George C. Ricamore

The Clarke Courier called George C. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform, and said that as a boy of about 15 he had carried out a Civil War mission. He farmed in Clarke County and was town sergeant of Berryville, and he died in Washington in August 1922, months after he and his wife marked their golden wedding anniversary.

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IDENTITY Confirmed The page rests on Courier items of February 23 and August 31, 1922 that name him; he is not linked to any other Ricamore here.

Clarke connection: Residence in an obituary: the Courier of August 31, 1922 calls him a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville (C662). He died at his daughter's home in Washington.

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War	Civil War	Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922; Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 The statement	RECORD Likely	IDENTITY Confirmed

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Date not established	The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.	RECORD Likely	IDENTITY ConfirmedThis is the item the entity was created from.	Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922 Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 See the source and its limits ✓ LikelyAn account exists The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes. What the source supports That George C. Ricamore, a former Berryville town sergeant whom the Courier called one of the youngest soldiers who wore the Confederate uniform, died in Washington, as reported on August 31, 1922. Uncertainty Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The items' accounts of his wartime service are the paper's own and were not checked. The August item dates the death only as "last Friday morning." His wife and daughter have no records here, and he is not linked to any other Ricamore. Source Reporting Evidence role: supports. The February 23, 1922 item. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922 Clarke Courier · 1922-02-23 (publication) Locator: Page 1, item "Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years" Relevant passage Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly much beloved citizens of Berryville ... observed their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine day at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes ... Mrs. Ricamore is a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam ... and Mr. Ricamore was one of the youngest soldiers who wore the Confed \| crate uniform in the civil war. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Reporting Evidence role: supports. The August 31, 1922 obituary. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication) Locator: Page 2, obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington" Relevant passage Mr. George C- Ricamore, a former Clarke county farmer and former Town Sergeant of Berry - ville, who during the Civil War when only a boy of about 15 years performed a mission requiring the highest kind of soldiery courage ... (died last Friday morning from heart trouble at the borne [home] of his 'daughter. Mrs. Charles R. i Hughes, Rock Creek Bridge 1 Road. Washington. Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Reporting Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922 Clarke Courier · 1922-02-23 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, page 1, item "Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years", the passage beginning "MR. AND MRS. RICAMORE MARRIED 50..." Relevant passage MR. AND MRS. RICAMORE MARRIED 50 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly much beloved citizens of Berryville, and parents of Mr. P. M. Ricamore, observed their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine day at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes A sumptuous dinner, at which the family gathered, was given them by Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Mrs. Ricamore is a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam, one of Berryville's foremost citizens of a generation ago, and Mr. Ricamore was one of the youngest soldiers who wore the Confederate uniform in the civil war. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Reporting Evidence role: supports. The same passage, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", the passage beginning "Mr. George C. Ricamore, a former..." Relevant passage Mr. George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke county farmer and former Town Sergeant of Berryville, who during the Civil War when only a boy of about 15 years performed a mission requiring the highest kind of soldiery courage and self-confidence died last Friday morning from heart trouble at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, Rock Creek Bridge Road, Washington. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses. Reporting Evidence role: contextualizes. The close of the August 31, 1922 obituary, read from the page image and shown in the clipping above: the marriage, the farm, the funeral and the burial. It adds to, and does not change, what the claim states. Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 Clarke Courier · 1922-08-31 (publication) Locator: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", continued, the passage beginning "married Miss Virginia Pulliam, daughter of..." Relevant passage married Miss Virginia Pulliam, daughter of the late Matthew Pulliam. He short time afterwards bought the Green Hill farm, which he tilled until the boom days. He was a man of sterling courage, quiet and unaffected manner, and a devoted friend to those he liked. His body was brought [...] Saturday and after funeral services Sunday afternoon at [ ] o'clock from the house of the Misses Pulliam, which were conducted by Rev. Nathan [Maynard?], of the Baptist Church, burial was made in Green Hill Cemetery, overlooking the farm he so long made his home. Checked: This passage was read on a digital reproduction of the page; no original has been handled. The source's other readings: existing OCR reviewed, original image not independently inspected. Open source Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Grave and burial

The register records George C. Ricamore, 1849–1922, buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia.

Burial place: Green Hill Cemetery, Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia; section M, lot 680
Burial date: Aug 27 1922 (register; some journal dates repeat the death date)
Marker: A marker stands at this grave, as the register records it.
Register note: “CSA; s/Philip & Martha Ricamore” The compiler’s wording, not read from the stone here.

From the Green Hill burial register, compiled by Donald R. and Mary L. Royston, as of 6 May 2021, page 137, row 10. See the register row.

RECORD Likely What the register records, not a check that it is right.

IDENTITY Likely The register row has the same surname and given name as the roll entry and the same lot, and the birth years agree; no second record has been read that ties this grave to the service.

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The item headed Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years on the front page of the Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922: the golden wedding of George C. Ricamore and his wife, and a note that he was one of the youngest soldiers who wore the Confederate uniform.
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Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), February 23, 1922, page 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 1437,2389 328x1232 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 657 by 2464 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922 Open the full image
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Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, page 1, item "Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years", the passage beginning "MR. AND MRS. RICAMORE MARRIED 50..."
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The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
People namedGeorge C. Ricamore
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, page 1.
Typed transcription
MR. AND MRS. RICAMORE MARRIED 50 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly much beloved citizens of Berryville, and parents of Mr. P. M. Ricamore, observed their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine day at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes A sumptuous dinner, at which the family gathered, was given them by Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Mrs. Ricamore is a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam, one of Berryville's foremost citizens of a generation ago, and Mr. Ricamore was one of the youngest soldiers who wore the Confederate uniform in the civil war. He did scouting duty, and one of the hazardous missions performed by him was to slip through the Union lines and enter Washington to seek information regarding the strength of the Union armies before the Second Battle of Manassas. He was able to accomplish this task on account of his youth, the Union soldiers thinking he was a farmer's lad retreating from the battle zone.
Source
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, Clarke Courier
Date as printed
1922-02-23 (published)
Page
1 as printed
Passage
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, page 1, item "Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years", the passage beginning "MR. AND MRS. RICAMORE MARRIED 50..."
What it supports
The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
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The first part of the obituary of George C. Ricamore, headed Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington, in the Clarke Courier of August 31, 1922: his death in Washington, his years as Town Sergeant of Berryville and his errand as a boy in the Civil War.
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Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), August 31, 1922, page 2 (as numbered by the Library of Congress). Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 476,123 334x2328 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 668 by 4657 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded.
Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 Open the full image
What this image is evidence for
Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", the passage beginning "Mr. George C. Ricamore, a former..."
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The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
People namedGeorge C. Ricamore
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 (numbered by the Library of Congress; the page prints no number).
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CONFEDERATE BOY SOLDIER MESSENGER DIES IN WASHINGTON George C. Ricamore, Formerly of Berryville, Who Performed Perilous Feat of Carrying Secret Messages to Bell Boyd, Famous Confederate Spy at Washington, is Buried Here. Mr. George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke county farmer and former Town Sergeant of Berryville, who during the Civil War when only a boy of about 15 years performed a mission requiring the highest kind of soldiery courage and self-confidence died last Friday morning from heart trouble at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, Rock Creek Bridge Road, Washington. The end came suddenly and peacefully just as Mr. Ricamore was starting to dress. He had been suffering from heart trouble for two months. When a resident of Clarke Mr. Ricamore was well known. He owned the Green Hill farm, sold it to the "boom" and later bought a farm east of it. He was for years Town Sergeant of Berryville, and made one of the most efficient and kindest the town ever had. The boys of those days, now men, often recall Mr. Ricamore's forbearance and kindliness. He was not the type of men [sic] who wanted to bring boys before the Mayor for violations of some town ordinance. Instead, he would catch them and give them some wholesome advice or tell their parents. It was during the Civil War that Mr. Ricamore showed the kind of stuff he was made of. His age barred him from joining the Confederate army, being 14, at the time he sought to enlist. He kept trying, and his chance came when took the place [sic] of the late George Bowers, for whom he substituted. When the Union and Confederate armies faced each other at Second Manassas, the Confederates had important messages which they wish [sic] to get to Bell Boyd, the Confederate spy at Washington. Mr. Ricamore was selected to get through the Union lines. He made several attempts and finally was successful, his plea that he had been driven from home and separated from his family carrying him through the Union lines. Mr. Ricamore said he was small at the time for his age, and the Union soldiers regarded him as only a kid. He made his way to Alexandria picking up a ride now and then on some passing wagon going to and from the front. Finally he reached Washington, delivered the message to the man he was to meet, who in turn delivered them to Bell Boyd. Mr. Ricamore was born at Halltown, Jefferson county, 73 years ago. He was a carpenter by trade--having built the first High School building, a four-room one-story frame structure, that stood on the site of the present High School building, having burned down in February, 1894--and after the civil war he went to Kansas City where he helped erect the city hall of that growing, but not then so populous a community. His name as one of the workmen is carved on a tablet built in the walls of the building. Returning to this country, Mr. Ricamore came to Berryville and
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Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, Clarke Courier
Date as printed
1922-08-31 (published)
Passage
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", the passage beginning "Mr. George C. Ricamore, a former..."
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The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
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The close of the obituary of George C. Ricamore in the Clarke Courier of August 31, 1922: his marriage and his farm, the funeral services conducted by Rev. Nathan Maynard, burial in Green Hill Cemetery, the pallbearers and the survivors.
Clarke Courier (Berryville, Va.), August 31, 1922, page 2 (as numbered by the Library of Congress). Library of Congress, Chronicling America. Rights Changes: Cut from the Library of Congress page image at full resolution (the region lies at box 814,124 330x2328 pixels of the saved half-size copy of the page) and shown at its own 661 by 4657 pixels; not scaled, retouched, enhanced, highlighted or re-encoded. Restored transcription: the passage is keyed as clean running text per docs/hubs-foundations.md's restored-transcription convention, not strict as-printed brackets.
Source: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922 Open the full image
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Passage it reproduces: Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", continued, the passage beginning "married Miss Virginia Pulliam, daughter of..."
Statements on this site that rest on it:
The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
People namedGeorge C. Ricamore
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 (numbered by the Library of Congress; the page prints no number).
Typed transcription
married Miss Virginia Pulliam, daughter of the late Matthew Pulliam. He short time afterwards bought the Green Hill farm, which he tilled until the boom days. He was a man of sterling courage, quiet and unaffected manner, and a devoted friend to those he liked. His body was brought [...] Saturday and after funeral services Sunday afternoon at [ ] o'clock from the house of the Misses Pulliam, which were conducted by Rev. Nathan [Maynard?], of the Baptist Church, burial was made in Green Hill Cemetery, overlooking the farm he so long made his home. The pallbearers were Messrs. George H. Levi, E. G. Coiner, J. T. L. Jones, W. W. Smallwood, Preston Marks and Dr. George N. Hardesty. Mr. Ricamore is survived by his widow, and four children--Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, of Washington, and Messrs. P. M. Ricamore, of Berryville, W. P Ricamore, of Pontiac, Mich., and Mr. E. C. Ricamore, of Wayne, Mich.
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Source
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, Clarke Courier
Date as printed
1922-08-31 (published)
Passage
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, page 2 of the issue, per the Library of Congress record (printed page not recorded: the page prints no number), obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington", continued, the passage beginning "married Miss Virginia Pulliam, daughter of..."
What it supports
The Clarke Courier of February 23, 1922 reports that Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ricamore, formerly of Berryville, marked their golden wedding anniversary on Valentine's Day at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hughes, and says Mrs. Ricamore was a daughter of the late Mathew Pulliam and Mr. Ricamore one of the youngest soldiers in Confederate uniform. Its issue of August 31, 1922 reports that George C. Ricamore, a former Clarke County farmer and former town sergeant of Berryville, who as a boy of about 15 had carried out a Civil War mission, died of heart trouble the Friday morning before at the Washington home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Hughes.
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Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., February 23, 1922, Page 1, item "Mr. and Mrs. Ricamore Married 50 Years". The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 31, 1922, Page 2, obituary "Confederate Boy Soldier Messenger Dies in Washington". The text was read from a transcription or machine reading, not from a saved page image.

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