Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Riddick, Robert H., 1866 

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ROBERT RIDDICK

   Again are we called to mourn the loss of one of the noble Army of Virginia. 
Robert Riddick, only son of Richard H. Riddick, at the early age of thirty 
seven, died at the Crawford House in Portsmouth, Virginia, December 25th, 
1866, after a short illness of ten days.  The deceased entered the army early 
in 1861, at the call of his mother State, Virginia, as a private in the 13th 
Virginia regiment Cavalry, leaving his home in Mississippi for that purpose, 
and remained faithful to his post until the surrender of General Lee.  He was 
universally beloved for his many social and manly qualities.  As a soldier, 
messmate and companion, he had few equals; generous to a fault, slow to anger, 
but jealous of his honor when injury was intended.  The writer has been his 
comrade and messmate in field and camp, and his associate in the private walks 
of life, in every position has found him worthy and possessed the love of all 
who knew him; an affectionate son to his aged parents, a devoted brother to 
his affectionate sister, who doted on his love.  May Heaven have mercy 
repentant soul.  None having known him but what loved him.


Robert Henry RIDDICK, Confederate veteran, formerly of MS, 
d. 25 Dec 1866, Portsmouth, age 37, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block D, Lot 13*), Suffolk, 
donated obit, publication unknown 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

*His parents & paternal grandparents are buried in the 
   Mills RIDDICK family cemetery, on White Marsh Rd. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. I, 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol1.txt 


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