Fitzgerald served in the War Between the States (Civil War) mustering in as a Corporal. Though he resided in Davidson County he enlisted in Cabarrus County, NC with the "Cabarrus Rangers" on June 15, 1861. Co. F, 9th Regiment (1st Regiment N. C. Cavalry). This information comes from his military service record and is also recorded in the North Carolina Troops Vol. II by the N. C. State Archives. When he resigned on Dec. 7, 1864 after accidentally shooting himself in the foot on Sept. 29 (1864) he was a 2nd Lieutenant. Where the Colonel designation comes from is not known at this time unless he perhaps served with the local state militia (forerunner of the National Guard I believe).
A diary he kept during 1864 while in the war was discovered in 1971 in a home in Monroe. The Enquirer-Journal published this news and excerpts from the diary on February 7, 1982, pg 1 D (reporter was Henry Welles). His entries were short and to the point most of the time and often about the weather. Entries begin Jan. 15, 1864 and continue through Dec. 16th of that same year. After receiving orders to report to General Stuart on May 26, 1864 here are several entries as copied from the newspaper article:
May 27 - Left Hanover Junction this morning. Camped four miles about Beaver Dam.
May 30 - Wrote a letter to Sister Maggie and one to Mary in Richmond. Arrived in Richmond at 5 a.m.
May 31 - Remained in Richmond. Had my horses shod and went out to the wagon train.
June 6 - Ordered out of camp but as yet we have not started a march.
June 7 - Was in the engagement today from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The severest and longest calvary fight that has occurred during the war. T. A. Lefler killed.
June 8 - Lefler buried today like a soldier....
[Other soldiers' deaths mentioned were W. M. Polls and A. J. Vickers on June 21; moving ahead to July 1864]
July 5 - Started to Staunton, Va., but the ambulances were ordered to Maryland and we had to return to this horrible place at Jordan's Springs.
July 10 - Headache today.
July 11 - I wish I was at home to be with those that are dear to me.
July 12 - Clear, feel pretty well today. Oh, I do wish I was in Concord, N.C. at Cousin [only dots were here in newspaper article]
Researchers who would be interested in this should seek out this article. There would be a copy at the Dickerson Genealogy & Local History Room of the Union County Public Library, already printed, for researchers and there should also be one at The Heritage Room (separate place from the Library).
His mother was the former Nancy Hayden. The information about his mother's name comes from his brother's, John Burgess Fitzgerald, biography as found in "Civil War Roster of Davidson County, North Carolina..." by Christopher Watford and published in 2001(Bio #478, page 78)
After the war, Fitzgerald married Ellen Houston Armfield, widow of David Franklin Armfield, who was killed in action at Chamberlain Run, VA on March 31, 1865. (The Heritage of Union County, NC, Vol. II, page 76)
He served on the Union County Board of Education and assisted in the building of the Union County (historic) Courthouse (per the Enquirer-Journal article cited above). He was a Mason and a banker (People's Bank) in Monroe, NC.
A diary he kept during 1864 while in the war was discovered in 1971 in a home in Monroe. The Enquirer-Journal published this news and excerpts from the diary on February 7, 1982, pg 1 D (reporter was Henry Welles). His entries were short and to the point most of the time and often about the weather. Entries begin Jan. 15, 1864 and continue through Dec. 16th of that same year. After receiving orders to report to General Stuart on May 26, 1864 here are several entries as copied from the newspaper article:
May 27 - Left Hanover Junction this morning. Camped four miles about Beaver Dam.
May 30 - Wrote a letter to Sister Maggie and one to Mary in Richmond. Arrived in Richmond at 5 a.m.
May 31 - Remained in Richmond. Had my horses shod and went out to the wagon train.
June 6 - Ordered out of camp but as yet we have not started a march.
June 7 - Was in the engagement today from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The severest and longest calvary fight that has occurred during the war. T. A. Lefler killed.
June 8 - Lefler buried today like a soldier....
[Other soldiers' deaths mentioned were W. M. Polls and A. J. Vickers on June 21; moving ahead to July 1864]
July 5 - Started to Staunton, Va., but the ambulances were ordered to Maryland and we had to return to this horrible place at Jordan's Springs.
July 10 - Headache today.
July 11 - I wish I was at home to be with those that are dear to me.
July 12 - Clear, feel pretty well today. Oh, I do wish I was in Concord, N.C. at Cousin [only dots were here in newspaper article]
Researchers who would be interested in this should seek out this article. There would be a copy at the Dickerson Genealogy & Local History Room of the Union County Public Library, already printed, for researchers and there should also be one at The Heritage Room (separate place from the Library).
His mother was the former Nancy Hayden. The information about his mother's name comes from his brother's, John Burgess Fitzgerald, biography as found in "Civil War Roster of Davidson County, North Carolina..." by Christopher Watford and published in 2001(Bio #478, page 78)
After the war, Fitzgerald married Ellen Houston Armfield, widow of David Franklin Armfield, who was killed in action at Chamberlain Run, VA on March 31, 1865. (The Heritage of Union County, NC, Vol. II, page 76)
He served on the Union County Board of Education and assisted in the building of the Union County (historic) Courthouse (per the Enquirer-Journal article cited above). He was a Mason and a banker (People's Bank) in Monroe, NC.
Fitzgerald served in the War Between the States (Civil War) mustering in as a Corporal. Though he resided in Davidson County he enlisted in Cabarrus County, NC with the "Cabarrus Rangers" on June 15, 1861. Co. F, 9th Regiment (1st Regiment N. C. Cavalry). This information comes from his military service record and is also recorded in the North Carolina Troops Vol. II by the N. C. State Archives. When he resigned on Dec. 7, 1864 after accidentally shooting himself in the foot on Sept. 29 (1864) he was a 2nd Lieutenant. Where the Colonel designation comes from is not known at this time unless he perhaps served with the local state militia (forerunner of the National Guard I believe).
A diary he kept during 1864 while in the war was discovered in 1971 in a home in Monroe. The Enquirer-Journal published this news and excerpts from the diary on February 7, 1982, pg 1 D (reporter was Henry Welles). His entries were short and to the point most of the time and often about the weather. Entries begin Jan. 15, 1864 and continue through Dec. 16th of that same year. After receiving orders to report to General Stuart on May 26, 1864 here are several entries as copied from the newspaper article:
May 27 - Left Hanover Junction this morning. Camped four miles about Beaver Dam.
May 30 - Wrote a letter to Sister Maggie and one to Mary in Richmond. Arrived in Richmond at 5 a.m.
May 31 - Remained in Richmond. Had my horses shod and went out to the wagon train.
June 6 - Ordered out of camp but as yet we have not started a march.
June 7 - Was in the engagement today from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The severest and longest calvary fight that has occurred during the war. T. A. Lefler killed.
June 8 - Lefler buried today like a soldier....
[Other soldiers' deaths mentioned were W. M. Polls and A. J. Vickers on June 21; moving ahead to July 1864]
July 5 - Started to Staunton, Va., but the ambulances were ordered to Maryland and we had to return to this horrible place at Jordan's Springs.
July 10 - Headache today.
July 11 - I wish I was at home to be with those that are dear to me.
July 12 - Clear, feel pretty well today. Oh, I do wish I was in Concord, N.C. at Cousin [only dots were here in newspaper article]
Researchers who would be interested in this should seek out this article. There would be a copy at the Dickerson Genealogy & Local History Room of the Union County Public Library, already printed, for researchers and there should also be one at The Heritage Room (separate place from the Library).
His mother was the former Nancy Hayden. The information about his mother's name comes from his brother's, John Burgess Fitzgerald, biography as found in "Civil War Roster of Davidson County, North Carolina..." by Christopher Watford and published in 2001(Bio #478, page 78)
After the war, Fitzgerald married Ellen Houston Armfield, widow of David Franklin Armfield, who was killed in action at Chamberlain Run, VA on March 31, 1865. (The Heritage of Union County, NC, Vol. II, page 76)
He served on the Union County Board of Education and assisted in the building of the Union County (historic) Courthouse (per the Enquirer-Journal article cited above). He was a Mason and a banker (People's Bank) in Monroe, NC.
A diary he kept during 1864 while in the war was discovered in 1971 in a home in Monroe. The Enquirer-Journal published this news and excerpts from the diary on February 7, 1982, pg 1 D (reporter was Henry Welles). His entries were short and to the point most of the time and often about the weather. Entries begin Jan. 15, 1864 and continue through Dec. 16th of that same year. After receiving orders to report to General Stuart on May 26, 1864 here are several entries as copied from the newspaper article:
May 27 - Left Hanover Junction this morning. Camped four miles about Beaver Dam.
May 30 - Wrote a letter to Sister Maggie and one to Mary in Richmond. Arrived in Richmond at 5 a.m.
May 31 - Remained in Richmond. Had my horses shod and went out to the wagon train.
June 6 - Ordered out of camp but as yet we have not started a march.
June 7 - Was in the engagement today from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. The severest and longest calvary fight that has occurred during the war. T. A. Lefler killed.
June 8 - Lefler buried today like a soldier....
[Other soldiers' deaths mentioned were W. M. Polls and A. J. Vickers on June 21; moving ahead to July 1864]
July 5 - Started to Staunton, Va., but the ambulances were ordered to Maryland and we had to return to this horrible place at Jordan's Springs.
July 10 - Headache today.
July 11 - I wish I was at home to be with those that are dear to me.
July 12 - Clear, feel pretty well today. Oh, I do wish I was in Concord, N.C. at Cousin [only dots were here in newspaper article]
Researchers who would be interested in this should seek out this article. There would be a copy at the Dickerson Genealogy & Local History Room of the Union County Public Library, already printed, for researchers and there should also be one at The Heritage Room (separate place from the Library).
His mother was the former Nancy Hayden. The information about his mother's name comes from his brother's, John Burgess Fitzgerald, biography as found in "Civil War Roster of Davidson County, North Carolina..." by Christopher Watford and published in 2001(Bio #478, page 78)
After the war, Fitzgerald married Ellen Houston Armfield, widow of David Franklin Armfield, who was killed in action at Chamberlain Run, VA on March 31, 1865. (The Heritage of Union County, NC, Vol. II, page 76)
He served on the Union County Board of Education and assisted in the building of the Union County (historic) Courthouse (per the Enquirer-Journal article cited above). He was a Mason and a banker (People's Bank) in Monroe, NC.
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