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Maberry M. Miller resided in the Hominy community of Buncombe County and enlisted at the age of eighteen on July 22, 1861, in a company known as the “Pisgah Guards,” subsequently Company I, 25th Regiment N.C. Troops.

Miller was present for duty…

Augustus Buckingham (“Buck”) Thrash farmed with his wife and six children in Buncombe County. The farm was a prosperous one and Thrash also owned four slaves.

Thrash enlisted at Hominy Baptist Church,Buncombe County, on July 22, 1861, in a company…

John Wall Norwood (born ca. 1844) resided with his widowed mother and four siblings in Haywood County. The family owned substantial real property and nine slaves. John volunteered on May 31, 1861, for service in the “Haywood Invincibles,”…

Lewis Jasper Smith of Haywood County enlisted at Waynesville on May 31, 1861, in a company known as the “Haywood Invincibles,” subsequently Company C, 25th Regiment N.C. Troops. Smith was appointed sergeant and served until he was promoted to third…

Leander Armsur Coe, by occupation a “house carpenter,” was born in Surry County but in 1860 resided with his wife and two small children in the Murphy District of Cherokee County. He was conscripted in Jackson County on April 5, 1863, in Company B…