James was a Lt.-Col. in the 26th NC Regiment. Adams answered the call of duty to the South at twenty-three years of age serving as an officer for the 26th North Carolina. In the spring of 1861 Colonel Oscar Rand came into Holly Springs recruiting all the eligible men, youngest being 15 and the oldest being 55. Members of the 26th NC advanced as far as any other of the Confederate troops that took part in Pickett's Charge, and like the rest, they paid a terrible price for their bravery and determination. Only 90 soldiers from the 26th were able to make their way back to the Confederate lines on Seminary Ridge. The Battle of Gettysburg claimed 88 % of the regiment, the highest percentage of causalities for any regiment, North or South, in any battle. James was wounded at Malvern Hill and seriously wounded at Gettysburg, he had the honor of paroling the Regiment at Appomattox. Of the 2,000 men serving in the 26th during the course of the war, only 131 were left to collect their paroles. I n his civilian life after the war, James was one of twenty-five original board of trustees of the Holly Springs Academy in 1854. Source: WAKE-Capital County of North Carolina- Elizabeth Reid Murray"
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James was a Lt.-Col. in the 26th NC Regiment. Adams answered the call of duty to the South at twenty-three years of age serving as an officer for the 26th North Carolina. In the spring of 1861 Colonel Oscar Rand came into Holly Springs recruiting all the eligible men, youngest being 15 and the oldest being 55. Members of the 26th NC advanced as far as any other of the Confederate troops that took part in Pickett's Charge, and like the rest, they paid a terrible price for their bravery and determination. Only 90 soldiers from the 26th were able to make their way back to the Confederate lines on Seminary Ridge. The Battle of Gettysburg claimed 88 % of the regiment, the highest percentage of causalities for any regiment, North or South, in any battle. James was wounded at Malvern Hill and seriously wounded at Gettysburg, he had the honor of paroling the Regiment at Appomattox. Of the 2,000 men serving in the 26th during the course of the war, only 131 were left to collect their paroles. I n his civilian life after the war, James was one of twenty-five original board of trustees of the Holly Springs Academy in 1854. Source: WAKE-Capital County of North Carolina- Elizabeth Reid Murray"
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Died of Bronchitis
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