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(c. 1833 - ?)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1850 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and 4 siblings on the family farm at Greenville in Pitt County, NC. He was conscripted on 15 July 1862 in Pitt County and mustered as a Private in Company D, 3rd 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 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.
He was listed as a deserter on 27 May 1863 at Hamilton Crossing, VA, with no later military record.
After the War
By 1870 and to at least 1880 he was a farmer back at Greenville, NC.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, indexed under George W McGown. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1850, 1870, and 1880.
He married Dicey Margaret Williams (c. 1837-after1900) and they had 3 children between 1856 and 1872.
Birth
c. 1833 in 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 34420]
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: #329 [AotW citation 34421]