Benjamin Burton Ross

Age 26, from Beaufort County, he enlisted there as 2nd Corporal of Company I of the 4th North Carolina Infantry on 25 June 1861.

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

He was briefly a prisoner at Fort Delaware, sent to Aiken's Landing, VA on 2 October for exchange, and was formally exchanged on 10 November. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on 1 October 1863 and signed a parole at Burkeville, VA on 20 April 1865.

By 1880 and to at least 1920 he was a farmer in Richland Township, Beaufort County, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 via fold3, and the Roster.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1880-1920. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Martha Rebecca "Mattie" Butt (1854-1942) in April 1874 and they had 9 children.

His memoirs of the war are among the papers of the US Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle Barracks, PA [finding aid (PDF)].

05/27/1835; Beaufort County, NC

03/25/1922; Beaufort County, NC; burial in Rowe Cemetery, Beaufort County, NC