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Some Important Civil War Events:
The First Battle at Bull Run -
July 1861
Grant captures 14,000 Confederate soldiers at Fort Donelson -
February, 1862
Farragut takes New Orleans -
February 1862.
Union victory at Antietam -
September 1862
The Emancipation Proclamation -
January 1863
Gettysburg -
July 1863
Sherman marches into Georgia -
May 1864
Lincoln Reelected -
November 1864
Confederate government evacuates Richmond -
May 1865
Surrender at Appomattox -
May 1865
Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.
~ Patrick Pearse
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William Edmond Peele
First Regiment North Carolina Infantry
Company L ~ Bertie Volunteers, Private - Confederate Army
Also served as a Private in Companies B and C, Third Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery.
Contributed by G-Granddaughter Claudia Harrell Williams
Bertie County
Federal [Union]
Servicemen
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James D. Hollomon ~ circa 1832 - 1875 ~ Enlisted March 18, 1862
served until 1865 as a Private in the Confederate Infantry,
Company "D" - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry,
2rd Organization from Bertie County, NC. Contributed by: Jim Hollomon
William McD Wynns ~ circa 1828 - March 9, 1823.
Served as a 1st Sgt. with the Confederate Army
8th Regiment, North Carolina Militia. Contributed by: Jim Hollomon
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 Additional Bertie Civil War Soldiers:
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Enlisted on 10-27-1861 from Bertie County, NC for a 1 year tour of duty. He was 41 years of age when he began his service as a 1st Lt. for the Confederate Army. Lt. Hyman survived the war.
Contributed by: G-G-Granddaughter: Beth Dix
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Cullen Capehart Shoulars: Enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army on 6-15-1863 from Bertie County and fought in at least 10 battles. Private Shoulars was absent when his regiment mustered out on 4-28-1865 due to illness.
Contributed by: Julius E. Shoulars
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Enlisted in 1861 as a Private out of Bertie for a 6 mo tour. He served in Company “L” of the Bertie Volunteers Confederate Army. [DOB: 9-29-1840] He survived this tour of duty. He enlisted again on 1-23-1862 at the rank of 1st Sgt. out of Bertie Co., NC. He was wounded and captured near Hagerstown, MD the week of July 7th 1863. He was promoted to the rank of 2nd Lt. while a prisoner of the Union Army following death of 2nd Lt. Edward A. Rhodes at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
Lt. Clingman died of his wounds while being held a POW on 8-15 or 9-15-1863, his place of death was probably the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD.
Contributed by: Lou Craig
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First Regiment North Carolina Infantry (Six Months Service)
Company L : Bertie Volunteers
Private: Resided in Bertie County (Roxobel/Kelford) where he enlisted on May 1, 1861 at the age of 25. Present or accounted for until mustered out on Nov 13, 1861 at Raleigh, NC. Later served as a Private in Companies B and C, Third Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery. Enlisted in Company B in Bertie County on April 19, 1862. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company C on February 14, 1863. Detailed to Quartermaster Department at Fort Carswell ~ Brunswick County, NC in Mar-Apr 1864. Absent detailed through October 1864 date of last available muster roll. Reported as absent without leave when paroled at Greensboro, NC on
April 28, 1865.
W.E. Peele Bio
Contributed by G-G-Granddaughter Claudia Harrell Williams
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Served with Company C 68th NC Inf.
Served with Company C 68th NC Inf.
James William Peele served in the Civil War, CSA
Co C ~ 68th North Carolina Infantry.
This is the same unit in which
David Thomas Minton (1837-1881) served.
See Peele Cemetery for additional information
Contributed to the USGenWeb Bertie Archives by:
G-Grandson Pete Austin
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