Henry R. Congleton

He enlisted at Greenville, NC on 5 May 1861 as a Private in the Tar River Boys (Company C, 17th North Carolina Infantry), and transferred as a Private to Company H of the 27th North Carolina Infantry on 25 July 1861. He was absent without leave from 4 February to 4 March 1862, and was the subject of a court martial on 18 May 1862, probably related to his absence.

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 22 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a Richmond, VA hospital on 11 October and was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his arm, the bone broken, in action at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862 and was discharged on 30 April 1863. He was back in service by May 1864 but was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 28 May 1864 with diarrhea and complications from his arm wound. He was afterward on detail to the hospital at Camp Winder from 17 August through at least September. He was retired to the Invalid Corps on 15 December 1864.

His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 via fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

10/29/1838; Pitt County, NC

Date not known; burial in Henry Congleton Family Cemetery, Pitt County, NC