Robert Fielding Morriss
Born: February 15, 1831
Birthplace: Amherst County, Virginia
Father: Richard Gregory Morriss 1795 – 1867
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Yancey 1794 – 1877
Wife: Emma Wilson 1838 –
Married: September 13, 1854 in Baltimore, Maryland
Children:
Chapman Wilson Morriss 1863 – 1941
Robert Fielding Morriss Jr. 1871 – 1947
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Education:
1851: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute – (22nd in class)
Occupation before War:
Civil Engineer and Mining Engineer
Civil War Career:
1861: Unsuccessful Anti–Secession Candidate for Delegate to Virginia Secession Convention.
1862: Colonel of 179th Virginia State Militia Regiment
1862: On Duty at Camp Lee, Virginia
1862: Volunteer Aide on Major General James Longstreet’s Staff
Injured when shot in knee “in a military row” in Richmond, Virginia
1863: Volunteer Aide to Major General Gustavus W. Smith
1863 – 1865: Performed Engineering duty in Virginia
Occupation after War:
Civil Engineer and Mining Engineer
Died: March 25, 1904
Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 73 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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