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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…

Although born in South Carolina, Samuel Harrison Hilton moved with his family at the tender age of one into the Old North State. His father – Aurelius Hilton – was a Baptist minister, and settled into Union County, NC, in 1845, and later to…

Leander “Lee” Query farmed with his parents and siblings in the Eastern District of Mecklenburg County. He enlisted on September 3, 1861, in the aptly named “Mecklenburg Farmers,” subsequently Company H, 35th Regiment N.C. Troops. When the “Farmers”…

Thomas J. Dunn resided in the Western Division of Mecklenburg County as a farmer and wagon maker. He enlisted at Charlotte on September 30, 1861, in a company known as the “Mecklenburg Boys,” subsequently Company G, 34th Regiment N.C. Troops.

The…

In the spring of 1861 Egbert A. Ross of Mecklenburg County (born September 9, 1842) was a student at Hillsborough Military Academy. However, he returned to Charlotte and joined a volunteer militia company called the “Charlotte Grays.” All the men…

Robert Taylor Nethery (born February 1, 1821) was a native of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, but lived near Graham in Alamance County. Although forty years old and by occupation a miller, Nethery enlisted with his eighteen-year-old son, James D.…