Robert E Archer (abt. 1835 - 1863)

Born about 1835 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jun 1863 at about age 28 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Corporal Robert Archer served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 234th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

Robert was born about 1835, the eldest son of Amos and Elizabeth. He joined the 23rd Alabama Infantry, Company E in 1862 as a corporal. He was captured 1 May 1863 during the Battle of Port Gibson, and taken to Alton Military Prison. There, he contracted meningitis and died on 9 June 1863. Three days later, the other prisoners taken at that battle were released from the Alton prison upon their oaths. His name is on the monument at the Alton Confederate Cemetery.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5Z-DLC : 12 April 2016), Robert E Archer in household of Amas Archer, Monroe county, Monroe, Alabama, United States; citing family 72, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDX-6LY : 13 December 2017), Robert Archer in entry for Amos Archer, 1860.
• "Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXVT-XVL : 27 November 2014), Robert E Archer, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M311 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 296.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKXW-KJ3 : 4 December 2014), N.E. Archer, Corporal, Company E, 23rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M374 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 821,950
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. Roll 13, page 200
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6JF : 16 March 2018), R E Archer, 06 Jun 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 1, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456

Research Notes

On father, check "United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865," , Amos Archer, 1861-1865; from "Confederate Papers Relating to Citizens or Business Firms, 1861-1865," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M346 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 21.