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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 8030774, member: 10613&quot;]<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Richard Bradley served in the Revolutionary war</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>&quot;Richard Bradley, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, enlisted August 9, 1777, served as a corporal and sergeant in Captain Henry Dawson&#039;s and James Read&#039;s companies, Colonel Thomas Clark&#039;s North Carolina Regiment, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the Battle of Monmouth, went south, was in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, and, on May 12, 1780, was taken prisoner and remained such for two years and three months, made his escape, and was discharged in the Fall of 1782, near Charleston. He served a tour of two or three months against the Tories in North Carolina, assisted in taking prisoners and in shooting one Tory, and was discharged in November or December 1783, officers’ names not stated.&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Bradley&#039;s son---</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1391464[/ATTACH]</p><p>this id my 4 great grandfather</p><p><br /></p><p><b><a href="http://awbradley.com/Abram.jpeg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://awbradley.com/Abram.jpeg" rel="nofollow">Abraham</a> Bradley ( 13 Feb 1792- 25 Dec 1866) was born in Caswell County N. C. The earliest record of Abram is a land grant from Sumner County dated from 1813 for 46 six acres of land at Drakes Creek, near his father.&nbsp; Abraham fought in the War of 1812. He served under Colonel Thomas Williamson in the 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen. This unit served from September 1814 - April 1815. According to the <a href="http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/1812reg.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/1812reg.htm" rel="nofollow">regimental histories</a>, &quot;they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson&#039;s men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson&#039;s breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.&quot; Below is a copy of Abram&#039;s discharge from his service record.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1391465[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Abram Bradley&#039;s son</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1391459[/ATTACH] this is my 3rd ggggrandfather A.W, Bradley he was a confederate in the 30th TN infantry,</p><p><br /></p><p>11- 16 Feb 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson TN</p><p><br /></p><p><b>POW</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Feb- Sept 1862 Camp Butler IL</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Trans-Mississippi</b></p><p><br /></p><p>22 Nov 1862 Tippah Ford, MS (Abbeville)</p><p><br /></p><p>3 Dec 1862 Springdale, MS</p><p><br /></p><p>29 Dec 1862 Chickasaw Bayou near Vicksburg</p><p><br /></p><p>March 1863 Port Hudson, LA</p><p><br /></p><p>3 July 1863 Edward&#039;s Station, MS</p><p><br /></p><p>12 May 1863 Battle of Raymond MS</p><p><br /></p><p>13 July 1863 Yazoo City, MS</p><p><br /></p><p>10- 17 July 1863 Siege of Jackson MS</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Army of Tennessee</b></p><p><br /></p><p>19- 20 Sept 1863 Chickamauga GA</p><p><br /></p><p>25 Nov 1863 Missionary Ridge, TN</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Atlanta Campaign</b></p><p><br /></p><p>7-13 May 1864 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge</p><p><br /></p><p>13-15 May Resaca, GA</p><p><br /></p><p>9 Jun 1864 Pine Mountain, GA</p><p><br /></p><p>27 Jun 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, GA</p><p><br /></p><p>20 July 1864 Peach Tree Creek</p><p><br /></p><p>22 July 1864 Atlanta, GA</p><p><br /></p><p>31 Aug- 1 Sept 1864 Jonesboro, GA</p><p><br /></p><p>Oct 1864 Big Shanty, GA</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Invasion of Tennessee</b></p><p><br /></p><p>26- 29 Oct 1864 Decatur, AL</p><p><br /></p><p>30 Nov 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN</p><p><br /></p><p>5-6 Dec 1864 Murfreesboro, TN</p><p><br /></p><p>16 Dec 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Last Battles</b></p><p><br /></p><p>2 Apr 1865 Hazel Run, NC</p><p><br /></p><p>21 Apr 1865 Battle of Bentonville NC</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A.W.&#039;s discharge paperwork</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1391465[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>to keep in monetary, a A confederate 50 my family held onto</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1391468[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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