This information is contributed by Eleanor Brinkley William Wright Casteen, the father of John and Jacob Casteen also served. William Wright Casteen served in Jacobs Company 8, NC Senior Reserves according to National Archives Civil War records. He is buried in Pender County in the Riley's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery on Highway 133 at County Road 1408. The Wilmington Sons and Daughters groups are also filing for a CSA gravestone for him. His grave now has a regular headstone. William W. Casteen (First_Last) Regiment Name Jacob's 8 North Carolina Senior Reserves Side Confederate Company Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Film Number M230 roll 7 |