Marshall Holmes Nance

In 1860 he was in 22 year old farmer at Whiteville in Columbus County, NC; his parents and other Nance relatives had farms nearby. He was living at Mullins in the Marion District, SC when he was conscripted, and he enrolled in Columbia, SC on 1 July 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company D of the 2nd South Carolina Infantry.

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

He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 31 October and furloughed for 30 days on 4 November, and probably never rejoined his regiment. He was sick in a hospital in Charleston, SC in February 1863 and his furlough was extended. He was again in a hospital, in Farmville, VA, in June 1863 and again furloughed home. He was detailed to the Commissary Department by March 1864, but in a hospital in Petersburg in June 1864 and one in Richmond in November and December 1864. He was admitted to a hospital in Raleigh, NC on 8 April 1865 and captured there on 13 April. He was officially paroled on 2 May 1865 at Greensboro, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Nancy Ann Smith (1840-1915) and they had 3 children between 1861 and 1864; all three were born in Mullins, SC.

01/29/1837; Columbus County, NC

06/13/1865; Cerro Gordo, NC