Richmond N. Gardner January 1, 1833 Born Georgia February 20, 1862 Enlisted Tallahassee, FL Captain Company K 5th Florida Infantry July 2, 1863 Wounded Gettysburg, PA Captured Gettysburg, PA Hospitalized at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Left arm amputated. Early -- Mid August 1863 Hospitalized Camp Letterman, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. March 1865 Exchanged May 1865 Paroled Tallahassee, FL May 18, 1865 Married Leon County, Florida December 28, 1875 Died Montgomery, AL Buried Buried at Cromartie Cemetery, Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Obituary of Dr. Richmond N. Gardner Tallahassee Floridian, Tallahassee, FL, February 8, 1876 As a tribute of respect to the memory of our lamented friend, Dr.RICHARD N.GARDNER, we claim the privilege of here adding a few more expressions of regret at his untimely death; a few more words of well-merited praise to the many that have already been uttered by those who loved him, or have received special acts of kindness at his generous hands. Dr.Gardner was born in Georgia, January 1, 1833, and died in Montgomery, Alabama, December 18, 1875. At an early age he received from pious parents instruction in the truths of Christianity and in principles of honor, which guided him safely through many trying scenes in his eventful life. He united with the Methodist Church in childhood, and ever remained faithful to his early vows, though tempted at times almost beyond endurance. Deprived of the means afforded by wealth, still by untiring efforts he succeeded in acquiring a profession and graduated at the Medical Department of the University of Virginia in 1855. He located in Florida, his adopted State, and pursued his profession with eminent success. He entered the Ministry in 1858, and in this new field evinced talents of the highest order; but this calling, conflicting with other duties, he abandoned it, influenced, we believe, by pure and conscious motives. In 1862 he entered the Confederate service as captain of a company in the 5th Florida Regiment, and served gallantly in Virginia until the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded and made prisoner. He was carried to Johnson's Island, where he remained until just before the close of the war, suffering extremely the first winter from neuralgia brought on by his wounds and the severity of the climate. In April 1865 he was married to Miss Sarah Cromartie of Leon County, and up to the time of his last illness, lived in their quiet home on Lake Iamonia, content with the faithful discharge of his duties to his family and friends, and ministering to suffering humanity wherever needed, whether with hope of reward or not. None but his intimate friends knew his true worth and the self-sacrificing spirit which he exercised in his efforts to promote the welfare of others, for he was as modest as he was generous; but to us he was a model of goodness, and for strict integrity, spotless virtue, and true generosity, we have seldom seen his equal. The last scene in this brief sketch is laid 'away from home.' With the hope of finding relief under constant medical care, he was taken by his wife to Montgomery, but this painful journey was unavailing, for, notwithstanding every effort was made for his recovery that kindness and medical skill could suggest, he continued to grow worse, and in a few days his soul went to it eternal rest. His remains were brought back to the now desolate home and buried where loved ones may keep watch over the last resting place of one, the memory of whose life gives certain promise of a happy reunion in 'the sweet by-and-by.' Many hearts will sadden at the remembrance of the long hours of agony he endured before 'the rest of the weary' came to