HONORING A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER FROM COLD WATER BAPTIST CHURCH, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
PVT. WILLIAM JOHN MCGRAW, CO C, 33RD NC INFANTRY REGIMENT. ENLISTED 1861 IN CO C "CABARRUS HORNETS", 33RD NC. SAW ACTION IN NUMEROUS BATTLE WITH HIS COUSINS CAPT. DAVID MORRISON CORZINE AND PVT. JAMES C. CORZINE. PRESENT WITH CO C, 33RD NC AT GETTYSBURG, PA WHEN THE "CABARRUS HORNETS" WAS INVOLVED IN THE PETTIGREW - TRIMBLE CHARGE (AKA PICKETT'S CHARGE) AGAINST CEMETERY RIDGE ON 3 JUL 1863.
HE WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED 25 MAR 1865 AT PETERSBURG, VA AND WAS A POW FOR 48 DAYS AT THE POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD. HE WAS THEN PAROLED AND RELEASED AFTER TAKING THE "OATH OF ALLEGIANCE" ON 14 MAY 1865.
AFTER THE WAR AND IN AN EFFORT TO ESCAPE THE HARDSHIPS OF RECONSTRUCTION, WILLIAM MCGRAW ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF THE BOST FAMILY MEMBERS LEFT CABARRUS COUNTY FOR TEXAS AND A NEW LIFE. THEY SETTLED IN BLACKLAND, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS.
BURIED AT BLACKLAND CEMETERY, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS. SEE FIND A GRAVE #19619714.
HONORING A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER FROM COLD WATER BAPTIST CHURCH, CONCORD, CABARRUS COUNTY, NC.
PVT. WILLIAM JOHN MCGRAW, CO C, 33RD NC INFANTRY REGIMENT. ENLISTED 1861 IN CO C "CABARRUS HORNETS", 33RD NC. SAW ACTION IN NUMEROUS BATTLE WITH HIS COUSINS CAPT. DAVID MORRISON CORZINE AND PVT. JAMES C. CORZINE. PRESENT WITH CO C, 33RD NC AT GETTYSBURG, PA WHEN THE "CABARRUS HORNETS" WAS INVOLVED IN THE PETTIGREW - TRIMBLE CHARGE (AKA PICKETT'S CHARGE) AGAINST CEMETERY RIDGE ON 3 JUL 1863.
HE WAS WOUNDED AND CAPTURED 25 MAR 1865 AT PETERSBURG, VA AND WAS A POW FOR 48 DAYS AT THE POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, MD. HE WAS THEN PAROLED AND RELEASED AFTER TAKING THE "OATH OF ALLEGIANCE" ON 14 MAY 1865.
AFTER THE WAR AND IN AN EFFORT TO ESCAPE THE HARDSHIPS OF RECONSTRUCTION, WILLIAM MCGRAW ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF THE BOST FAMILY MEMBERS LEFT CABARRUS COUNTY FOR TEXAS AND A NEW LIFE. THEY SETTLED IN BLACKLAND, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS.
BURIED AT BLACKLAND CEMETERY, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS. SEE FIND A GRAVE #19619714.
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