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This information is contributed by Eleanor Brinkley John B. Casteen and his twin brother, Jacob, both enlisted and mustered into the Company D, 3rd NC Infantry at the age of 19 on May 27, 1861 as Privates. Jacob died on June 20, 1862 at the Regimental Hospital in Richmond, VA of typhoid fever. John stated in the newspaper account of his experiences that his brother was buried in a soldiers grave and he attended the burial there. John was wounded at Malvern Hill, VA on July 1, 1862. He was appointed to the rank of Sergeant on July 4, 1863. He was captured near Spotsylvania Court House, VA on May 12, 1864 and was confined at Point Lookout, MD until being transferred to Elmira, NY on Aug. 10, 1864. He remained imprisoned at Elmira until he was released after taking the Oath of Allegiance on July 3, 1865. Jacob Casteen (First_Last) Regiment Name 3 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company D Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Film Number M230 roll 7 John Casteen (First_Last) Regiment Name 3 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company D Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant Film Number M230 roll 7 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 3rd Infantry Regiment State Troops completed its organization at Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861. The men were from Wilmington and the counties of Green, Duplin, Cumberland, Onslow, Bladen, New Hanover, and Beaufort. During July part of the regiment moved to Richmond, Virginia, then was joined by the remaining companies some weeks later. After serving in the Department of Northern Virginia and the Department of North Carolina, it was attached to General Ripley's, Colston's, Steuart's, and Cox's Brigade. The 3rd fought on many battlefields of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. It reported 46 casualties at Beaver Dam Creek , 80 at Malvern Hill, 253 at Sharpsburg, 3 at Fredericksburg, and 179 at Chancellorsville. The unit lost 4 killed and 10 wounded at Second Winchester, forty percent of the 548 engaged at Gettysburg , and 7 killed and 65 wounded during the Mine Run Campaign. It surrendered with 4 officers and 53 men in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William L. DeRosset, Gaston Meares, and Stephen D. Thruston; Lieutenant Colonels Robert H. Cowan, William M. Parsley, and Edward Savage; and Major William T. Ennett. The Morning Star, Wilmington, NC on Monday, May 7, 1917, published an column titled Memories of the Confederacy compiled by Mrs. Andrew J. Howell, Historian, Cape Fear Chapter, U. D. C. they interviewed John B. Casteen. His memories titled "A Short History of My Experiences in the War Between the North and South" was published there on that date. I have viewed it on microfilm at the Wilmington Public Library. I have attached a picture of the CSA gravestone for John that was dedicated in a Memorial Service by The George Davis Camp #5, Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Cape Fear Chapter #3, United Daughters of the Confederacy on October 8, 2006 at the burial site in Bellevue Cemetery in Wilmington, NC. Several members of our family attended the memorial service.
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