Neill McLeod

He was the only son of Scottish-born Angus McLeod (1810-1885), who was not with his wife and 5 children in Cumberland County, NC at the 1850 Census - 16 year old Neill and his older brother Daniel were farm laborers there and probably supported the family. In 1860 Neill was a 26 year old cooper at Long Street in Moore County, NC.

He enlisted on 15 July 1862 in Raleigh, NC and mustered as a Private in Company E, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his right hip in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862 and captured there.

He was paroled on 27 September and admitted to US Army General Hospital #5 in Frederick, MD on 12 October. He was sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore the next day, on to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange on 16 October, and was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital #4 in Richmond, VA on 24 October. He was furloughed home for 50 days on 20 December 1862 and was back with his company by the end of April 1863.

He was captured again a year later at Spotsylvania Court House, VA, on 12 May 1864, and sent to Point Lookout, MD. He was transferred to the prison at Elmira, NY on 10 August and died there of pneumonia on 10 December 1864.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Maryland wound and hospital details also from the Patient List,2 as N. McCloud. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850 & 1860. His gravesite, as Neal McCloud, is on Findagrave.

He married Elizabeth Matthews (cousin?; 1837-1916) in November 1854 and they had 2 daughters by 1860.

10/30/1833; Cumberland County, NC

12/10/1864; Elmira, NY; burial in Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY