 Complete the following phrase:  Richard attended the Old Masonic College at Lexington until he was 17 years old. After school he worked a year as a deputy clerk and court recorder and then the American Civil War began. He joined the Confederate Army as a private in the 8th Division, under command of Brigadier general James S. Rains, in Lt. Col John Bowmans 2nd Infantry regiment of the Missouri State Guards. Private Keith fought in the Battle of Lexington, Battle of Wilsons Creek, and the Battle of Pea Ridge. He then went to Memphis, joined the Landis battery John C. Landis of Missouri and fought in the 1st and 2nd 