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(1819 - 1862)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 41 year old laborer at Riggsbee's Store in Chatham County, NC. He enlisted there (with Lt. Riggsbee) on 25 February 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company B of the 49th North Carolina Infantry on 21 April.
On the Campaign
He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD, was left behind, and was captured there on the 12th.
The rest of the War
He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 22 September, sent to Fort Delaware, then, on 2 October, on to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange, arriving there on the 6th. He was admitted that day to CS General Hospital #23 in Richmond, VA but died there on 9 October 1862.
His widow "Ansley" filed a claim for his final pay in January 1864.
There were 11 Riggsbees in Company B during the war; most transferred to Co. D of the 15th NC in January 1863.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Angelette Riggsbee (1823-) and they had 9 children between 1847 and 1862.
Birth
02/19/1819; Chatham County, NC
Death
10/09/1862; Richmond, VA; burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, VA
1 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 34173]
2 National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Confederates In Frederick List , Published 2026, first accessed 28 March 2026, <https://www.civilwarmed.org/explore/primary-sources/databases/confederates-in-frederick-list/>, Source page: #321 [AotW citation 34174]