Maryland, USA
• Residence: Age: 26Census Post Office: Fredericksburg. He was employed as a tailor., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1870
• Residence: Age: 35Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self. He was employed as a tailor., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1880
• Residence: Age: 56Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head. He lived in the Lower Ward and was employed as a tailor., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1900
• Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head. He owned a tailor shop., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1910
• Residence: Age: 65, Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1910
• Residence: 614 Main St. Age: 75Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Father. He was a partner in a tailor shop., Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, USA - 1920
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• Military service: 1862 - Virginia
• Residence: 1860 - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1900 - Fredricksburg city Ward Lower, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1910 - Fredericksburg, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
• Residence: 1920 - Fredericksburg Lower Ward, Fredericksburg (Independent City), Virginia, United States
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Company M, 55th Virginia Infantry, Field's Brigade, A.P. Hill's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

Residence: Fredericksburg, VA. Enlisted on 3/13/1862 in Fredericksburg, he was mustered into Captain Alexander's Company, Virginia Light Artillery as a Private. (Company initially attached to 5th Alabama Infantry as Company F; subsequently became Company M of Spotslvania County, 55th Virginia Infantry.) Promoted to Sergeant 12/18/1862. Present or accounted for on all Rolls until Wounded In Action (shot in face) 5/2/1863 in Battle of Chancellorsville, VA. POW 7/14/1863 Falling Waters, MD.; confined 7/19/1863 - 2/13/1865 Point Lookout, MD. POW 4/6/1865 Prince Edward County, VA.; confined 4/9 - 6/16/1865 Point Lookout, MD. (Engaged in many of the principal battles, including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Wilderness and Richmond/Petersburg.) Photo courtesy of Roy B. Perry, Jr. (G,G,Grandson).

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 13 2020, 0:01:22 UTC