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At the conclusion of the Chancellorsville campaign in spring of 1863, despite a Confederate victory, the 4th North Carolina State Troops was a shadow of its former self. The 4th brought 327 officers and enlisted men into action on May 1. Just days…

William Hartley (born October 21, 1832) farmed in the Laurel Creek District, Watauga County, with his wife and two small children. On September 18, 1861, he volunteered in the “Watauga Minute Men,” subsequently designated Company E, 37th Regiment…

James Wilkerson farmed in Rutherford County with his elderly parents and, at the age of twenty-six, enlisted on September 2, 1861, in the “Rutherford Rebels,” one of two Rutherford County companies to organize on that date. The “Rebels” moved to the…

James Francis Toms (born November 1, 1841) resided with his parents and eight siblings in the Flint Hill District of Rutherford County. His father, William Toms, was a prosperous farmer with substantial real estate holdings and also the owner of…

Adam Miller Roberts (born ca. 1839) resided in Gaston County and enlisted at Dallas as a sergeant in the “King’s Mountain Grays” (subsequently Company M, 16th Regiment N.C. Troops) on May 1, 1861. Roberts was elected second lieutenant on July 4,…