(c. 1844 - 1862)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 16 year old farmer on his parents' place at Seagles Store in Lincoln County, NC. He enlisted at Lincolnton on 5 August 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company D, First North Carolina Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.
The rest of the War
His father William filed for his final pay in May 1863.
References & notes
Birth
c. 1844; Lincoln County, NC
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Nixon, Alfred, and WJ Hoke Camp, UCV, Roster of Confederate Soldiers ... Lincoln County, North Carolina, Lincolnton (NC): Journal Print, 1905, pg. 7 [AotW citation 12259]
2 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966- [AotW citation 19064]
3 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 31556]