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On August 31, 1861, at the age of eighteen, Curry enlisted in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army in Alston, South Carolina. A year later, he was shot in the ankle in the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) in Virginia. The wound plagued him for the remainder of his life. He was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on May 12, 1864, subsequently turned over to a Confederate agent for exchange, and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 19, 1865, ten days after [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]'s surrender to [[U.S. Grant]].<ref name=molliecurry/>
On August 31, 1861, at the age of eighteen, Curry enlisted in the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] Army in Alston, South Carolina. A year later, he was shot in the ankle in the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) in Virginia. The wound plagued him for the remainder of his life. He was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, on May 12, 1864, subsequently turned over to a Confederate agent for exchange, and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 19, 1865, ten days after [[General]] [[Robert E. Lee]]'s surrender to [[U.S. Grant]].<ref name=molliecurry/>
A [[Farming|farmer]], Curry was affiliated with the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry]]. He was a Presbyterian and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He died at the age of forty-nine in the Rocky Mount Community a few weeks after the end of his legislative term. He is interred at the Rocky Mount Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=
A [[Farming|farmer]], Curry was affiliated with the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. He was a Presbyterian and a member of the Knights of Pythias. He died at the age of forty-nine in the Rocky Mount Community a few weeks after the end of his legislative term. He is interred at the Rocky Mount Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curry.html#086.05.27|title=Curry, Robert H.|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 19, 2020}}</ref>
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curry.html#086.05.27|title=Curry, Robert H.|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 19, 2020}}</ref>