Life History

Notes

• 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 5 September, page 309 (scan 160), Hse/Fam #619
  Martin Randal 40 M Wagon Maker $200 Real Estate born North Carolina [b abt 1810]
  Martha Randal  42 F born North Carolina [b abt 1808]
  Ramulus [sic] S Randal 6 M born North Carolina [b abt 1844]
  
  U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
  Romulus M S Randall
  Residence Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Occupation Farmer
  Age at Enlistment 19, Birth Date abt 1843
  Enlistment 6 May 1862, assigned 30 May 1862 as Sergeant, Company D, North Carolina 55th Infantry Regiment
  Promoted to Full 1st Sergeant.on 01 Nov 1864
  North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
  
  Romulus was captured by Union forces in the battle of Hatcher's Run on 1 April 1865.
  
  U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
  Romulus M S Randall
  Confederate, Private, NC 55th Regiment, Company D
  Captured 1 April 1865 at Hatcher's Run
  Released 17 June 1865
  Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
  
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  Battle of Hatcher's Run
  February 5, 1865 - February 7, 1865
  Dinwiddie County, Virginia
  
  The Battle of Hatcher's Run, also known as Dabney's Mill, Armstrong's Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughn Road, fought February 5-7, 1865, was one in a series of Union offensives during the Siege of Petersburg, aimed at cutting off Confederate supply traffic on Boydton Plank Road and the Weldon Railroad west of Petersburg, Virginia.
  
  --  "Battle of Hatcher's Run," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hatcher%27s_Run
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Sources

• 1. 1850 Federal Census, Cleveland County, North Carolina
  • 5 September, page 309 (scan 160), Hse/Fam #619
• 2. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
• 3. U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865