James Wright Taylor

In 1860 he was a 24 year old farmer at Snow Hill in Greene County, NC. He was conscripted and enrolled in Richmond, VA on 17 July 1862, and mustered as a Private in Company A, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

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

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 19 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862, was detailed at Camp Lee making shoes into February 1863, then returned to his company.

He was sent to the rear, sick, on 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, and was again on detail in Richmond as a shoe and clothing maker for much of the rest of the year. He was captured, along with most of his regiment, at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD by 18 May. He was transferred to Elmira, NY on 16 August, took an oath of allegiance to the United States there, and was released on 23 June 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer at Snow Hill, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, with his age at enlistment at 30 years. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1880. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Celia Ann Tabitha Britt (1839-1876) in December 1857 and they had 11 children. He married again, Frances Rebecca "Fannie" Smith (1842-1879) in November 1876. He married, third, Ellen/Eloney Wood Taylor (1848-1925) in February 1885.

02/06/1836; Greene County, NC

06/23/1902; Greene County, NC; burial in Taylor Cemetery, Snow Hill, NC