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Ephraim Kale resided with his parents and seven siblings in Catawba County. He mistakenly claimed that he was sixteen years old when he enlisted on March 19, 1862, in the “Catawba Marksmen,” subsequently Company I, 49th Regiment N.C. Troops. Ephraim,…

Calvin S. Setzer farmed in Catawba County with his mother, grandfather, and four siblings until his enlistment at Newton on March 13, 1862, in a company known as the “Catawba Braves.” The “Braves” moved to a camp of instruction at Raleigh and on…

(The presence of a large bowie knife in Confederate soldier portraits is not unusual, but it seems to have been especially popular in the 35th North Carolina. Nine of the twenty-eight portraits of enlisted men that I have viewed display the…

Marcus Wesley Sherrill farmed with his parents in Catawba County and enlisted at Newton on September 12, 1861, in a local company that was subsequently designated Company E, 32nd Regiment N.C. Troops. Muster rolls, most of them bi-monthly, are extant…

The “South Fork Farmers,” named for a local tributary of the Catawba River, organized at Newton on August 13, 1861. The new company moved to Camp Fisher, near High Point, and on September 21 became Company C, 28th Regiment N.C. Troops.

One of the…

As a young man Thomas Lafayette Lowe traveled from his native Catawba County to Charlotte, where he found employment as a clerk in the firm of Williams & Co. While there he also acquired enough education to return to Catawba County and establish…

Eli Davidson Deal farmed with his parents in Alexander County, but enlisted at Newton in neighboring Catawba County on April 1, 1862. The company he chose was the first raised in Catawba County, nearly a year earlier, the “Catawba Rifles,” now…

When the “Catawba Rifles,” subsequently Company A, 12th Regiment N.C. Troops (2nd Regiment N.C. Volunteers), elected officers on May 12, 1861, the men chose Uriah Franklin Sherrill as first lieutenant. Sherrill was a merchant but had previously been…