Robert J. Norfleet

In 1860 he was a 16 year old living with his parents, 5 siblings, and 10 slaves on their farm at Suffolk in Nansemond County, VA. He enlisted at South Quay, VA on 8 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company K, 41st Virginia 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 from 1 October to 24 November was in the Summit House US Army hospital in Philadelphia. He was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 15 December, then sent to Fortress Monroe, VA for exchange. He was captured again, at Petersburg, VA on 27 October 1864 and sent to Point Lookout, MD.

He is listed as having taken an oath of allegiance to the United States there and been released on 24 June 1865 - but he had died of pneumonia in Portsmouth, VA four days before that, on 20 June 1865.

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, the US Census of 1860, and the City of Portsmouth Register of Deaths for the year ending 31 December 1865.

11/02/1843; Nansemond County, VA

06/10/1865; Portsmouth, VA