This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1454.3.2 Message Board Post: Richard Risher, Jr's wounding is mentioned in the book SADDLE SOLDIERS, Sandlapper Press, edited by Lloyd Halliburton, 1993. Most of the book consists of letters written by William Stokes to his wife Elizabeth Boulware during the War of Northern Aggression. Stokes was the youngest son of Williams (the "s" isn't a typo) Stokes and Ann Risher. Ann was a daughter of Benjamin Risher, St and Mary Fontaine. Stokes was a first cousin of Richard Risher, Jr. As you mentioned Richard's wife was Sarah Appleby. Sarah's mother Amelia was a sister of William Stokes. Stokes was captain of a company known as Hammond's Hussars, Stokes' Company, Appleby's Company and Company G, 4th SC Cavalry. Stokes rose in rank from captain to major to lieutenant colonel. His original company would be led by William Preston Appleby during most of the war. In a letter written on 2 Oct 1864, Stokes wrote that Sergeant Richard Risher had been wounded in the left leg and that the leg was amputated. .William Risher was going to take Richard home. William was the eldest son of Joseph Koger Risher(1807-1868). Another letter written on 11 Oct 1864 indicates that William Risher had returned to camp. A sergeant on the Weldon Railroad would not allow William to board the train with Richard. Richard was sent on to Wilson. NC. A letter dated 30 October 1864 indicates that Stokes had learnt of Richard's death. Almost a moth later, Stokes wrote on 29 Nov that he had just learnt of the death of Junius (Richard) from William Risher and I. Liston. Willim Stokes, William Risher, and William Appleby survived the war. William Risher had a younger brother Henry. Henry Risher served in the 1st SC Infantry, Hagood's Brigade. Henry lost his life near Petersburg, Virginia in July 1864. Henry never married and has no direct descendants.