Description:
Dark Hair, Sallow complexion, Hazel Eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Place of residence in 1865: Raleigh, North Carolina
Military History
Entered into military service on October 4, 1861. Age 33. Volunteered.
Member of Company 3, 31st North Carolina Infantry (Confederate)
POW - First time (Battle of Roanoke Island):
Captured by forces of General A.E. Burnside on Roanoke Island, Feb 8, 1862
Released on parole at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb 21, 1862
Appears on 31st Confederate Regiment Company muster rolls for Dec 31, 1863 to April 30, 1964
On Feb 28th, 1863, was owed $50. Was paid $25 due for clothing not drawn while on parole.
POW – 2nd Time (Battle of 7 Pines)
Captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on May 31, 1864
Arrived at White House, Virginia on 11 June 1964. Transferred to Elmira N.Y. July 12, 1864
Tranferred to Elimra Prison Camp, New York on May 31, 1865 from Point Lookout, Maryland
Remarks: was conscripted on February 8, 1863. Desires to go to his home at Raleigh, N.C.
Signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States on June 19, 1865
Released from Elimra N.Y. prisoner of war camp on June 19, 1865
Notes on Battle of Roanoke Island, Virginia 8 February 1862
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-roanoke-island
On this day in 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside scored a major victory when his troops capture Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and gave the Yankees control of the mouth of Albemarle Sound, allowing them to threaten the Rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia, from the south.
During the war's first winter, Union strategists focused their efforts on capturing coastal defenses to deny the Confederates sea outlets. In August 1861, the Yankees took two key forts on North Carolina's Outer Banks, paving the way for the campaign against Roanoke Island.
On January 11, 1862, Burnside took a force of 15,000 soldiers and a flotilla of 80 ships down to the Outer Banks. The expeditionary force arrived at Hatteras Inlet on January 13, but poor weather delayed an attack for three weeks.
On February 7, Burnside landed 10,000 troops on the island. They were met by about 2,500 Confederates. Burnside attacked, and his force overwhelmed the outer defenses of the island. Confederate commander Colonel Henry Shaw retreated to the north end of the island but had no chance to escape. On February 8, Shaw surrendered his entire force.
The Yankees suffered 37 men killed and 214 wounded, while the Confederates lost 23 men killed and 62 wounded before the surrender. The Union now controlled a vital section of the coast. The victory came two days after Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry in northern Tennessee, and, for the first time in the war, the North had reason for optimism.
Notes on the Battle of Seven Pines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan,
in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond.
George B. McClellan's advance on Richmond was halted and the Army of Northern Virginia fell back into the Richmond defensive works.
Union casualties were 5,031 (790 killed, 3,594 wounded, 647 captured or missing) and Confederate 6,134
(980 killed, 4,749 wounded, 405 captured or missing).
The Seven Days Battles of June 25 through July 1, 1862, drove the Union Army back to the James River and saved the Confederate capital.
The battle was frequently remembered by the Union soldiers as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station because that is where they did their
best fighting, whereas the Confederates, for the same reason, called it Seven Pines.
Historian Stephen W. Sears remarked that its current common name, Seven Pines, is the most appropriate because it was at the crossroads of Seven Pines that the heaviest fighting and highest casualties occurred.
On June 24, 1862, McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was within 6 miles (9.7 km) of the Confederate capital of Richmond; Union soldiers wrote that they could hear church bells ringing in the city. Within 90 days,
however, Robert E. Lee had driven McClellan from the Peninsula, Pope had been soundly beaten at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the battle lines were 20 miles (32 km) from the Union capital in Washington.
It would take almost two more years before the Union Army again got that close to Richmond, and almost three years
Notes on Elmira, NY Prison Camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Prison
Elmira Prison was a prisoner-of-war camp constructed by the Union Army in Elmira, New York, during the American Civil War to house captive Confederate soldiers.
The prison camp was used from July 6, 1864, until the autumn of 1865.
Maps indicate the camp occupied an area running about 1,000 feet (300 m) west and approximately the same distance south of a location a couple of hundred feet west of Hoffman Street and about 35 feet south of Water Street, bordered on the south by Foster's Pond, on the north bank of the Chemung River. The camp received its first prisoners on July 6, 1864, when 400 prisoners arrived at the camp.
During most of their stay, a significant portion of the prisoners in Elmira lived in tents, as there was only room for 4,000 prisoners in the barracks, while there were 10,000 prisoners. In addition to that, Eastman reported that the kitchens could only feed five thousand a day and the mess room could only seat fifteen hundred men at once. To top all of this off, there were no hospital facilities in the camp; the soldiers instead relied on facilities in the town. From the beginning it would seem that the camp was destined to be overcrowded. This led to many charges that the prison camp was designed from the beginning to be not a prison, but a death camp.
Prisoners dubbed the camp "Hellmira," and the mortality rate of about 25 percent was near that of Andersonville (about 29 percent).
Dark Hair, Sallow complexion, Hazel Eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Place of residence in 1865: Raleigh, North Carolina
Military History
Entered into military service on October 4, 1861. Age 33. Volunteered.
Member of Company 3, 31st North Carolina Infantry (Confederate)
POW - First time (Battle of Roanoke Island):
Captured by forces of General A.E. Burnside on Roanoke Island, Feb 8, 1862
Released on parole at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb 21, 1862
Appears on 31st Confederate Regiment Company muster rolls for Dec 31, 1863 to April 30, 1964
On Feb 28th, 1863, was owed $50. Was paid $25 due for clothing not drawn while on parole.
POW – 2nd Time (Battle of 7 Pines)
Captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on May 31, 1864
Arrived at White House, Virginia on 11 June 1964. Transferred to Elmira N.Y. July 12, 1864
Tranferred to Elimra Prison Camp, New York on May 31, 1865 from Point Lookout, Maryland
Remarks: was conscripted on February 8, 1863. Desires to go to his home at Raleigh, N.C.
Signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States on June 19, 1865
Released from Elimra N.Y. prisoner of war camp on June 19, 1865
Notes on Battle of Roanoke Island, Virginia 8 February 1862
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-roanoke-island
On this day in 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside scored a major victory when his troops capture Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and gave the Yankees control of the mouth of Albemarle Sound, allowing them to threaten the Rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia, from the south.
During the war's first winter, Union strategists focused their efforts on capturing coastal defenses to deny the Confederates sea outlets. In August 1861, the Yankees took two key forts on North Carolina's Outer Banks, paving the way for the campaign against Roanoke Island.
On January 11, 1862, Burnside took a force of 15,000 soldiers and a flotilla of 80 ships down to the Outer Banks. The expeditionary force arrived at Hatteras Inlet on January 13, but poor weather delayed an attack for three weeks.
On February 7, Burnside landed 10,000 troops on the island. They were met by about 2,500 Confederates. Burnside attacked, and his force overwhelmed the outer defenses of the island. Confederate commander Colonel Henry Shaw retreated to the north end of the island but had no chance to escape. On February 8, Shaw surrendered his entire force.
The Yankees suffered 37 men killed and 214 wounded, while the Confederates lost 23 men killed and 62 wounded before the surrender. The Union now controlled a vital section of the coast. The victory came two days after Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry in northern Tennessee, and, for the first time in the war, the North had reason for optimism.
Notes on the Battle of Seven Pines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan,
in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond.
George B. McClellan's advance on Richmond was halted and the Army of Northern Virginia fell back into the Richmond defensive works.
Union casualties were 5,031 (790 killed, 3,594 wounded, 647 captured or missing) and Confederate 6,134
(980 killed, 4,749 wounded, 405 captured or missing).
The Seven Days Battles of June 25 through July 1, 1862, drove the Union Army back to the James River and saved the Confederate capital.
The battle was frequently remembered by the Union soldiers as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station because that is where they did their
best fighting, whereas the Confederates, for the same reason, called it Seven Pines.
Historian Stephen W. Sears remarked that its current common name, Seven Pines, is the most appropriate because it was at the crossroads of Seven Pines that the heaviest fighting and highest casualties occurred.
On June 24, 1862, McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was within 6 miles (9.7 km) of the Confederate capital of Richmond; Union soldiers wrote that they could hear church bells ringing in the city. Within 90 days,
however, Robert E. Lee had driven McClellan from the Peninsula, Pope had been soundly beaten at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the battle lines were 20 miles (32 km) from the Union capital in Washington.
It would take almost two more years before the Union Army again got that close to Richmond, and almost three years
Notes on Elmira, NY Prison Camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Prison
Elmira Prison was a prisoner-of-war camp constructed by the Union Army in Elmira, New York, during the American Civil War to house captive Confederate soldiers.
The prison camp was used from July 6, 1864, until the autumn of 1865.
Maps indicate the camp occupied an area running about 1,000 feet (300 m) west and approximately the same distance south of a location a couple of hundred feet west of Hoffman Street and about 35 feet south of Water Street, bordered on the south by Foster's Pond, on the north bank of the Chemung River. The camp received its first prisoners on July 6, 1864, when 400 prisoners arrived at the camp.
During most of their stay, a significant portion of the prisoners in Elmira lived in tents, as there was only room for 4,000 prisoners in the barracks, while there were 10,000 prisoners. In addition to that, Eastman reported that the kitchens could only feed five thousand a day and the mess room could only seat fifteen hundred men at once. To top all of this off, there were no hospital facilities in the camp; the soldiers instead relied on facilities in the town. From the beginning it would seem that the camp was destined to be overcrowded. This led to many charges that the prison camp was designed from the beginning to be not a prison, but a death camp.
Prisoners dubbed the camp "Hellmira," and the mortality rate of about 25 percent was near that of Andersonville (about 29 percent).
Description:
Dark Hair, Sallow complexion, Hazel Eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Place of residence in 1865: Raleigh, North Carolina
Military History
Entered into military service on October 4, 1861. Age 33. Volunteered.
Member of Company 3, 31st North Carolina Infantry (Confederate)
POW - First time (Battle of Roanoke Island):
Captured by forces of General A.E. Burnside on Roanoke Island, Feb 8, 1862
Released on parole at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb 21, 1862
Appears on 31st Confederate Regiment Company muster rolls for Dec 31, 1863 to April 30, 1964
On Feb 28th, 1863, was owed $50. Was paid $25 due for clothing not drawn while on parole.
POW – 2nd Time (Battle of 7 Pines)
Captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on May 31, 1864
Arrived at White House, Virginia on 11 June 1964. Transferred to Elmira N.Y. July 12, 1864
Tranferred to Elimra Prison Camp, New York on May 31, 1865 from Point Lookout, Maryland
Remarks: was conscripted on February 8, 1863. Desires to go to his home at Raleigh, N.C.
Signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States on June 19, 1865
Released from Elimra N.Y. prisoner of war camp on June 19, 1865
Notes on Battle of Roanoke Island, Virginia 8 February 1862
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-roanoke-island
On this day in 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside scored a major victory when his troops capture Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and gave the Yankees control of the mouth of Albemarle Sound, allowing them to threaten the Rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia, from the south.
During the war's first winter, Union strategists focused their efforts on capturing coastal defenses to deny the Confederates sea outlets. In August 1861, the Yankees took two key forts on North Carolina's Outer Banks, paving the way for the campaign against Roanoke Island.
On January 11, 1862, Burnside took a force of 15,000 soldiers and a flotilla of 80 ships down to the Outer Banks. The expeditionary force arrived at Hatteras Inlet on January 13, but poor weather delayed an attack for three weeks.
On February 7, Burnside landed 10,000 troops on the island. They were met by about 2,500 Confederates. Burnside attacked, and his force overwhelmed the outer defenses of the island. Confederate commander Colonel Henry Shaw retreated to the north end of the island but had no chance to escape. On February 8, Shaw surrendered his entire force.
The Yankees suffered 37 men killed and 214 wounded, while the Confederates lost 23 men killed and 62 wounded before the surrender. The Union now controlled a vital section of the coast. The victory came two days after Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry in northern Tennessee, and, for the first time in the war, the North had reason for optimism.
Notes on the Battle of Seven Pines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan,
in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond.
George B. McClellan's advance on Richmond was halted and the Army of Northern Virginia fell back into the Richmond defensive works.
Union casualties were 5,031 (790 killed, 3,594 wounded, 647 captured or missing) and Confederate 6,134
(980 killed, 4,749 wounded, 405 captured or missing).
The Seven Days Battles of June 25 through July 1, 1862, drove the Union Army back to the James River and saved the Confederate capital.
The battle was frequently remembered by the Union soldiers as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station because that is where they did their
best fighting, whereas the Confederates, for the same reason, called it Seven Pines.
Historian Stephen W. Sears remarked that its current common name, Seven Pines, is the most appropriate because it was at the crossroads of Seven Pines that the heaviest fighting and highest casualties occurred.
On June 24, 1862, McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was within 6 miles (9.7 km) of the Confederate capital of Richmond; Union soldiers wrote that they could hear church bells ringing in the city. Within 90 days,
however, Robert E. Lee had driven McClellan from the Peninsula, Pope had been soundly beaten at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the battle lines were 20 miles (32 km) from the Union capital in Washington.
It would take almost two more years before the Union Army again got that close to Richmond, and almost three years
Notes on Elmira, NY Prison Camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Prison
Elmira Prison was a prisoner-of-war camp constructed by the Union Army in Elmira, New York, during the American Civil War to house captive Confederate soldiers.
The prison camp was used from July 6, 1864, until the autumn of 1865.
Maps indicate the camp occupied an area running about 1,000 feet (300 m) west and approximately the same distance south of a location a couple of hundred feet west of Hoffman Street and about 35 feet south of Water Street, bordered on the south by Foster's Pond, on the north bank of the Chemung River. The camp received its first prisoners on July 6, 1864, when 400 prisoners arrived at the camp.
During most of their stay, a significant portion of the prisoners in Elmira lived in tents, as there was only room for 4,000 prisoners in the barracks, while there were 10,000 prisoners. In addition to that, Eastman reported that the kitchens could only feed five thousand a day and the mess room could only seat fifteen hundred men at once. To top all of this off, there were no hospital facilities in the camp; the soldiers instead relied on facilities in the town. From the beginning it would seem that the camp was destined to be overcrowded. This led to many charges that the prison camp was designed from the beginning to be not a prison, but a death camp.
Prisoners dubbed the camp "Hellmira," and the mortality rate of about 25 percent was near that of Andersonville (about 29 percent).
Dark Hair, Sallow complexion, Hazel Eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall.
Place of residence in 1865: Raleigh, North Carolina
Military History
Entered into military service on October 4, 1861. Age 33. Volunteered.
Member of Company 3, 31st North Carolina Infantry (Confederate)
POW - First time (Battle of Roanoke Island):
Captured by forces of General A.E. Burnside on Roanoke Island, Feb 8, 1862
Released on parole at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Feb 21, 1862
Appears on 31st Confederate Regiment Company muster rolls for Dec 31, 1863 to April 30, 1964
On Feb 28th, 1863, was owed $50. Was paid $25 due for clothing not drawn while on parole.
POW – 2nd Time (Battle of 7 Pines)
Captured at Gaines Farm, Virginia on May 31, 1864
Arrived at White House, Virginia on 11 June 1964. Transferred to Elmira N.Y. July 12, 1864
Tranferred to Elimra Prison Camp, New York on May 31, 1865 from Point Lookout, Maryland
Remarks: was conscripted on February 8, 1863. Desires to go to his home at Raleigh, N.C.
Signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States on June 19, 1865
Released from Elimra N.Y. prisoner of war camp on June 19, 1865
Notes on Battle of Roanoke Island, Virginia 8 February 1862
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-roanoke-island
On this day in 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside scored a major victory when his troops capture Roanoke Island in North Carolina.
It was one of the first major Union victories of the Civil War and gave the Yankees control of the mouth of Albemarle Sound, allowing them to threaten the Rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia, from the south.
During the war's first winter, Union strategists focused their efforts on capturing coastal defenses to deny the Confederates sea outlets. In August 1861, the Yankees took two key forts on North Carolina's Outer Banks, paving the way for the campaign against Roanoke Island.
On January 11, 1862, Burnside took a force of 15,000 soldiers and a flotilla of 80 ships down to the Outer Banks. The expeditionary force arrived at Hatteras Inlet on January 13, but poor weather delayed an attack for three weeks.
On February 7, Burnside landed 10,000 troops on the island. They were met by about 2,500 Confederates. Burnside attacked, and his force overwhelmed the outer defenses of the island. Confederate commander Colonel Henry Shaw retreated to the north end of the island but had no chance to escape. On February 8, Shaw surrendered his entire force.
The Yankees suffered 37 men killed and 214 wounded, while the Confederates lost 23 men killed and 62 wounded before the surrender. The Union now controlled a vital section of the coast. The victory came two days after Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry in northern Tennessee, and, for the first time in the war, the North had reason for optimism.
Notes on the Battle of Seven Pines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines
The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan,
in which the Army of the Potomac reached the outskirts of Richmond.
George B. McClellan's advance on Richmond was halted and the Army of Northern Virginia fell back into the Richmond defensive works.
Union casualties were 5,031 (790 killed, 3,594 wounded, 647 captured or missing) and Confederate 6,134
(980 killed, 4,749 wounded, 405 captured or missing).
The Seven Days Battles of June 25 through July 1, 1862, drove the Union Army back to the James River and saved the Confederate capital.
The battle was frequently remembered by the Union soldiers as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station because that is where they did their
best fighting, whereas the Confederates, for the same reason, called it Seven Pines.
Historian Stephen W. Sears remarked that its current common name, Seven Pines, is the most appropriate because it was at the crossroads of Seven Pines that the heaviest fighting and highest casualties occurred.
On June 24, 1862, McClellan's massive Army of the Potomac was within 6 miles (9.7 km) of the Confederate capital of Richmond; Union soldiers wrote that they could hear church bells ringing in the city. Within 90 days,
however, Robert E. Lee had driven McClellan from the Peninsula, Pope had been soundly beaten at the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the battle lines were 20 miles (32 km) from the Union capital in Washington.
It would take almost two more years before the Union Army again got that close to Richmond, and almost three years
Notes on Elmira, NY Prison Camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Prison
Elmira Prison was a prisoner-of-war camp constructed by the Union Army in Elmira, New York, during the American Civil War to house captive Confederate soldiers.
The prison camp was used from July 6, 1864, until the autumn of 1865.
Maps indicate the camp occupied an area running about 1,000 feet (300 m) west and approximately the same distance south of a location a couple of hundred feet west of Hoffman Street and about 35 feet south of Water Street, bordered on the south by Foster's Pond, on the north bank of the Chemung River. The camp received its first prisoners on July 6, 1864, when 400 prisoners arrived at the camp.
During most of their stay, a significant portion of the prisoners in Elmira lived in tents, as there was only room for 4,000 prisoners in the barracks, while there were 10,000 prisoners. In addition to that, Eastman reported that the kitchens could only feed five thousand a day and the mess room could only seat fifteen hundred men at once. To top all of this off, there were no hospital facilities in the camp; the soldiers instead relied on facilities in the town. From the beginning it would seem that the camp was destined to be overcrowded. This led to many charges that the prison camp was designed from the beginning to be not a prison, but a death camp.
Prisoners dubbed the camp "Hellmira," and the mortality rate of about 25 percent was near that of Andersonville (about 29 percent).
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