47th NORTH CAROLINA INFANTRY, COMPANY D: A ROSTER
[All men listed below are from Nash County, North Carolina unless otherwise indicated]
OFFICERS
CAPTAINS
HARRISON, JOHN A.
ENLISTED: elected Captain on 27 Feb 1862; AGE: 38; RESIGNED: on 28 Oct 1862 by reason of “sunstroke” and “whooping cough”, accepted 31 Oct 1862.
DRAKE, RICHARD F.
ENLISTED: farmer who enlisted on 24 Feb 1862, mustered in as a Sergeant, elected 2nd Lieutenant on 1 April 1862, promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 31 Oct 1862; AGE: 29; WOUNDED and CAPTURED: at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, hospitalized at Chester, PA PRISON: transferred to Johnson’s Island Prison, OH on 31 Aug 1863, promoted to Captain on 8 Sept 1864 while a prisoner of war; PRISONER EXCHANGE: paroled at Johnson’s Island, OH and transferred to City Point, VA on 24 Feb 1865, previously served as a Captain in the 32nd NC Militia [evidently before the war]. (Johnson’s Island Prison was primarily for Confederate officers.)
LEWIS, GEORGE N.
ENLISTED: as a 1st Lieutenant on 27 Feb 1862; AGE: 38; WOUNDED: left thigh at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863, hospitalized in Richmond, furloughed on 3 Nov 1863, returned to duty on an unspecified date: RESIGNED: by reason of having been elected to the House of Commons of the North Carolina General Assembly as a Nash County Representative, resignation accepted on 8 Sept 1864.
LIEUTENANTS
BLOUNT, WILLIAM H., 1st Lieutenant
ENLISTED: previously served as Captain of the 12th North Carolina Infantry, Company H (2nd Regiment NC Volunteers, elected 2nd Lieutenant of this company on 2 Dec 1862, promoted 1st Lieutenant on 8 Sept 1864; WOUNDED: right arm at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863, hospitalized at Richmond, VA. CAPTURED: at the South Side Railroad, near Petersburg on 2 April 1865; PRISON: at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC on 6 April 1865, transferred to Johnson’s Island, OH on 9 April 1865; RELEASED: at Johnson’s Island on 18 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
DRAKE, BENJAMIN F., 2ND Lieutenant
ENLISTED: age at the time of enlistment was 39; elected 2nd Lieutenant on 27 Feb 1862; resignedon 5 July 1862 because “my health isinsufficient to do justice to the cause in which I am engaged having arrived at the age of forty.” Resignation accepted on 10 July 1862.
WINBORNE, JOHN Q., 1st Lieutenant
ENLISTED: farmer who at age 29 enlisted on 3 March 1862, mustered in a sergeant, elected 3rd Lieutenant on 19 July 1862, promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 19 July 1862; RESIGNED: on 21 January 1865; no reason reported; resignation accepted on 4 Feb 1865.
NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES
ANDREW, JOSEPH, Private
ENLISTED: 15 year old farmer who enlisted on 28 March 1862; DISCHARGED: prior to 12 April 1862, presumably by reason of being underage.
ANDREWS, JAMES T., Private
ENLISTED: as a 19 year old farmer prior to 11 March 1862, transferred to 12th NC Infantry, Company K on or about 24 March 1862, no further record.
AVENT, JAMES W., Sergeant
ENLISTED: 22 year old farmer who at the age of 22 enlisted on 22 Feb 1862 at “Mrs. Gay’s”; MUSTER: as a Sergeant; DISCHARGED: on unspecified date in 1862 after providing a substitute.
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BAILEY, FORDY, Private
ENLISTED: 18 Dec 1863; AGE: 20; DIED: in hospital at Richmond, VA on 4 Feb 1864 of debilitas.
BAILEY, RANSOM, Private
ENLISTED: 18 Dec 1862; REPORTED: present in Jan – April, 1864, no further records.
BARTHOLOMEW, SIDNEY W., Private
ENLISTED: 26 year old gunsmith who was born Nash, enlisted Franklin on 24 Feb 1862, mustered in as 1st Sergeant, detailed as a gunsmith at Raleigh on 5 May 1862; reduced ranks prior to 1 Sept 1863; apparently served in Raleigh as a gunsmith during most of the war.
BASS, GIDEON, Private
ENLISTED: 17 year old farmer who enlisted on 24 Feb 1862; PRESENT: July-Aug, 1863, Jan-April, 1864 & Sept – Oct, 1864. CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA, 2 April 1865; PRISON: Hart’s Island Prison, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865; RELEASED: Hart’s Island on 18 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
BATTS, WILLIAM B., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash or Wilson, enlisted in Wilson County at the age 29 on 11 March 1862, as a substitute for another man; reported absent sick at home in July, 1862; discharged on an unspecified date; reason he was discharged not reported; reenlisted in the company on 18 Dec 1863; reported present in Jan-April, 1864; discharged at Wilson on or about 9 Sept 1864, by reason of “paralysis.”
BEARD, ARNOLD, Private
ENLISTED: farmer who enlisted on 3 March 1862 at the age of 20 as a substitute for another Nash County man; DISEASE: reported absent sick at home in July, 1862, discharged briefly (no dates given), reenlisted in Company D on 18 Dec 1863, reported present in Jan – April, 1864; DISCHARGED: at Wilson, NC on or about 9 Dec 1864 by reason of “paralysis.”
BELL, RUFUS E., Private
ENLISTED: farmer who was born in Nash, enlisted in Wilson on 6 March 1862 at the age of 27; CAPTURED: at or near Gettysburg, PA on 1-5 July 1863; PRISON: confined to Ft. Delaware Prison, DE on or about 9 July 1863, transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD, on or about 15 Oct 1863; RELEASED: Point Lookout Prison on 29 Jan 1864, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and joining the U.S. service {probably the Unattached United States Infantry (an actual fighting unit) even though his military records offers “unit to which assigned not reported.”
BOTTOMS, JOEL R., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Wilson County on 18 Oct 1862 at the age of 18; WOUNDED: wounded and captured at or near Gettysburg, PA on or about 3-5 July 1863; PRISON: confined at Ft. Delaware, DE on or about 9 July 1863; PRISONER EXCHANGE: paroled at Ft. Delaware on 30 July 1863, received at City Point, VA on 1 Aug 1863; DIED: hospitalized at Petersburg, VA where he died on or about 15 Aug 1863 of “diarrhoea chroniic” and/or “pneumonia typhoid.”
BOWES, JOHN T., Private
ENLISTED: served at a Private in 24th NC Infantry, Company A (14th Regiment Volunteers), deserted from the unit on 19 Aug 1862 & enlisted in Company D on 18 Oct 1863, “claimed by an officer of the 24th NC Infantry & returned to the regiment in Jan – Feb, 1863, no further record.
BROWN, JOHN D., Private
ENLISTED: farmer who enlisted on 24 Feb 1862 at the age of 18; PRESENT: through 1863 and 1864 CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA on 2 April 1865 PRISON: confined at Hart’s Island Prison, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865; RELEASED: on 18 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
BROWN, SIDNEY, Private
ENLISTED: farmer who enlisted on 22 Feb 1862 at the age of 20; KILLED: AT Goldsboro, NC on 26-27 May 1862, “by being crushed between two railroad cars.”
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CAUDELL, NATHANIEL N., 1st Sergeant
ENLISTED: teacher who enlisted on 23 Feb 1862 at the age of 32, mustered in as a corporal, promoted to 1st Sergeant prior to 1 September 1863; PRESENT: July-Aug 1863, Jan – Feb 1864; PRISON: reported present but in confinement in March-April 1864. NO FURTHER RECORDS LISTED.
COGGIN, ELIJAH, Private
ENLISTED: farmer enlisted on 24 Feb 1862 at the age of 47; WOUNDED: at Gettysburg on 1 – 5 July 1863 and captured, hospitalized at Gettysburg, PA, exchanged at an unspecified date (logically it would seem that he was exchanged between 5 July 1863 and Jan –Feb 1864, listed as wounded and at home in Jan – Feb 1864, returned to duty in March-April 1864, retired to the Invalid Corps on 2 May 1864.
COGGIN, GIDEON, Private
ENLISTED: at the age of 25 on 18 March 1862; DISCHARGED: April 1862, reason not provided.
COPPEDGE, CHARLES H., Private
ENLISTED: farmer who at age 28 enlisted on 24 Feb 1862; DIED: in hospital at Petersburg, VA on 14 Sept 1862 on “cont(inued fever”; may have served previously as a private in 1st Company H, 12th Regiment, NC Troops (2nd regiment NC Volunteers)
CRAVEN, HARRISON, Private
ENLISTED: resident of Davidson County, NC who enlisted at the age of 18 on 26 March 1862 and deserted on 24 May 1862.
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DANIEL, RUFUS P., Sergeant
ENLISTED: resided Nash, enlisted Wilson County, NC at the age of 30 on 14 May 1862, for the war, mustered in as a Private, promoted to Sergeant prior 14 July 1863; CAPTURED: at Falling Waters, MD, no date provided; PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 8 August 1863; PRISONER EXCHANGE: paroled at Point Lookout on 3 March 1864, received at City Point, VA on 6 March 1864, listed as present on March – April 1864, NO FURTHER RECORDS.
DEANS, DORSEY H., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Johnston County, NC, enlisted in Nash at the age 0f 23 on 18 Oct 1862; CAPTURED: at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863; PRISON: at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC on 15 Oct 1863, transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD on 27 Oct 1863; DIED: at Point Lookout Prison on March 7-8, 1865 of “pneumonia.”
DEANS, JOSEPH B., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Johston or Wake, enlisted in Nash at age of 20 on 18 Oct 1862; WOUNDED: and captured at Gettysburg, 1-5 July 1863; PRISON: at Ft. Delaware Prison, DE, released at Ft. Delaware on 19 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
DELBRIDGE, AUGUSTUS A., Private
ENLISTED: farmer who enlisted at the age of 25 on 22 Feb 1862; WOUNDED: slightly in the head at Gettysburg on 3 July 1863, deserted prior to 1 Sept 1863, returned prior to 1 Sept 1863; CAPTURED: at Bristoe Station, VA, no dated reported; PRISON: Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC on 16 October 1863, released Old Capitol Prison on 17 Dec 1863 after taking oath of allegiance to the United States of America.
DICKENS, THOMAS A., Private
ENLISTED: Resident of Nash County who enlisted at age 24 on 23 Feb. 1862. DIED: Dec. 1862 of disease. Place of death not reported.
DRAKE, MATTHEW B., Private
ENLISTED; resident, Nash County who enlisted after 31 Oct. 1864. CAPTURED: near Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD. On 3 Apr 1865. RELEASED: at Point Lookout on 26 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
DRAKE, NICHOLAS J. W. W., Private
ENLISTED: born Nash County, where he resided as a student prior to enlisting in Nash County at the age of 15 on 15 March 1862. Mustered in a Corporal. Reducted to ranks prior to 1 Aug 1862 by reason of “rheumatism.”
DRAKE, THOMAS N., Private
ENLISTED; born in Nash County where he resides as a physician pror to enlisting in Nash County at the age of 26 on 22 Feb. 1862. DISCHARGED; on 9 Aug 1862 by reason of “physical disability.”
DRAKE, WILLIAM HENRY, Sergeant
ENLISHED: born in Nash County, where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Nash County at the age of 23 on 22 Feb 1862. Mustered in as Corporal. Promoted to Sergeant prior to 1 Aug 1862. WOUNDED & CAPTURED: at Gettysburg, PA on 3 -5 July 1863. PRISON; at Fort Deleware, Delaware, on or about 9 July 1863. Transferred to Point Lookout Prison, Maryland on or about 15 October 1863. PAROLED: Point Lookout Prison on 3 May 1864. RECEIVED: at Aiken’s Landing, James River, Virginia on 8 May 1864 for exchange. CAPTURED; at Sutherland’s Station, VA, 2 April 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865. RELEASED: at Hart’s Island on 18 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
DRIVER, BARNSEY RAMSEY, Private
ENLISTED: a resident of Nash County, who enlisted in Wayne County at the age of 18 on 1 March 1863, for the war. WOUNDED & CAPTURED: at Gettysburg, PA on 3 -5 July 1863. PRISON: Ft. Delaware, Delaware., on or about 9 July 1863. TRANSFERRED: to hospital at Chester, PA on 25 July 1863. DIED: in hospital at Chester on 26 Aug 1863 of “scorbutic diarrhoea.”
DRIVER, CALVIN, Private
ENLISTED; resided in Nash County where he enlisted at age 25 on 18 Oct 1862, for the war. CAPTURED & IMPRISONED: at or near Gettysburg, PA on 3-5 July 1863. Confined at Ft. Delaware, Delaware on 30 July 1863. EXCHANGED: received at City Point, VA on 1 Aug 1863, for exchange. ABSENT: reported absent without leave in March-April and Sept. Oct, 1864.
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EURE, DEMPSEY W., Sergeant
ENLISTED: born in Wilson or Nash; resided in Nash; farmer; enlisted in Nash at the age of 24 on 3 March 1862. MUSTER: as a Sergeant. WOUNDED: left wrist at or near Jones’ Farm, VA on or about 1 Oct 1864. HOSPITALIZED: Richmond, VA. FURLOUGHED: 60 days on 29 Nov. 1864. RETIRED: on 17 Feb 1864 by reason of “anchylosis” of the left wrist.
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GLOVER, CURTIS H., Private
ENLISTED: in Nash County, at the age of 29 on 18 March 1862. DISCHARGED: in May, 1862, reason not given.
GREEN, R. L., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash or Wilson County; enlisted at the age of 32 on 29 April 1862, for the war. CAPTURED: near Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: at Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865. RELEASED: Hart’s Island on 19 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
GRIFFIN, WILLIAM, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash County, enlisted in Wilson at age of 18 on 27 April 1862, for the war. SICK: absent due to sickness in hospital in July, 1862. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond, VA on 27 June 1864, with a gunshot wound, place and date of wound not reported. RETURN TO DUTY: on 10 October 1864. CAPTURED: at Hatcher’s Run, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: at Point Lookout Prison, Maryland until released on 17 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
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HARPER, ROBERT H., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer, enlisted at the age of 23 on 24 Feb. 1862. DESERTED: at Orange Court House, VA on 23 Aug 1863. RETURNED TO DUTY: prior to 14 Oct 1863, when he was captured at Bristoe Station, VA. PRISON: Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DCON 15 Oct 1863, then transferred to Point Lookout Prison, Maryland on 27 Oct 1863. PAROLED: at Point Lookout Prison on 13 Feb 1863. EXCHANGED: received at Cox’s Wharf, James River, VA on or about 14 Feb 1865.
HEDGEPETH, HENRY, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash County; farmer, enlised at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, at the age of 25 on 22 Feb 1862. DISCHARGED: on 18 October 1862, reason for discharge not reported.
HICKS, AMACY P., Private
ENLISTED: born in Franklin County, resided in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age of 35 on 14 March 1862. WOUNDED & CAPTURED: in the neck and captured at Falling Waters, MD on 14 July 1863 (Gettsyburg was fought from July 1 to 3, 1863). HOSPITALIZED: at Frederick, MD, transferred to the hospital in Baltimore, MD on 10 Aug 1863. PAROLED & EXCHANGED: Baltimore, MD on 22-23 Aug 1863. RECEIVED: at City Point, VA on 24 Aug 1863, returned to duty, date not given. CAPTURED: at Petersburg, VA on 3 April 1865. PRISON: at Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865. RELEASED: at Hart’s Island on 18 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
HIGH, MANLY, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Davidson or Nash County, enlisted in Wison at the age 32 on 14 May 1862, for the war. WOUNDED: in the leg at Gettysburg, on or about 1 July 1863, reported absent and wounded in Jan – Feb, 1964, reported absent on detal at the corps headquarters in March-Apr & Sept- Oct, 1864. PAROLED: at Goldsboro, NC on 4 May 1865.
HOGG, JOSEPH B., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash Count where he enlisted at age 21 on 18 March 1862. DESERTER: in July-Aug. 1863, returned to duty Jan – Apr 1864. Reported sick in Sept – Oct 1864. FURLOUGHED: for sixty days on 19 Dec. 1864. No further records.
HOGG, SAMUEL B., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash Count where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Nash at the age of 18 on 3 March 1862. DIED: hospital in Lynchburg, VA on 15 June 1863 of “rhematismus chronicus.”
HOLLINGSWORTH, W. I., Private
ENLISTED: residend in Nash County whre he enlisted on 1 Apr 1864, for the war. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond, VA on 16 Nov 1864 with colitis, returned to duty on 3 Feb 1865. WOUNDED: in right cheek and captured near Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. Hospitalized at Ft. Monroe, VA on the peninsula. CONFINED: at Camp Hamilton, VA 16 May 1865. RELEASED: at Newport News, VA on 18 May 1865. After taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America. In May, 1865 his age is listed as 18.
HOLLINGSWORTH, William F., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Nash at the age of 41 on 16 March 1862. Reported in the records of his company on 27 Dec. 1864. No more records.
HOPKINS, ALSIE H., Private
ENLISTED: in Nash County at age 21 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war. WOUNDED: in the arm at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863, returned to duty on an unspecified date. HOSPITALIZED: in Richmond, VA on 15 May 1864 with gunshot wounds of the left knee and right hand, transferred to another hospital on 27 May 864. NC pension records indicate that he survived the war.
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JOHNSON, EMERSON, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer, enlisted at age 23 on 3 March 1862. WOUNDED: in the bowels and captured at Gettysburg, PA on or about 3 July 1863. DIED: at or near Gettysburg on or about the same date of wounds. No further information.
JOHNSON, LEMON, Private
ENLISTED: born In Nash, farmer, who enlisted at age 26 on 3 March 1862. DIED: in hospital in Raleigh on 16 April 1863, of smallpox.
JORDAN, BRAYANT H., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Johnston County, NC, enlisted in Nash at age of 34 on 18 Oct 1862. PRESENT: July-Aug 1862 and Jan-Aprll, 1864. ABSENT: Sept. – Oct 1864. No further record.
JOYNER, CORNELIUS, Private
ENLISHED: born in Nash, farmer, enlisted in Nash at the age of 33 on 24 Feb 1862. WOUNDED: right knee at Gettysburg, PA on or about 3 July 1863 (Pickett’s Charge?). HOSPITAL: Aug 1863. PRESENT: Jan – April and Sept – Oct 1864. CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA on 2 Apr 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 April 1865. RELEASED; Hart’s Island on 19 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
JOYNER, HENRY N., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted at age 35 on 2 July 1862. PRESENT: July – Aug 1863 and Jan – Apr 1964. DIED: prior to 20 Feb 1865. Place and cause of death not reported.
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KING, JOHN, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer, enlisted at “Doctor Drake’s” at age of 48 on 24 Feb 1862. DISCHARGED: on or about April 13 or Apr 30, 1863 by reason of “rheumatism causing deformity of the foot with difficulty of walking.” No further record.
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LANCASTER, ANDREW J., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer, enlisted in Nash at 18 on 3 March 1862. HOSPITALIZED: Petersburg, VA on or about 25 Dec 1862. No further records.
LANGLY, J., Private
ENLISHED: enlished probably subsequent to 31 Oct 1864. SURRENDER: at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865. No further recors.
LEE, BERRY B., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash County, enlisted at age 34 on 22 Apr 1862, for the war. WOUNDED: in the knee and captured at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863. HOSPITALIZED: at Chester, PA on 17 July 1863. DIED: Hospital at Chester on 4 August 1863 of his wounds.
LEE, WILLIAM, Private
ENLISHED: resided in Nash, wher he enlisted at the age of 38 on 5 May 1862, for the war. PRESENT: July – Aug, 1863; Jan – Apr, 1864 and Sept-Oct 1864. No further records.
LEE, WILLIAM J., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer, who enlisted in Wayne County at age 18 on 18 March 1862. DETAILED: as a hospital nurse at Wilson from 2 Oct 1863 through 31 May 1864. COOK: at Wilson from 20 July 1864 through 31 Dec 1864. CAPTURED: at Petersburg, VA on 3 April 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 11 April 1865. RELEASED: at Hart’s Island on 19 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
LEWIS, A. F., Corporal
ENLISHED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age of 38 on 29 June 1863, mustered as a Private. PRESENT: Jan – Apr 1864. HOSPITALIZED: Wilson in Aug – Dec 1864. PAROLED: at Goldsboro in 1865. No further record.
LEWIS, JOSIAH, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 35 on 18 Oct 1862, for the war CAPTURED: at or near Gettsysburg, PA on or about 5 July 1863. PRISON: at Ft. Delaware, DE on or about 9 July 1863. EXCHANGED: at an unspecified date. DESERTED: at an unspecified date. RETURN TO DUTY: on 10 Feb 1864. CAPTURED; near Ft. Stedman, VA on 25 March 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD, until released on or about 29 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
LINDSEY, NEVERSON A., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 18 on 5 March 1864, for the war. HOSPITALIZED: Richmond, VA on 18 May 1864, with a gunshot wound. Place and date wounde not reported. FURLOUGHED: for 60 days on 8 June 1864. No further records. May have served in 30th NC Infantry, Co. I previously as a Private.
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MASSEY, O. K., Corporal
ENLISHED: resided in Nash County, where he enlisted at age 34 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war, mustered in as a Private. PROMOTED: to Corporal prior to 1 Sept 1863. KILLED: at Cold Harbor, VA on 3 June 1864.
MASSINGALE, Goodman, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash County where he enlisted at age 27 on 18 March 1863, for the war. DESERTED: at Orange Court House, VA on 15 Aug 1863. RETURNED TO DUTY: date not specified. WOUNDED: at Briscoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863. DIED: of wounds, date not specified.
MAY, WILLIAM HENRY, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted at 16 on 24 Feb. 1862. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond, VA in July-Aug 1863. RETURNED TO DUTY: on 14 Oct 1863. WOUNDED: at Bristoe Station, VA. CAPTURED: at Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD, until his release on 29 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
MELTON, ROBERT BOLLING, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash County, NC where he resided as a farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 19 on 22 Feb 1862. WOUNDED and CAPTURED: at Gettysburg, PA on or about 1-3 July 1863. HOSPITALIZED: at Gettysburg where he died on 25 July 1863, of wounds (probably from infection in his wounds).
MOSS, JOHN, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 38 on 22 Feb 1862. DIED: at Goldsboro on 21 June 1862, of disease.
MURRAY, ALBERT MADISON, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 18 on 18 Feb 1864, for the war. WOUNDED: in right shoulder and in the middle finger on his left hand at or near The Wilderness, VA, on or about 4 May 1864. ABSENT: in hospital in Sept – Oct. 1864. HOSPITALIZED: at Raleigh, NC on 9 Nov. 1864, with ascites and returned to duty on 6 Dec 1864. No further records. [Ascites is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.]
MURRAY, ALLISON, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 18 on 18 Feb 1864, for the war. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond, VA on 8 May 1864 with a gunshot wound of the arm. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond on 30 January 1865, with dropsy and was furloughed for sixty days on 24 Feb 1865. No further records. [dropsy is an abnormal accumulation of serous fluid in a body cavity or in the cellular tissues; called also hydrops, edema.]
MURRAY, BENJAMIN H.
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 18 on 1 March 1863, for the war. DESERTED: at Orange Court House, VA on 23 Aug 1864. RETURNED TO DUTY: date not specified. CAPTURED: at or near Ft. Stedman, VA on 25 March 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD, until release on 29 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
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NELMS, WILLIAM B., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 16 on 24 Feb 1862. DISCHARGED: on 13 Oct 1862, by reason of “rheumatism and rupture of the ligaments of the carpus.”
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PEACOCK, JOSEPH W., Corporal
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 18 on 1 July 1862, for the war, mustered as a Private. CAPTURED: at Falling Waters, MD on 14 July 1863. PRISON: Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC and then transferred to Point Lookout, MD on 9 Aug 1863. PAROLED: Point Lookout Prison on 3 March 1864. EXCHANGED: received at City Point, VA on 6 March 1864. PROMOTED: to Corporal in May – Oct, 1864. CAPTURED: at unspecified locality on 20 April 1865. PAROLED: at Raleigh on 22 April 1865.
PEARSON, AMOS, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Wayne County at age 18 on 1 March 1863, for the war. CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 Apr 1865. RELEASED: at Hart’s Island on 18 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
PEARSON, BARNEY B., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 44 on 26 Aug 1863, for the war. CAPTURED: at or near Burgess’ Mill, VA on 17 Oct 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD on 17 January 1865. EXCHANGED: from parole at Point Lookout, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA on 21 Jan 1865.
POWELL, EDWIN L., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash County where he resided as a farmer, enlisted in Nash at age 24 on 21 Feb 1862, mustered in as a Corporal, promoted to Sergeant prior to 1 Sept. 1863. REDUCED IN RANKS: subsequent to 31 Oct 1864. DESERTED: to the enemy on an unspecified date. CONFINED: in Washington, DC on 12 April 1865. RELEASED; an unspecified date after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America. North Carolina Pension Records indicate that he was wounded at Frederickburg, VA on Dec 1862; at Gettysburg in July, 1863 and at Bristoe Station, VA in Oct. 1863.
PRIDGEN, WILLIAM HAYWOOD, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 18 on 5 March 1864, for the war. CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 April 1863. RELEASED: on 18 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
PROCTOR, GRANDBURY, Private [His name was GRANDBERRY PROCTOR, brother of HANSEL HARRISON PROCTOR, JR., 2nd NC Cavalry and great uncle of Earl P. Bell, Jr.]
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at the age of 30 on 24 Feb 1862: PRESENT: Jul – Aug 1863 and Jan – April 1864. CAPTURED: at or near Burgess’s Mill, VA, another source says near Petersburg, on 17 Oct 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 31 Oct 1864. DIED: at Point Lookout Prison on 9 Feb 1865 of “chronic diarrhoea.” An additional source states that his remains were buried at the Point Lookout Cemetery but later moved. He died two months before rifles were stacked at Appomattox Court House, VA.
OTHER INFORMATION: Grandberry Proctor married Elizabeth Vaughn (b. July, 1834) on 22 Sept 1853 in Edgecombe Co., NC. He is 21 and she is 19 at the time of their marriage. HIS FATHER AND MOTHER: Hansel Harrison “Harry” Proctor, Sr. (b. 1793) and Sally Boon Proctor (b. 1785) lived in Edgecombe County, NC (1850). In the Census of 1860 for Winstead’s District, Nash County, NC he is listed as a 29 years old Farm Laborer, who can not read or write, with a personal estate worth $100. He, and his wife Elizabeth, who can not read or write, have two children William Jane (f) age 5 and Louisa (f) age 2. They are living with to her father and mother Jason (b. 1810) and Sally (b. 1815) Vaughan. AFTER GRANDBERRY PROCTOR’S DEATH AT POINT LOOKOUT PRISON IN MARYLAND: in the Census of 1870 for Middleton Township (in an area that becomes Coopers Twp.), Nash County, NC, Elizabeth Vaughn Proctor is living as a widow, identified as the head of household, with three children: William Jane (f) (who eventually marries Wiley Parker) age 14, Louisa (f) age 11 (she would eventually marry James T. Vaughn) and William (m) age 9. In terms of real estate or personal estate, she possesses no declarable income. In the Census of 1880, for Coopers Twp., in Nash County, Elizabeth Vaughn Proctor lived with her daughter Jane and son-in-law Wiley Parker. No one in the household can read or write except Wiley Parker who can read but not write. Her son William Proctor is living with his Uncle John Hodge Vaughan in a household that contains his grandparents Jason and Sallie Vaughn, Aunt Mary A. and cousin John W. Vaughn. In the Census of 1900, she is living with her daughter Louisa and her husband James Vaughn and their family. In 1902, Elizabeth Vaughn Proctor applied to the State of North Carolina for a Widow’s Pension for his service in the Civil War. By 1910, Elizabeth, who is 76 years old, has lost three of her four children and is living in Franklin County with her only surviving child Louisa “Lou” Proctor Vaughan and her husband J. T. “Jim” Vaughan. As of this date. he is working in a lumber yard and dies in 1914. Her grandson Thomas “Tommy” D. Vaughan, who was living with the family in 1910, worked in Durham in the tobacco market and dies in 1921. Elizabeth and her daughter Lou or Louisa both died between 1910 and 1920. Thus, it is clear from Census and Tax Records that Grandberry Proctor’s family struggled from job to job, household to household, without declarable income, living at a subsistence, barter level of existence without the capacity to read or write. The devastating poverty that followed the Civil War in North Carolina in general as well as in Nash and Franklin counties in particular resulted in a persistent, continuous struggle for survival from 1865 to the mid-1910s for Grandberry Proctor’s wife Elizabeth and his children: Louisa (Lou); Jane and William Proctor. The two people in the Vaughan and Proctor Families who seems, until his death in 1922, to have tried to help this family was John Hodge Vaughan and his wife Pitie Hinton Vaughan of Cooper’s Twp. In Nash County, NC. Their graves are visible on the west side of Vaughan Chapel Road in a fenced in cemetery near their home place.
PULLEN, EMELIUS, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted In Nash at age 41 on 24 Feb 1862. SICK: left Gettysburg battlefield sick only to be captured on 5 July 1863. HOSPITALIZED: Gettsyburg, PA. TRANSFERRED; to Baltimore, MD. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD. EXCHANGED: paroled Point Lookout, received at City Point, VA on 20 March 1864. RETURNED TO DUTY: on 1 May 1864. CAPTURED: near Petersburg, VA on 27 Oct. 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD. EXCHANGED: paroled from Point Lookout, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA on 21 Jan. 1865. [eds. Note: he is the first Nash county solider that I have found who was captured twice, twice imprisoned at Point Lookout and twice released.]
PULLEN, RUFUS, Corporal
ENLISHED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted at age 37 on 21 Feb 1862, mustered in as a Private. PROMOTED: to corporal prior to 3-5 July 1863. WOUNDED: in the hip and captured at Gettysburg, PA. HOSPITALIZED: Chester, PA on 17 July 1863. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD on 2 Oct 1863. EXCHANGED: released Point Lookout on 16 March 1864. RETURN TO DUTY and CAPTURED: at Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 4 April 1865. DIED: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 16 June 1865 of “chronic diarrhoea.”
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RANEY, FRANCIS M., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, Mechanic who enlisted at “John Harrison’s (House)” at age 30 on 23 Feb 1862. DIED: in Raleigh on 9 May 1862 of disease.
RICHARDSON, GEORGE, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where enlisted at age 36 on 14 March 1864, for the war. No further records.
RICKS, RUFFIN T., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age of 25 on 18 Oct 1862, for the war. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED: Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863 (Pickett’s Charge. Full explanation at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickett%27s_Charge). PRISON: at Fort Delaware, DE on unspecified date. DIED: at Ft. Delaware on 13 Aug 1864 of “chronic diarrhoea.”
RICKS, SPENCER D., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Wayne County, NC at age 33 on 1 March 1863, for the war. WOUNDED: in the thigh at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863 (Pickett’s Charge. Explanation above). ABSENT WOUNDED:
ROE, BENJAMIN, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 32 on 29 April 1863, for the war. PRESENT: in 1863 & 64. CAPTURED: at or near Burgess’ Mill, VA on 27 Oct 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 31 Oct. 1864. EXCHANGED: parolled at Point Lookout on 10 Feb 1865, received at Cox’s Wharf, James River, VA on 14 Feb. 1865. PAROLED: at Goldsboro on 15May 1865.
ROSE, EDWIN, Private
ENLISTED; resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 50 on 9 July 1862, for the war as a substitute. DESERTED: in March, 1863. ARRESTED: in Jan – Feb, 1864. RETURNED TO DUTY: in Mar – Apr 1864. CAPTURED: at Burgess’ Mill, VA on 27 Oct 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 31 Oct 1864. EXCHANGED: paroled at Point Lookout, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA on 21 Jan 1865. No further records.
ROSE, JOHN H., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash wher he enlisted at age 25 on 18 March 1862. CAPTURED; at Falling Waters, MD on 14 July 1863. PRISON: at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC, transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD on 8 Augu 1863. DIED: at Point Lookout Prison on or about 30 June 1865, of “diarrhoea chronic.” No further records.
ROSE, W. H., _____________
North Carolina pension records indicate that he served in this company. No further records.
ROWE, GRANDBERRY, Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, a farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 26 on 3 March 1863, for the war. PRESENT: Jul – Aug 1864; Jan April 1864; and Jul – Aug 1864. No further records.
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SHORT, THOMAS W., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Lenior at age 48 on 2 July 1862, for the war as a substitute. DETAILED: as a saddler at Clarksville, VA in Jul – Aug 1863. KILLED: at or near Burgess’ Mill, VA on 27 Oct 1864. No further records.
STONE, BENJAMIN F., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted at Camp Mangram, near Raleigh, at age 32 on 2 May 1862, for the war. WOUNDED: stunned by a shell and captured at Gettysburg on 1- 5 July1863. HOSPITALIZED: at David’s Island, New York Harbor on or about 17 July 1863. EXCHANGED: paroled at David’s Island on 24 Aug 1863, received at City Point, VA on 28 Aug 1863, for exchange. PRESENT: Jan – Feb 1864. TRANSFERRED: to the C. S. Navy on 15 April 1864. No further record.
STONE, FRANCIS M., Private
ENLISTED: previously served as a Private in 55th NC Infantry, Company I. TRANSFERRED: to this company on or about 23 April 1863. No further records.
STONE, JONATHAN ATLAS, Private
ENLISTED; resided in Franklin or Nash, enlisted at age 36 on 18 March 1862. TRANSFERRED: to Company G of this regiment in April, 1862. No further records.
STONE, RUFUS H., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash or Granville, resided in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 21 on 24 Feb 1862, mustered in as a Corporal. REDUCED RANKS: prior to 1 Aug 1861. WOUNDED: right hip and captured at Gettysburg, PA on 1-5 July 1863. HOSPITALIZED: at Gettysburg. TRANSFERRED: to hospital at David’s Island, New York Harbor on 17 July 1863. EXCHANGED; paroled at David’s Island, date not given, received City Point, VA on 8 Sept 1863. HOSPITALIZED: at Petersburg, VA on 8 Sept 1863 still suffering from the gunshot wound he received at Gettysburg. FURLOUGHED: for twenty days on 16 Sept 1863. RETIRED: from service on 8 Feb 1865, presumably by reason of disability from wounds.
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TANT, KENNEL T., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nas at age 32 on 24 Feb 1862. PRESENT: in Jan – April 1864. FURLOUGHED: due to sickness in Sept – Oct 1864. No further record.
TURNER, JAMES HARDY, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Wilson at age 37 on 27 April 1862, for the war. DIED: in hospital at Gordonsbille, VA on 12 April 1864, cause of death not reported. No further records.
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VAUGHN, WILLIAM, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted at age 30 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war. DIED: in August, 1862, of disease. Place of death and cause not reported. No further record.
VICK, JOSIAH J. B., Private
ENLISTED: enlisted in Nash on 16 March 1864, for the war. PRESENT: in 1864. Last reported in company records on 1 Dec 1864. May have servived previously as Captain of 19th NC Infantry, Company E (2nd NC Cavalry). No further record.
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WALKER, WILLIAM G., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 25 on 22 Feb 1862. DIED: Camp Mangum, near Raleigh on 1 May 1862, of disease. No further record.
WELLS, JOHN W., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 18 on 5 March 1864. PRESENT; in all reporting of 1864. SURRENDERED: at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865. No further record.
WELLS, WILLIAM J., Private
ENLISTED; resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 18 on 5 March 1864, for the war. PRESENT; in all reporting during 1864. CAPTURED; near Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865. PRISON: Point Lookout, MD, until released on 21 June 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
WEST, GEORGE D. ___________
North Carolina Pension records indica te he served in this company.
WEST, JOHN J., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash whee he enlisted at age 18, 13 June 1863, for the war. WOUNDED: in his left arm and captured at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863. PRISON: at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC on 8 Feb 1864. TRANSFERRED: to Ft. Delaware, DE on 17 June 1864, RELEASED: at Ft. Delaware, DE on either 11 May or 28 May 1965, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
WEST, ROBERT C., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 43 on 24 Feb 1862. DESERTED: at Orange Court House, VA on 15 Aug 1863. ARRESTED: in Jan – Feb 1864. RETURN TO DUTY: in Mar – Apr 1864. CAPTURED: at or near Burgess’ Mill, VA on 27 Oct 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 31 Oct 1864. EXCHANGED: paroled at Point Lookout on 17 Jan 1865, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA on 21 Jan 1865. CAPTURED; near Petersburg, VA on 2 April 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
WHEELER, BRYANT H., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 32 on 23 Apr 1862, for the war as a substitute. DESERTED: on an unspecified date. APPREHENDED: on or about 22 July 1863. DESERTED: at Orange Court House on 23 Aug 1863. No further records.
WHEELER, DALLAS, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, enlisted in Wayne at age 19 on 1 May 1863, for the war. DESERTED: at Orange Court House, VA on 23 Aug 1863. RETURNED TO DUTY: prior to 19 Dec 1863. PRESENT: in Jan – Apr 1864. No further record.
WILDER, GEORGE MANLY, Private
ENLISTED: born in Johnston, resided in Nash, farm who enlisted in Wayne County at age 16 on 18 March 1862. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED: Gettysburg, PA on 3-5 July 1863. PRISON: Ft. Delaware, DE, transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD on 22 Oct 1863. EXCHANGED: paroled at Point Lookout on 24 Dec 1863, received at City Point, VA on 28 Dec 1863. PRESENT: Jan – April 1864. ABSENT: without leave in Sept – Oct, 1864. No further record.
WILLIAMS, W. A., Private
Place and date of enlistment not reported, probably subsequent to 31 Oct 1864. CAPTURED: in hospital at Richmond, VA, on 3 April 1865. No further record.
WILLIAMS, WILLIE, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 34 on 27 April 1862, for the war. WOUNDED: at Falling Waters, MD and left in the hands of the enemy on 14 July 1863. DIED: Roll of Honor indicates that he died of disease. No further record.
WINBORNE, THOMAS M., Private
ENLISTED: born in Nash, resided in Nash or Wilson, farmer who enlisted in Nash at age 37 on 3 March 1862. DESERTED: from hospital on 16 Aug 1863. HOSPITALIZED: in Richmond in Jan-Apr 1864. HOSPITALIZED: at Danville, VA on or about 4 June 1864 with a gunshot wound of the arm, place and date of wounding not given. FURLOUGH: reported on sick furlough in Sept-Oct, 1864. HOSPITALIZED: at Richmond on 25 Nov 1864, of an unspecified complaint. FULOUGHED: sixty days on 19 Dec 1864. PAROLED: at Goldsboro in 1865.
WINBORNE, WILLIAM H., Private
ENLISTED: previously served as a Private in 47th NC Infantry, Co. A. TRANSFERRED: to Company D on 1 Sept 1862. PRESENT: 1863 and 1864. PAROLED: at Raleigh on 24 May 1865. No further record.
WINSTEAD, ALEXANDER, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at age 34 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war, mustered in as a Private. PROMOTED: to Corporal prior to 1 Sept 1863. RANK REDUCED; in Oct 1863 – Apr 1864. WOUNDED: and captured at Bristoe Station, VA on 14 Oct 1863. PRISON: at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC, transferred to Point Lookout, MD on 27 Oct 1863. EXCHANGED: paroled at Point Lookout on 27 April 1864, received at City Point, VA on 30 Apr 1864. CAPTURED: at Sutherland’s Station, VA on 2 Apr 1865. PRISON: Hart’s Island, New York Harbor on 7 Apr 1865. RELEASED: Hart’s Island on 19 June 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
WINSTEAD, BURTON, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash County where he enlisted at age 32 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war. CAPTURED: at Falling Waters, MD on 14 July 1863. PRISON: first at Baltimore, MD on 14 July 1863, then transferred to Point Lookout Prison, MD on 17 Aug 1863. EXCHANGED: paroled at Point Lookout, MD on 16 March 1864, received at City Point, VA on 20 Mar 1864. RETURNED TO DUTY: prior to 1 May 1864. KILLED: at or near Burgess’ Mill, VA on 27 Oct 1864.
WINSTEAD, JOHN A., Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash, where he enlisted at age 30 on 27 April 1862. REPORTED PRESENT: in 1863 and 1864. No further records.
WINSTEAD, LEMMON, Private
ENLISTED: resided in Nash where he enlisted at 21 on 27 Apr 1862, for the war. DIED: in 1862, of disease. Place of death not reported.
WINSTEAD, WILLIAM T., Private
ENLISTED: in Nash on 16 March 1864, for the war. PRESENT: in 1864. CAPTURED: at Hanover Junction, VA on 24 May 1864. PRISON: Point Lookout Prison, MD on 8 June 1864, transferred to Elmira Prison, NY on 8 July 1864. EXCHANGED: paroled at Elmira on 14 March 1865, received at Boulware’s Wharf, James River, VA, on or about 21 March 1865. HOSPITALIZED: in Richmond, VA on 21 March 1865, with debilitas. FURLOUGHED: for thirty days on 18 March 1865. No further record.