Robert William Parker

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Robert William Parker

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Death: April 09, 1865 (26)
Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia, United States (KIA Civil War)
Place of Burial: Appomattox, Appomattox, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ammon Hancock Parker and Francis H Parker
Husband of Rebecca Louise Fitzhugh Parker
Father of Robert Moorman Parker; George Pleasant Parker and Rebecca Francis "Fannie" Dooley
Brother of George Stephen Parker; Alexander Clark Parker and Hester Ann Reese

Occupation: 4th Sgt, 2nd Virginia Cavalry
Managed by: Col Frank Moorman Parker, III
Last Updated:

About Robert William Parker

Enlisted in Capt. James Wilson's Bedford Southside Dragoons, 13th Reg, VA Vols, May 28, 1861; See, "Lee's Last Casualty, Life & Letters of Sgt. Robert W Parker, 2nd VA Cav", Catherine M Wright, Univ Tenn. Press, 2008. Last of Lee's troops KIA, Appomatox 9 April 1865. Lay on field as Lee & Grant met. Burried between lines by reps from both sides.



Lee's Last Casualty: The Life and Letters of Sgt. Robert W. Parker, Second Virginia Cavalry (Voices of the Civil War) By Robert W. Parker, Catherine M. Wright. Univ Tennessee Press; (November 15, 2012)

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Robert William Parker's Timeline

1838
August 31, 1838
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
1861
November 4, 1861
Bedford, Virginia, United States
1863
November 17, 1863
Bedford, VA, United States
1865
April 9, 1865
Age 26
Appomattox, Appomattox County, Virginia, United States
April 9, 1865
Age 26
Appomattox Cemetery - Unknown grave, Appomattox, Appomattox, VA, United States
November 24, 1865
Bedford County, Virginia, United States