John Henry C. Swing

In 1860 he was a 23 year old miner at Silver Hill in Davidson County, NC. Giving his occupation as carpenter, he enlisted at Lexington, NC on 14 May 1861 and mustered on 6 June at Garysburg, NC as a Private in Company I, 14th North Carolina Infantry.

He was wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862, by a gunshot that entered at his left hip, traveled through his body, and exited his right hip, and was captured there.

He was admitted to US Army General Hospital #5 in Frederick, MD on 21 October, sent to Fort McHenry in Baltimore on 8 November, paroled for exchange there on 12 November, and was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 21 November. He was furloughed home for 60 days on 29 November 1862 and was back with his company about 28 January 1863. He saw action again at Gettysburg, PA in July and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1880 and to at least 1910 he was a farmer at Silver Hill, NC.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, 1880-1910 and his Confederate pension application of 1909.

He married Martha Jane Workman (1834-1909) in May 1858 and they had 5 daughters and a son.

01/15/1837; Guilford County, NC

05/27/1915; Davidson County, NC