Author: likely Rev. Stephen D. Richardson
Rev. Stephen D. Richardson was born May 25, 1825. He was a minister of the Calvinist Baptist order. From 1897 Biographical Review, "To the end of his life, he will doubtless recall among his most vivid remembrances his experiences while at the front during the war of the Rebellion, when he rendered valuable services to his country and the cause of humanity as a delegate of the Christian Commission, assigned to duty in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. He was for several weeks at Harper’s Ferry, but most of the time at Winchester, then the headquarters of the Middle Division, Veteran Corps, under General Sheridan, followed by General Hancock. He was there when the war closed, in charge of the Commission rooms, and was in Washington at the time of President Lincoln’s funeral."