his tombstone is one of 50 in the Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, NC.
Pvt. Hilburn enlisted in Hazelhurst, Mississippi August 15, 1861, in Co A, Old McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. Mustered into service October 1, 1861, at Camp Clark Bay, St. Louis, Mississippi into Capt. E. A. Peyton's Co., McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers.
Muster papers show sick in camp between September- October 1862. July- August 1863 list absent without leave.
July 14, 1863, he was captured by the Expeditionary Army, Jackson, Mississippi and sent to Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi. He was sent to and received at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana on August 7, 1863.
Further listed on roll of prisoners of war at Camp Morton who desire in taking the oath of allegiance "desires to take the oath, return to Mississippi as a loyal citizen".
In a roll of prisoners dated February 26, 1865, he was listed as paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to City Point, Virgina, by Baltimore, Maryland for exchange.
March 10, 1865, he appears on a register at the General Hospital, Howards Grove, Richmond, Virginia with scorbutic (scurvy). He was furloughed from the same location on March 18, 1865.
F. Hilburn appears on an undated list of patients in General Hospital #12, Greensboro, North Carolina April 28, 1865, were paroled.
The Barbee Wayside Hospital Register lists F. Hillburn, Co. K, 3 Misp., died June 2, 1865. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, North Carolina in the Confederate Section, Row 4 #6.
His records list his first name as Fred and the spelling of the last name Hilburn or Hillburn. Hilburn seems to be the correct spelling.
Pvt. Hilburn enlisted in Hazelhurst, Mississippi August 15, 1861, in Co A, Old McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. Mustered into service October 1, 1861, at Camp Clark Bay, St. Louis, Mississippi into Capt. E. A. Peyton's Co., McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers.
Muster papers show sick in camp between September- October 1862. July- August 1863 list absent without leave.
July 14, 1863, he was captured by the Expeditionary Army, Jackson, Mississippi and sent to Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi. He was sent to and received at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana on August 7, 1863.
Further listed on roll of prisoners of war at Camp Morton who desire in taking the oath of allegiance "desires to take the oath, return to Mississippi as a loyal citizen".
In a roll of prisoners dated February 26, 1865, he was listed as paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to City Point, Virgina, by Baltimore, Maryland for exchange.
March 10, 1865, he appears on a register at the General Hospital, Howards Grove, Richmond, Virginia with scorbutic (scurvy). He was furloughed from the same location on March 18, 1865.
F. Hilburn appears on an undated list of patients in General Hospital #12, Greensboro, North Carolina April 28, 1865, were paroled.
The Barbee Wayside Hospital Register lists F. Hillburn, Co. K, 3 Misp., died June 2, 1865. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, North Carolina in the Confederate Section, Row 4 #6.
His records list his first name as Fred and the spelling of the last name Hilburn or Hillburn. Hilburn seems to be the correct spelling.
his tombstone is one of 50 in the Confederate Section of Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, NC.
Pvt. Hilburn enlisted in Hazelhurst, Mississippi August 15, 1861, in Co A, Old McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. Mustered into service October 1, 1861, at Camp Clark Bay, St. Louis, Mississippi into Capt. E. A. Peyton's Co., McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers.
Muster papers show sick in camp between September- October 1862. July- August 1863 list absent without leave.
July 14, 1863, he was captured by the Expeditionary Army, Jackson, Mississippi and sent to Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi. He was sent to and received at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana on August 7, 1863.
Further listed on roll of prisoners of war at Camp Morton who desire in taking the oath of allegiance "desires to take the oath, return to Mississippi as a loyal citizen".
In a roll of prisoners dated February 26, 1865, he was listed as paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to City Point, Virgina, by Baltimore, Maryland for exchange.
March 10, 1865, he appears on a register at the General Hospital, Howards Grove, Richmond, Virginia with scorbutic (scurvy). He was furloughed from the same location on March 18, 1865.
F. Hilburn appears on an undated list of patients in General Hospital #12, Greensboro, North Carolina April 28, 1865, were paroled.
The Barbee Wayside Hospital Register lists F. Hillburn, Co. K, 3 Misp., died June 2, 1865. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, North Carolina in the Confederate Section, Row 4 #6.
His records list his first name as Fred and the spelling of the last name Hilburn or Hillburn. Hilburn seems to be the correct spelling.
Pvt. Hilburn enlisted in Hazelhurst, Mississippi August 15, 1861, in Co A, Old McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers. Mustered into service October 1, 1861, at Camp Clark Bay, St. Louis, Mississippi into Capt. E. A. Peyton's Co., McWillie Blues, 3rd Regiment Mississippi Volunteers.
Muster papers show sick in camp between September- October 1862. July- August 1863 list absent without leave.
July 14, 1863, he was captured by the Expeditionary Army, Jackson, Mississippi and sent to Snyder's Bluff, Mississippi. He was sent to and received at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana on August 7, 1863.
Further listed on roll of prisoners of war at Camp Morton who desire in taking the oath of allegiance "desires to take the oath, return to Mississippi as a loyal citizen".
In a roll of prisoners dated February 26, 1865, he was listed as paroled at Camp Morton, Indiana and forwarded to City Point, Virgina, by Baltimore, Maryland for exchange.
March 10, 1865, he appears on a register at the General Hospital, Howards Grove, Richmond, Virginia with scorbutic (scurvy). He was furloughed from the same location on March 18, 1865.
F. Hilburn appears on an undated list of patients in General Hospital #12, Greensboro, North Carolina April 28, 1865, were paroled.
The Barbee Wayside Hospital Register lists F. Hillburn, Co. K, 3 Misp., died June 2, 1865. Buried Oakwood Cemetery, High Point, North Carolina in the Confederate Section, Row 4 #6.
His records list his first name as Fred and the spelling of the last name Hilburn or Hillburn. Hilburn seems to be the correct spelling.
Inscription
F. Hillburn
CO. K, 3rd REG. OF MISS.
Gravesite Details
Confederate Soldier Area, Oakwood Cemetery Row 4 # 6
