Residence Cherokee County NC; a 29 year-old Farmer, 6'1".
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Cherokee County, NC, he was mustered into Company D, 25th N.C. Infantry, as a Private; paid $10 Enlistment Bounty.
Promoted to 2nd Sergt 9/1/1861.
Promoted to Regimental Color Bearer/1st Sergt 10/5/1861; Transferred from Company D to Field & Staff.
Wounded, 12/13/1862, incurring a fractured thigh, in the 1st Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.; died from complications of wound.
The 25th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th Volunteers, was assembled at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in August, 1861. The following counties furnished companies for the regiment: Henderson, Jackson, Haywood, Cherokee, Transylvania, Clay, Macon, and Buncombe.
The unit reported 88 casualties at Fredericksburg.
Residence Cherokee County NC; a 29 year-old Farmer, 6'1".
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Cherokee County, NC, he was mustered into Company D, 25th N.C. Infantry, as a Private; paid $10 Enlistment Bounty.
Promoted to 2nd Sergt 9/1/1861.
Promoted to Regimental Color Bearer/1st Sergt 10/5/1861; Transferred from Company D to Field & Staff.
Wounded, 12/13/1862, incurring a fractured thigh, in the 1st Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.; died from complications of wound.
The 25th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 15th Volunteers, was assembled at Camp Patton, Asheville, North Carolina, in August, 1861. The following counties furnished companies for the regiment: Henderson, Jackson, Haywood, Cherokee, Transylvania, Clay, Macon, and Buncombe.
The unit reported 88 casualties at Fredericksburg.
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