McClung, Richard Lauren, 1840-1908

Born to Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung in Georgia, Richard Lauren McClung (1840-1908) joined the 15th Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate Army in December 1861, eventually earning the rank of First Lieutenant. Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, in February 1862, McClung was sent to Johnson’s Island Prison in Ohio. After his release in a prisoner exchange on September 1, 1862, he was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Recaptured at Port Hudson, Louisiana in July 1863, McClung returned to Johnson’s Island, where he remained until February 3, 1965. Following the war, McClung married Tennessean Martha A. Baker (1840-1843), with whom he had four children. In 1870, he graduated from a New Orleans college and began a medical practice in Atlanta, Texas. After Martha’s death, he married Sallie J. Shackelford of Lafayette, Texas, in 1886, and the couple had one child.

Source:

McClung, Judith. “ The family of Reuben McClung of Georgia .” Ancestry.com. Accessed February 8, 2011.

From the guide to the McClung, Richard Lauren, Diary, 1861-1865, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Born to Jonas and Elizabeth Watts McClung in Georgia, Richard Lauren McClung (1840-1908) joined the 15th Arkansas Infantry of the Confederate Army in December 1861, eventually earning the rank of First Lieutenant.

Captured at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, in February 1862, McClung was sent to Johnson's Island Prison in Ohio. After his release in a prisoner exchange on September 1, 1862, he was sent to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Recaptured at Port Hudson, Louisiana in July 1863, McClung returned to Johnson's Island, where he remained until February 3, 1965. Following the war, McClung married Tennessean Martha A. Baker (1840-1843), with whom he had four children. In 1870, he graduated from a New Orleans college and began a medical practice in Atlanta, Texas. After Martha's death, he married Sallie J. Shackelford of Lafayette, Texas, in 1886, and the couple had one child.

From the description of McClung, Richard Lauren, Diary, 1861-1865 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 710466351