Stephen Layne Richardson was born on October 20, 1982 to Terry Richardson and Donna Oliver. He has a brother by the name of Terry. He lives at Whitco, Kentucky. He is a graduate of Whitesburg High School and has worked as a surveyor with Crawford Engineering and AP-Coal Engineering. His hobbies include hunting, researching his genealogy and reenacting. He first saw the elephant at Chaves and has been in four other reenactments since that date. They include the Battle of Whitesburg, Leatherwood, Wildcat, and Ft. Dickerson (downtown Knoxville). He has been very active in the camp with the dedications and worked extremely hard on fixing the cannon for the Battle of Whitesburg. He is a proud member of the Caudill camp, and is involved with the 6th Kentucky and Southern Guard re-enacting groups. He has participated in several drills and just completed his first Soldier School at Barbourville with the 6th Kentucky. He entered the camp on Pvt. Richard Richardson, Company A. 34th North Carolina Infantry. He has discovered his brother James that also served in company A. of the 34th North Carolina. Sgt. Benjamin Hall of Company D, 10th Kentucky Mounted Rifles (a 13th man!) is also his ancestor. Recently he discovered that 2nd Lt. William J. Bates of the 7th Battalion Confederate Cavalry was his gggrandfather. I can think of no other that possesses such a genuine spirit of Christian values, meekness and humble nature than this fine young man. He represents the camp well wherever he travels and speaks ill of no man. He personifies the best in all of us. Ladies and gentleman let us tip our kepis and give up a hardy rebel yell for our brother Stephen Richardson!
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