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(c. 1843 - 1864)
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
In 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his parents and 7 siblings on their farm at Nashville in Nash County, NC. He enlisted at Camp Wyatt near present-day Carolina Beach, NC on 20 November 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company I, 30th 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 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 10 October, sent to the parole camp on 17 October, and officially exchanged on 10 November 1862.
He was promoted to 4th Corporal on 7 November 1863. He was mortally wounded in action at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864 and died "soon after."
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, with his mortal wounding date from an undated muster roll of his company, online from the State Archives of North Carolina. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.
His brother George and cousin Theophilus were also captured in Frederick.
Birth
c. 1843 in NC
Death
05/1864; in VA
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 34520]
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: #68 [AotW citation 34521]