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Charles Law Torrence
August 11, 1844 - August 26, 1910

Company F, Mecklenburg Rangers
5th North Carolina Cavalry (63rd NC State Troops)


When North Carolina seceded from the Union in May of 1861, Charles Law Torrence was but sixteen years…

In 1861, Nathaniel Greene Rich resided with his wife and four small children on a modest farm in Davie County, North Carolina, circumstances that doubtless made him reluctant to join the early rush of volunteers. However, conditions were much…

Charles Betts Cook, a twenty-six-year-old Cumberland County resident, enlisted in the “Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry on April 17, 1861. He was promoted to second lieutenant on May 21, eight days after the company joined the 1st Regiment…