Enlisted in Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 12 Jun 1861, at Wilkes County, North Carolina, at the age of 32. Died of disease as a POW.
Corporal Benjamin F. Bullis was a 32 year-old corporal in the 26th NC, Co. C when he joined that regiment on July 12, 1861. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsy Griffey Bullis of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Before the Civil War he lived and worked as a farmer in Wilkes County. Ben was married to Mirah and had 2 sons, Henry and Zachary, ages 5 and 2 when their father enlisted as a volunteer. Ben was wounded while engaged with his regiment in some of the fiercest fighting at Gettysburg. He was captured by the Union Army on July 5, 1863 and sent to Ft. Delaware Prison, but was soon transferred to Point Lookout prison in Southern Maryland. The National Archives listed Ben as having died from disease on Feb 9, 1864 at Point Lookout. He was buried in the mass grave for Confederate prisoners under the Point Lookout monument.
Corporal Benjamin F. Bullis was a 32 year-old corporal in the 26th NC, Co. C when he joined that regiment on July 12, 1861. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsy Griffey Bullis of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Before the Civil War he lived and worked as a farmer in Wilkes County. Ben was married to Mirah and had 2 sons, Henry and Zachary, ages 5 and 2 when their father enlisted as a volunteer. Ben was wounded while engaged with his regiment in some of the fiercest fighting at Gettysburg. He was captured by the Union Army on July 5, 1863 and sent to Ft. Delaware Prison, but was soon transferred to Point Lookout prison in Southern Maryland. The National Archives listed Ben as having died from disease on Feb 9, 1864 at Point Lookout. He was buried in the mass grave for Confederate prisoners under the Point Lookout monument.
Enlisted in Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 12 Jun 1861, at Wilkes County, North Carolina, at the age of 32. Died of disease as a POW.
Corporal Benjamin F. Bullis was a 32 year-old corporal in the 26th NC, Co. C when he joined that regiment on July 12, 1861. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsy Griffey Bullis of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Before the Civil War he lived and worked as a farmer in Wilkes County. Ben was married to Mirah and had 2 sons, Henry and Zachary, ages 5 and 2 when their father enlisted as a volunteer. Ben was wounded while engaged with his regiment in some of the fiercest fighting at Gettysburg. He was captured by the Union Army on July 5, 1863 and sent to Ft. Delaware Prison, but was soon transferred to Point Lookout prison in Southern Maryland. The National Archives listed Ben as having died from disease on Feb 9, 1864 at Point Lookout. He was buried in the mass grave for Confederate prisoners under the Point Lookout monument.
Corporal Benjamin F. Bullis was a 32 year-old corporal in the 26th NC, Co. C when he joined that regiment on July 12, 1861. He was the son of Benjamin and Betsy Griffey Bullis of Wilkes County, North Carolina. Before the Civil War he lived and worked as a farmer in Wilkes County. Ben was married to Mirah and had 2 sons, Henry and Zachary, ages 5 and 2 when their father enlisted as a volunteer. Ben was wounded while engaged with his regiment in some of the fiercest fighting at Gettysburg. He was captured by the Union Army on July 5, 1863 and sent to Ft. Delaware Prison, but was soon transferred to Point Lookout prison in Southern Maryland. The National Archives listed Ben as having died from disease on Feb 9, 1864 at Point Lookout. He was buried in the mass grave for Confederate prisoners under the Point Lookout monument.
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