James W. Horton

In 1860 he was a 22 year old school teacher living with his parents, 7 siblings, and 9 slaves on their farm in Chatham County, NC. He enlisted at Riggsbee's Store, NC on 6 March 1862 and mustered at Camp Mangum near Raleigh on 21 April as 2nd Sergeant of Company B, 49th 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 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 on 10 November and was listed as "present" on the company muster roll for November & December 1862.

He transferred to Company D, 15th North Carolina Infantry in about February 1863 and was First Sergeant by April. He was appointed Junior 2nd Lieutenant on 18 September 1863 and was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 he was again teaching school and living with his parents and at least 5 siblings at Pittsboro in Chatham County, NC. In 1880 and to at least 1900 he lived with his widowed mother in Chatham County, with no occupation found. He applied for a Confederate pension in June 1901 in Chatham County, NC.

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.

c. 1838; Chatham County, NC