Luther Wellington Murray

In 1860 he was a red-headed 16 year old farmer living with his parents and 8 siblings near Forks of Pigeon in Haywood County, NC. He enlisted in Haywood County on 29 June 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company F of the 25th North Carolina Infantry on 20 July.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD, sick, by 12 September 1862, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 18 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged on 10 November and was back with his company on 29 December 1862.

He was wounded on 12 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff VA and promoted to First Sergeant by June. He was captured at Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD where he took an oath of allegiance to the United States and was released on 15 June 1865.

In 1870 he was a carpenter at Beaver Dam/Pigeon River in Haywood County, NC but by 1880 was farming in Menard County, IL. In 1900 he was a farmer in Burnet County, TX and by 1910 he had a farm at San Saba, TX. In 1920 he was retired and living in Lampasas County, TX.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from genealogists, the US Census of 1860-1920, and his bio sketch in Yeary. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Mary Caroline Moore (1845-1924) in October 1869 and they had 5 children.

09/16/1843; Haywood County, NC

02/06/1923; Copperas Cove, TX; burial in Hillsdale Cemetery, Slater, TX