Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Smallpox Killed Elmira POW James McKay Suggs was a private in the Confederate army, serving with the 36th North Carolina, Co. H. James died of smallpox while imprisoned at Elmira,...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
U.S. Seaman Wounded in Fisher Assault Edward Hilton was born in 1827. As a U.S. Navy seaman, he was assigned to the USS Colorado during the second assault on Fort Fisher. He was wounded in the assault, then transferred to the USS New Hampshire, the USS Home, and the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Junior Reservist Made It Home George Martin Glass, a 2nd lieutenant in the Confederate army, was a member of 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was stationed at Battery Buchanan for a time, finally surrendering in Greensboro. George farmed in Guilford...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Immigrant Served Twice in Wartime John C. Koch, a corporal in the Confederate army, was born in 1842 in Wehldorf, a province of Hanover Germany. It is not known when John arrived in Wilmington, but he enlisted in Company A, 18th North Carolina Infantry, on April 15,...
Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
Illness Sent New Yorker Home Charles St. Andrews enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in August 1862 and was a member of the 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. His regimental commander was Colonel Newton Martin Curtis, who later won the Medal of Honor for...
Mar 22, 2015 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
The Biggest Killer Wasn’t Battle Absalom Tuten Roe enlisted in the Confederate army in Beaufort County on January 25, 1862. Private Roe was involved in the construction of Fort Fisher. He arrived there on March 29 1862, with Co. B of the 40th Regiment, North...
