MEXICAN WAR VETERAN
AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
CAPTURED FORT FISHER, NORTH CAROLINA
PAROLED AND PARDON AT END OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS TOO SICK TO TRAVEL AND DIED IN THE ELMIRA PRISON. HE WAS NO LONGER A PRISONER BUT A FREE MAN AND CONFEDERATE VETERAN WHEN HE DIED IN "HELLMIRA".
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH, CO G, 40TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT, 3RD NC ARTILLERY, BURIED AT WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NY.
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH SERVED IN TWO WARS. IN MARCH 1847 HE ENLISTED AND SERVED IN THE 12TH REGIMENT US INFANTRY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
ON 20 AUG 1863 AT AGE 43, HE ENLISTED TO SERVE THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IN DEFENSE OF THE INVADING FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. HE SERVED IN CO G, 3RD REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY AND LATER IN 2ND REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY. CAPTURED AT FORT FISHER NEAR WILMINGTON, NC ON 15 JAN 1865. SENT TO PRISON CAMP AT ELMIRA, NEW YORK. ELMIRA WAS KNOWN AS "HELLMIRA" THE DEATH CAMP OF THE NORTH. HE DIED 2 MAY 1865 OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED IN THE WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NEW YORK.
THE ELMIRA PRISON WAS BUILT ON 30 ACRES OF LAND SURROUNDED BY A HIGH LOG WALL WITH GUARD POSTS. OUTSIDE THE WALL, OBSERVATION TOWERS WERE BUILT AND A FEE WAS CHARGE TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO OBSERVE THE "REBEL SOLDIERS". 12,123 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE HELD HELD ELMIRA. 2,963 DIED OF DISEASE DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE, COLD WEATHER, AND STARVATION. ALL THOSE WHO DIED WERE BURIED ON A 2.5 ACRE PLOT OF LAND OUTSIDE THE PRISON WALLS. THIS BURYING GROUND LATER BECAME WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY AND TODAY IS A MUCH LARGER CEMETERY.
THOMAS HILDRETH WAS THE HUSBAND OF CELIA WILLIAMS HILDRETH (FIND A GRAVE #35549528)WHO IS BURIED AT THE SANDY PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, ANSON COUNTY, NC. AFTER THE WAR AND IN LATER YEARS SHE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A WIDOW'S PENSION. THOMAS IS THE FATHER OF AUSTIN, ELIZABETH, EMMA, WILLIAM THOMAS, AND HAMPTON THOMAS HILDRETH.
HE IS THE BROTHER OF PVT. BERRY GROVE HILDRETH, CO I, 43RD NC WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 43RD AT CULP'S HILL, GETTYSBURG, PA. HE WAS WITH THE 43RD WHEN GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED AT APPOMATTOX, VA. AFTER THE SURRENDER, HE WALKED HOME TO ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES. BERRY GROVE IS BURIED AT BETHLEHEM CEMETERY, ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN:
THOMAS SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER BROTHER RUFUS REDDICK HILDRETH. THOMAS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN BOTH CO I AND CO G OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. HIS BROTHER RUFUS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN CO G, AND CO D, OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. RUFUS WAS KILLED ON 20 JULY 1847 IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICO AND IS BURIED IN THE US NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
CAPTURED FORT FISHER, NORTH CAROLINA
PAROLED AND PARDON AT END OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS TOO SICK TO TRAVEL AND DIED IN THE ELMIRA PRISON. HE WAS NO LONGER A PRISONER BUT A FREE MAN AND CONFEDERATE VETERAN WHEN HE DIED IN "HELLMIRA".
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH, CO G, 40TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT, 3RD NC ARTILLERY, BURIED AT WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NY.
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH SERVED IN TWO WARS. IN MARCH 1847 HE ENLISTED AND SERVED IN THE 12TH REGIMENT US INFANTRY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
ON 20 AUG 1863 AT AGE 43, HE ENLISTED TO SERVE THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IN DEFENSE OF THE INVADING FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. HE SERVED IN CO G, 3RD REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY AND LATER IN 2ND REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY. CAPTURED AT FORT FISHER NEAR WILMINGTON, NC ON 15 JAN 1865. SENT TO PRISON CAMP AT ELMIRA, NEW YORK. ELMIRA WAS KNOWN AS "HELLMIRA" THE DEATH CAMP OF THE NORTH. HE DIED 2 MAY 1865 OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED IN THE WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NEW YORK.
THE ELMIRA PRISON WAS BUILT ON 30 ACRES OF LAND SURROUNDED BY A HIGH LOG WALL WITH GUARD POSTS. OUTSIDE THE WALL, OBSERVATION TOWERS WERE BUILT AND A FEE WAS CHARGE TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO OBSERVE THE "REBEL SOLDIERS". 12,123 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE HELD HELD ELMIRA. 2,963 DIED OF DISEASE DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE, COLD WEATHER, AND STARVATION. ALL THOSE WHO DIED WERE BURIED ON A 2.5 ACRE PLOT OF LAND OUTSIDE THE PRISON WALLS. THIS BURYING GROUND LATER BECAME WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY AND TODAY IS A MUCH LARGER CEMETERY.
THOMAS HILDRETH WAS THE HUSBAND OF CELIA WILLIAMS HILDRETH (FIND A GRAVE #35549528)WHO IS BURIED AT THE SANDY PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, ANSON COUNTY, NC. AFTER THE WAR AND IN LATER YEARS SHE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A WIDOW'S PENSION. THOMAS IS THE FATHER OF AUSTIN, ELIZABETH, EMMA, WILLIAM THOMAS, AND HAMPTON THOMAS HILDRETH.
HE IS THE BROTHER OF PVT. BERRY GROVE HILDRETH, CO I, 43RD NC WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 43RD AT CULP'S HILL, GETTYSBURG, PA. HE WAS WITH THE 43RD WHEN GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED AT APPOMATTOX, VA. AFTER THE SURRENDER, HE WALKED HOME TO ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES. BERRY GROVE IS BURIED AT BETHLEHEM CEMETERY, ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN:
THOMAS SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER BROTHER RUFUS REDDICK HILDRETH. THOMAS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN BOTH CO I AND CO G OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. HIS BROTHER RUFUS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN CO G, AND CO D, OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. RUFUS WAS KILLED ON 20 JULY 1847 IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICO AND IS BURIED IN THE US NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN
AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
CAPTURED FORT FISHER, NORTH CAROLINA
PAROLED AND PARDON AT END OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS TOO SICK TO TRAVEL AND DIED IN THE ELMIRA PRISON. HE WAS NO LONGER A PRISONER BUT A FREE MAN AND CONFEDERATE VETERAN WHEN HE DIED IN "HELLMIRA".
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH, CO G, 40TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT, 3RD NC ARTILLERY, BURIED AT WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NY.
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH SERVED IN TWO WARS. IN MARCH 1847 HE ENLISTED AND SERVED IN THE 12TH REGIMENT US INFANTRY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
ON 20 AUG 1863 AT AGE 43, HE ENLISTED TO SERVE THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IN DEFENSE OF THE INVADING FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. HE SERVED IN CO G, 3RD REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY AND LATER IN 2ND REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY. CAPTURED AT FORT FISHER NEAR WILMINGTON, NC ON 15 JAN 1865. SENT TO PRISON CAMP AT ELMIRA, NEW YORK. ELMIRA WAS KNOWN AS "HELLMIRA" THE DEATH CAMP OF THE NORTH. HE DIED 2 MAY 1865 OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED IN THE WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NEW YORK.
THE ELMIRA PRISON WAS BUILT ON 30 ACRES OF LAND SURROUNDED BY A HIGH LOG WALL WITH GUARD POSTS. OUTSIDE THE WALL, OBSERVATION TOWERS WERE BUILT AND A FEE WAS CHARGE TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO OBSERVE THE "REBEL SOLDIERS". 12,123 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE HELD HELD ELMIRA. 2,963 DIED OF DISEASE DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE, COLD WEATHER, AND STARVATION. ALL THOSE WHO DIED WERE BURIED ON A 2.5 ACRE PLOT OF LAND OUTSIDE THE PRISON WALLS. THIS BURYING GROUND LATER BECAME WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY AND TODAY IS A MUCH LARGER CEMETERY.
THOMAS HILDRETH WAS THE HUSBAND OF CELIA WILLIAMS HILDRETH (FIND A GRAVE #35549528)WHO IS BURIED AT THE SANDY PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, ANSON COUNTY, NC. AFTER THE WAR AND IN LATER YEARS SHE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A WIDOW'S PENSION. THOMAS IS THE FATHER OF AUSTIN, ELIZABETH, EMMA, WILLIAM THOMAS, AND HAMPTON THOMAS HILDRETH.
HE IS THE BROTHER OF PVT. BERRY GROVE HILDRETH, CO I, 43RD NC WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 43RD AT CULP'S HILL, GETTYSBURG, PA. HE WAS WITH THE 43RD WHEN GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED AT APPOMATTOX, VA. AFTER THE SURRENDER, HE WALKED HOME TO ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES. BERRY GROVE IS BURIED AT BETHLEHEM CEMETERY, ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN:
THOMAS SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER BROTHER RUFUS REDDICK HILDRETH. THOMAS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN BOTH CO I AND CO G OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. HIS BROTHER RUFUS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN CO G, AND CO D, OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. RUFUS WAS KILLED ON 20 JULY 1847 IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICO AND IS BURIED IN THE US NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
AND
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER
CAPTURED FORT FISHER, NORTH CAROLINA
PAROLED AND PARDON AT END OF THE WAR BUT HE WAS TOO SICK TO TRAVEL AND DIED IN THE ELMIRA PRISON. HE WAS NO LONGER A PRISONER BUT A FREE MAN AND CONFEDERATE VETERAN WHEN HE DIED IN "HELLMIRA".
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH, CO G, 40TH NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENT, 3RD NC ARTILLERY, BURIED AT WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NY.
PVT. THOMAS O. HILDRETH SERVED IN TWO WARS. IN MARCH 1847 HE ENLISTED AND SERVED IN THE 12TH REGIMENT US INFANTRY IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
ON 20 AUG 1863 AT AGE 43, HE ENLISTED TO SERVE THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA IN DEFENSE OF THE INVADING FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. HE SERVED IN CO G, 3RD REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY AND LATER IN 2ND REGIMENT NORTH CAROLINA ARTILLERY. CAPTURED AT FORT FISHER NEAR WILMINGTON, NC ON 15 JAN 1865. SENT TO PRISON CAMP AT ELMIRA, NEW YORK. ELMIRA WAS KNOWN AS "HELLMIRA" THE DEATH CAMP OF THE NORTH. HE DIED 2 MAY 1865 OF PNEUMONIA AND WAS BURIED IN THE WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY, ELMIRA, NEW YORK.
THE ELMIRA PRISON WAS BUILT ON 30 ACRES OF LAND SURROUNDED BY A HIGH LOG WALL WITH GUARD POSTS. OUTSIDE THE WALL, OBSERVATION TOWERS WERE BUILT AND A FEE WAS CHARGE TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO OBSERVE THE "REBEL SOLDIERS". 12,123 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WERE HELD HELD ELMIRA. 2,963 DIED OF DISEASE DUE TO LIVING CONDITIONS, DISEASE, COLD WEATHER, AND STARVATION. ALL THOSE WHO DIED WERE BURIED ON A 2.5 ACRE PLOT OF LAND OUTSIDE THE PRISON WALLS. THIS BURYING GROUND LATER BECAME WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETERY AND TODAY IS A MUCH LARGER CEMETERY.
THOMAS HILDRETH WAS THE HUSBAND OF CELIA WILLIAMS HILDRETH (FIND A GRAVE #35549528)WHO IS BURIED AT THE SANDY PLAINS METHODIST CHURCH CEMETERY, ANSON COUNTY, NC. AFTER THE WAR AND IN LATER YEARS SHE APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED A WIDOW'S PENSION. THOMAS IS THE FATHER OF AUSTIN, ELIZABETH, EMMA, WILLIAM THOMAS, AND HAMPTON THOMAS HILDRETH.
HE IS THE BROTHER OF PVT. BERRY GROVE HILDRETH, CO I, 43RD NC WHO FOUGHT WITH THE 43RD AT CULP'S HILL, GETTYSBURG, PA. HE WAS WITH THE 43RD WHEN GEN. ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERED AT APPOMATTOX, VA. AFTER THE SURRENDER, HE WALKED HOME TO ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES. BERRY GROVE IS BURIED AT BETHLEHEM CEMETERY, ANSONVILLE, ANSON COUNTY, NC.
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN:
THOMAS SERVED IN THE MEXICAN WAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER BROTHER RUFUS REDDICK HILDRETH. THOMAS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN BOTH CO I AND CO G OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. HIS BROTHER RUFUS VOLUNTEERED AND SERVED IN CO G, AND CO D, OF THE 12TH REGIMENT, US INFANTRY. RUFUS WAS KILLED ON 20 JULY 1847 IN VERA CRUZ, MEXICO AND IS BURIED IN THE US NATIONAL CEMETERY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
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