Samuel Park Weir

He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1860, and was a student at the Columbia (SC) Theological Seminary immediately before the War. He enlisted as Private in the Guilford Grays - Company B of the 27th North Carolina Infantry in April 1861, and served as chaplain. He transferred to and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Company F, 46th Infantry in May 1862, listed from Guilford County.

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

He was killed in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862 - shot in the temple. The historian of the Guilford Grays describes it:

At the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th, 1862, as his regiment was passing in our [27th Infantry's] rear, at the foot of Marye's Hill, Sam halted a moment to speak to Col. [John Alexander] Gilmer, who had been wounded as we were moving into our position, and was advising him to leave the field. While thus conversing with the Colonel and the writer, he was struck by a minie-ball, and instantly killed, falling lifeless at our feet. His remains were carried to Greensboro, and buried in the Presbyterian burying-grounds.

Basic information from Moore1 and Sloan2. Further details from family genealogists and his death notice in the Raleigh Standard of 7 January 1863.

10/12/1839; Greensboro, NC

12/13/1862; Frederickburg, VA; burial in First Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, NC