Captain Richard C. Mason
PeaRidge Battlefield Arkansas 1862
Near this monument March 8, 1862, Captain Richard C. Mason of the 16th Arkansas Cavalry and [sic] was severly [sic] wounded and his horse killed. Mason was rescued by Frank Colbert a Chickasaw. Mason served for the duration of the war, and received an honorable discharge. He died July 27, 1897 at the Soldiers Home at Little Rock Arkansas, and is burried [sic] there in the Confederate Cemetry [sic].
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