Richard Eppes was a prominent planter in Prince George County, Virginia and a surgeon in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Eppes is notable for his having kept extensive journals about his plantation and life; the journals for 1849 and 1851–1896 are held by the Virginia Historical Society and have been invaluable to historians of the Antebellum South. His Appomattox Manor was used as a base by Union general Ulysses S. Grant during his siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
- Occupation
- military physician, surgeon
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 2, 1824
- Died
- February 17, 1896
