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Confederate (CSV)

Private

John W. King

(c. 1843 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 3rd North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An 18 year old farmer in Onslow County, he enlisted there on 2 July 1861 as Private, Company E, 3rd North Carolina Infantry. He was absent, sick, from 30 November 1861 to 15 July 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from Moore,1 as J.W. King, and the Roster.2

Birth

c. 1843; Onslow County, NC

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Moore, John Wheeler (compiler), and State of North Carolina, Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States, 4 volumes, Raleigh: Ashe & Gatling, State Printers and Publishers, 1882, Vol. 1, pp. 98 - 99 [AotW citation 6075]

2 Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966- [AotW citation 25895]

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