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(1812 - 1885)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 46 year old farmer living with his wife and 7 children, ages 5 to 22, near Chapel Hill in Orange County, NC. He enlisted in Orange County on 2 September 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 28th North Carolina Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.
The rest of the War
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 formally exchanged on 10 November to return to duty and was discharged in January 1863 after he provided a substitute.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was back working his Chapel Hill farm.
References & notes
Birth
04/16/1812; Orange County, NC
Death
06/10/1885; Orange County, NC; burial in Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill Township, NC
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 34379]
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: #368 [AotW citation 34380]