Shugan Snow

In 1860 he was a 17 year old living with his father James S Snow (1816-1880), paternal grandparents, and 4 brothers on his father's substantial plantation (with 39 slaves) at Littleton in Halifax County, NC. He enlisted there on 25 April 1861 and mustered at Weldon, NC as a Private in Company E, 2nd North Carolina Infantry on 16 May. They were redesignated Company G of the 12th North Carolina Infantry on 14 November 1861. He was commissioned Captain of Company I on 25 February 1862.

He was in command of the much depleted 12th Regiment at South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was sick in a Richmond, VA hospital on 12 November, furloughed for 30 days on 17 November, and believing himself "incompetent for this position" he resigned his commission on 21 November 1862.

By 1872 he was a Mason and member (along with brothers Henry and Thaddeus) of the Royal White Hart Lodge in Halifax.

His service from Clark,1 Moore,2 and his Compiled Service Records,3 online from fold3. Personal details from family genealogists, the US Census of 1860, as Sugar Snow, and the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina (1872).

His 3 oldest brothers Henry, John, and Thaddeus were all in the 12th North Carolina: Henry ended the war a POW at Point Lookout, MD, John lost an arm at Petersburg in 1865, and Thaddeus, then First Lieutenant of Company I, went AWOL in 1863 and was dropped from the rolls in 1864. Next-younger brother Thomas was killed at Williamsburg, VA on 5 May 1862 while First Lieutenant of Company I, 5th North Carolina Infantry.

c. 1843 in NC