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2LT Major Finley Joines

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2LT Major Finley Joines

Birth
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death
23 Dec 1917 (aged 84)
Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA
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Major Finnely (“Finley”), was a teacher in the Wilkes/Alleghany area. He was a second lieutenant in the Army of the Confederacy and served under the command of General Robert E. Lee.

During the war Major was wounded, taken prisoner, and sent to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
On July 3, 1863, he was released by the Union troops and returned home to his wife, Molly.

After the war, he traveled on foot and horseback to teach in area schools. This was a period in our history when few girls received a formal education and boys were regularly needed to help with planting and harvesting. These “informal” schools were scheduled around farming needs and often met in groceries or general stores such as the Irvin Grocery School in Stratford.
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Name: Major F Joins
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1834
Enlistment Date: 1 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Milks Co
Rank: 2 Lieutenant
Military Unit: Thirty-third Infantry
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U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Name: M F Joines
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_1
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
Major Finnely (“Finley”), was a teacher in the Wilkes/Alleghany area. He was a second lieutenant in the Army of the Confederacy and served under the command of General Robert E. Lee.

During the war Major was wounded, taken prisoner, and sent to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
On July 3, 1863, he was released by the Union troops and returned home to his wife, Molly.

After the war, he traveled on foot and horseback to teach in area schools. This was a period in our history when few girls received a formal education and boys were regularly needed to help with planting and harvesting. These “informal” schools were scheduled around farming needs and often met in groceries or general stores such as the Irvin Grocery School in Stratford.
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Name: Major F Joins
Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1834
Enlistment Date: 1 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Milks Co
Rank: 2 Lieutenant
Military Unit: Thirty-third Infantry
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U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865
Name: M F Joines
Side: Confederate
Roll: M598_1
Roll Title: Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865

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Our Father
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still;
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.

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