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William H. Faulk

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
unknown
Burial
Tabor City, Columbus County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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# 2733 in Faulk book, He is the son of Phillip Faulk Jr. # 2726 & Mary unknown.William Faulk (41942807)

Suggested edit: This is a corrected version. (Youngest from Ft. Fisher fall):
William H. Fault (b. 1847-48) 41942807
Pvt. William H. Faulk of Co E, 36th Regiment North Carolina, 2nd NC Artillery enlisted in Brunswick County at age 15, April 9, 1863, to serve the duration of the war as a substitute. He was captured at Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865, and confined at Elmira, New York, until paroled for exchange on the James River on March 2, 1865, and then admitted to the Confederate hospital at Richmond, Virginia, on March 6, 1865. He was furloughed for 30 days on March 28, 1865. Pvt. Faulk, age 17, was the youngest prisoner captured at Ft. Fisher to be sent to Elmira. The average age was nineteen. (North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A ROSTER Vol. I Artillery, p. 250) Bio by Michael Hollingsworth, contributor#47174941
Contributor: Michael W. (47174941)
# 2733 in Faulk book, He is the son of Phillip Faulk Jr. # 2726 & Mary unknown.William Faulk (41942807)

Suggested edit: This is a corrected version. (Youngest from Ft. Fisher fall):
William H. Fault (b. 1847-48) 41942807
Pvt. William H. Faulk of Co E, 36th Regiment North Carolina, 2nd NC Artillery enlisted in Brunswick County at age 15, April 9, 1863, to serve the duration of the war as a substitute. He was captured at Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865, and confined at Elmira, New York, until paroled for exchange on the James River on March 2, 1865, and then admitted to the Confederate hospital at Richmond, Virginia, on March 6, 1865. He was furloughed for 30 days on March 28, 1865. Pvt. Faulk, age 17, was the youngest prisoner captured at Ft. Fisher to be sent to Elmira. The average age was nineteen. (North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A ROSTER Vol. I Artillery, p. 250) Bio by Michael Hollingsworth, contributor#47174941
Contributor: Michael W. (47174941)


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