Robert V. Richardson

Robert V. Richardson

Infobox Military Person
name=Robert V. Richardson
lived= birth date|1820|11|4 – death date and age|1870|1|6|1820|11|4
placeofbirth= Granville County, North Carolina
placeofdeath= Clarkton, Missouri
placeofburial=


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=Confederate States of America
branch= Confederate States Army Cavalry
serviceyears=1861 – 1865 (CSA)
rank= Brigadier General
commands=
unit=
battles=American Civil War
*Battle of Shiloh
*Battle of Corinth
awards=
laterwork= civil engineer

Robert Vinkler Richardson (November 4, 1820 – January 6, 1870) was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life

Richardson was born in Granville County, North Carolina, on November 4, 1820. His family moved to Hardeman County, Tennessee when Richardson was a child. Richardson was admitted to the bar and moved to Memphis, TN in 1847 to practice there. He made business connections with Nathan Bedford Forrest and Gideon J. Pillow. [Warner, p. 256.]

Civil War

During the early part of the War, Richardson served under Pillow and recruited the 12th Tennessee Cavalry (also known as the 1st Tennessee Partisan Rangers) and was elected that unit's colonel. Richardson engaged in battle at Shiloh and Corinth and was attached to Forrest's command in the fall of 1863. On December 3, he was appointed brigadier general; however, after being confirmed his nomination was returned by the Confederate Senate at the request of President Jefferson Davis on February 9, 1864. From then to the remainder of the War, his regiment was attached to James R. Chalmers' command. [Warner, p. 256]

Post-War and murder

After the War, Richardson travelled abroad and lived overseas. He returned to Memphis and worked in levee and railroad construction with Forrest. After stopping at a tavern in Clarkton, MO, on January 5, 1870 he was shot by an unknown assailant who fired a shotgun at him from behind a wagon in the tavern yard. He died the next day and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis. [Warner, p. 256-57.]

References

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