John Jeremiah Pegram

His father died in 1847, when John as 4, and in 1860 John was a 17 year old living with his widowed mother, at least 3 siblings and other relatives on their farm at Warrenton in Warren County, NC. He enlisted at Camp Lamb near Wilmington, NC on 21 March 1862 and mustered as a Private in Company B, 30th 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 18 September, a prisoner at Fort Delaware, then transferred on 2 October to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 6 October, furloughed home to Warren, NC on 17 October, and was officially exchanged on 10 November 1862.

He was captured again, at Kelly's Ford, VA on 7 November 1863. He was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD until he was sent to City Point, VA for exchange on 27 April 1864. He was afterwards in hospitals or on furloughs to 7 September 1864, when he applied for medical retirement, but instead he was returned to duty on 22 October 1864. He was wounded on 29 January 1865 at Petersburg, VA by a gunshot to his left forearm "with extensive laceration of muscles" and was admitted to a hospital in Richmond on 31 January. He was furloughed to Macon, NC by way of the Danville Railroad on 11 February for 60 days, with no later military record.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Henderson in Granville County, NC but by 1880 was farming back in Warren County, NC. In 1900 he was farming near sons John and Walter in Vance County, NC. He applied for a Confederate pension for disability there in July 1900 (and June 1901), noting his Petersburg wound.

His widow Ella filed for a pension in March 1908.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900.

He married Arvella "Ella" Reavis (1845-1929) in July 1865 and they had 10 children. She had a twin sister Ardella, known as Della.

02/02/1843; Warren County, NC