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Datmon Nealy was the beloved son of Edmund and Elizabeth A. Cartrette Nealy. Datmon was born Abt. 1845 in Columbus Co., NC and died (exact date and location unknown, but he died sometime after 1880). Datmon (Dalmon) enlisted on Apr. 26, 1861 and fought in the Civil War for the Confederacy. Datmon enlisted at age 16 from Columbus County, North Carolina. He was a Private in Company D, 20th North Carolina Infantry. Datmon served and fought along side of his father, Edmund Nealy, who died on Sep. 2, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines Mill in Virginia. Datmon was wounded on Jul. 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and became a Confederate prisoner of war on May 12, 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, Va. He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland and transferred to Elmira, New York on August 10, 1864. He was paroled at Elmira, New York and transferred to Venus Point, Savannah River, Georgia where he was received on Nov. 15, 1864 for prisoner exchange. Datmon Nealy was listed as age 4 in an 1850 U.S. Census taken on Sep. 14, 1850.

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Datmon Nealey
United States Census, 1850
Name Datmon Nealey
Event Type Census
Event Year 1850
Event Place Columbus county, Columbus, North Carolina, United States
Gender Male
Age 4
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Birthplace North Carolina
House Number 533

HOUSEHOLD, ROLE, GENDER, AGE, BIRTHPLACE

Edmund Nealey M 26 North Carolina
Elizabeth Nealey F 26 North Carolina
Datmon Nealey M 4 North Carolina

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Datman Neally
North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
Name Datman Neally
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1861
Age (Original) 16
Military Unit Note Twentieth Infantry

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Datman Neally
United States Civil War Soldiers Index
Name Datman Neally
Also Known As Name Datman Nealy
Event Type Military Service
Military Beginning Rank Private
Military Final Rank Private
Military Side Confederate
State or Military Term North Carolina
Military Unit 20th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
Military Company D
Note Original filed under Datman/Nealy
Affiliate Film Number 29

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Datman Nealy
mentioned in the record of John Nealy and Martha Bullard
Name Datman Nealy
Gender Male
Wife Catherine Nealy
Son John Nealy
Name John Nealy
Spouse's Name Martha Bullard
Event Date 26 Mar 1893
Event Place Orton, North Carolina
Father's Name Datman Nealy
Mother's Name Catherine Nealy
Spouse's Father's Name Martine Bullard

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The 20th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 10th Volunteers AKA the North Carolina 2nd Infantry Regiment Detalied Men. It was assembled at Smithfield and Fort Caswell, North Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were drawn from the counties of Brunswick, Columbus, Cabarrus, Duplin, and Sampson. After serving in North Carolina, the unit moved to Virginia and was assigned to General Garland's, Iverson's, and R.D. Johnston's Brigade. It participated in the various campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles, 11 killed and 30 wounded in the Maryland Campaign, and 3 wounded at Fredericksburg . It reported 77 casualties at Chancellorsville , and of the 372 engaged at Gettysburg , more than sixty-five percent were disabled. The unit surrendered with 4 officers and 71 men of which only 9 were armed. Its field officers were Colonels Alfred Iverson and Thomas F. Toon; Lieutenant Colonels John S. Brooks, Franklin J. Faison, Nelson Slough, and William H. Toon; and Major Duncan J. Devane.

http://www.researchonline.net/nccw/unit20.htm
http://www.ncgenweb.us/columbus/confed
warkr.html

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