R. D. Copass
Transcribed and Submitted by
Glenn Land
Age:
Rank Entering the Service: 2nd Lieutenant
Rank Leaving the Service: 2nd Lieutenant
Military Unit: 60th Infantry Regiment
Alternate Name for the Military Unit: 79th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company: E
Enlistment Date: 25 SEP 1862
Place of Enlistment: Fordtown, Sullivan County, Tennessee
Abstract of Information available in the Service Records:
Enlisted by W.P.Barron for 3 yrs
Personal Information about the Veteran (Not contained in the CMSR):
Born abt.1840. Son of Nathan and Rhoda Fitzgerald Copass. Served with 3
brothers, John, Montgomery,and Thomas.Captured May 17,1863 at Battle of " Big
Black River Bridge " in Miss. Sent to " Johnson's Island," Ohio. Arrived there
June 5,1863. Died August 28, 1863. " Buried on the Island." Richard was a
younger brother of my maternal g,g,grandmother,Cynthia Copass Cox.
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