Served in Company B, 55th Inf., North Carolina as Pvt

Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 4/18/1862 as a Private. On 4/18/1862 he mustered into "A" Co. TN 44th Cons Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment) Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records Residence was not listed; Enlisted as a Sergeant (date unknown). Intra Regimental Company Transfers: * from company F to company K He also had service in: "F" Co. GA 3rd Cavalry Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records Residence Wilkes County NC; 21 years old. Enlisted on 10/15/1862 at Wilkes County, NC as a Private. On 10/15/1862 he mustered into "B" Co. NC 55th Infantry He died of disease as POW on 11/4/1863 at Point Lookout, MD He was listed as: * POW 7/1/1863 Gettysburg, PA * Confined 7/6/1863 Fort Delaware, DE * Confined 10/20/1863 Point Lookout, MD Promotions: * Sergt Sources used: - North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

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Unit Details:

55th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in May, 1862. Its companies were recruited in the counties of Pitt, Wilson, Wilkes, Cleveland, Burke, Catawba, Johnston, Alexander, Onslow, Franklin, and Granville. The unit served in the Department of North Carolina, then moved to Virginia where it was assigned to General J.R. Davis' and Cooke's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor, served in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and took part in the Appomattox operations. The regiment lost thirty-one percent of the 640 engaged at Gettysburg and fifty-nine percent of the 340 at The Wilderness. It surrendered with 4 officers and 77 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonel John K. Connally; Lieutenant Colonels Alfred H. Belo, Abner S. Calloway, and Maurice T. Smith, and Major James S. Whitehead.