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Louis Bryson Flack (born 1838) resided with his parents and three siblings in the Cathey’s Creek District of Rutherford County. His father was a blacksmith, but Flack’s occupation is unknown.

He enlisted on May 12, 1862, in a local company known…

Francis Marion Long (born ca. 1839) lived in the Cane Creek District of Rutherford County and enlisted at Rutherfordton on March 24, 1862, in a company known as the “Rutherford Farmers.” The “Farmers” were soon on their way to Camp Mangum, near…

James Overton Simmons farmed with his wife and four children in the Broad River District of Rutherford County. On October 6, 1861, he was appointed captain of the “Rutherford Band,” a new company of eighty-four men and boys. The “Band” moved to Camp…

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…

James W. Kilpatrick (born December 3, 1833), a Rutherfordton dentist, enlisted in the “Rutherford Rifles,” the first company from that county, on May 1, 1861, and was elected first lieutenant. The “Rifles” subsequently joined the 6th Regiment N.C.…