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Harden, John W.

David Livingstone, the famous African explorer, scientist, and missionary for whom North Carolina's Livingstone College is named, had a son named Robert. Robert was a wanderer and came to the United States during the Civil War and joined the Union Army. Not wanting to trade on his father's name and fame, he enlisted under the name Robert Vincent. He was wounded, captured, and sent to the state's Salisbury Prison. He died there in 1864 at age nineteen and is buried in an unmarked grave.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 21, Oct 1939, p11, por Periodical Website

Livingstone, Robert, 1846-1864

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O'Neal, Donna Brewer

The son of the famous African missionary met his untimely fate in Salisbury. After changing his name and joining the Union Army as a substitute, Robert Livingstone was captured in VA and sent to a confederate prison in Salisbury, NC. There he died in a possible escape attempt and was buried in an unmarked mass grave.

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Aug 1991, p12-13 Periodical Website

Prisons--Overcrowding; Prisoners of war--American; Civil War; Salisbury--History; Livingstone, Robert, 1846-1864