Captain Edward Stanley Marsh
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Title
Captain Edward Stanley Marsh
Subject
Company I (the “Pamlico Rifles”), 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops
Description
Edward Stanley Marsh farmed with his elder brother, William T. Marsh, in the South Creek district of Beaufort County. The brothers were well-to-do, with real property valued at $6000. and they owned more than twenty slaves. When the “Pamlico Rifles” (subsequently Company I, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops) organized in June 1861, William became captain and Edward the first sergeant. Edward was promoted to second lieutenant in early September but then resigned for unspecified reasons on September 20, 1861.
Edward Marsh apparently was not in service for more than a year after his resignation, but was appointed first lieutenant of Company I on September 11, 1862. Casualties among the officers of the 4th North Carolina during 1862 were quite severe, and included Edward’s brother William, who was mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Sharpsburg, and died of his wounds on September 24. Edward was promoted to captain to rank from the same date.
Edward sustained a very serious wound on at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. According to the inscription on his tombstone, “A minnie ball penetrated his left shoulder, passed through both lungs and made its exit knocking the scapula off his right shoulder.” Edward made sporadic attempts to return to duty: he was hospitalized in Richmond in July 1863 and August 1864, on both occasions suffering from the effects of the gunshot wound and from debility. It appears, however, that the wound prevented very much active duty.
Edward resigned on December 22, 1864, offering not only his disability as a reason but also “being anxious to remain upon my farms in the County of Beaufort which require attention. I consider it much more dangerous to do so while I am connected with the Army.” He resigned with the rank of major in the 4th North Carolina, an appointment which he received in May 1864 but which may never have been officially confirmed. His resignation was accepted on February 9, 1865.
Edward (October 9, 1838-October 20, 1906) is buried in the Odd Fellow’s Cemetery, Belhaven, Beaufort County.
Edward Marsh apparently was not in service for more than a year after his resignation, but was appointed first lieutenant of Company I on September 11, 1862. Casualties among the officers of the 4th North Carolina during 1862 were quite severe, and included Edward’s brother William, who was mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Sharpsburg, and died of his wounds on September 24. Edward was promoted to captain to rank from the same date.
Edward sustained a very serious wound on at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. According to the inscription on his tombstone, “A minnie ball penetrated his left shoulder, passed through both lungs and made its exit knocking the scapula off his right shoulder.” Edward made sporadic attempts to return to duty: he was hospitalized in Richmond in July 1863 and August 1864, on both occasions suffering from the effects of the gunshot wound and from debility. It appears, however, that the wound prevented very much active duty.
Edward resigned on December 22, 1864, offering not only his disability as a reason but also “being anxious to remain upon my farms in the County of Beaufort which require attention. I consider it much more dangerous to do so while I am connected with the Army.” He resigned with the rank of major in the 4th North Carolina, an appointment which he received in May 1864 but which may never have been officially confirmed. His resignation was accepted on February 9, 1865.
Edward (October 9, 1838-October 20, 1906) is buried in the Odd Fellow’s Cemetery, Belhaven, Beaufort County.
Source
1860 U. S. Census, South Creek district, Beaufort County, North Carolina, population schedule, page 75, dwelling 629, family 599, William T. Marsh household; 1860 U.S. Census, South Creek district, Beaufort County, North Carolina, slave schedule, page 2, E. S. Marsh, slave owner; Manarin et. al., North Carolina Troops 4:9, 96; service record files of Edward S. March, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers from the State of North Carolina (M270), RG109, NA; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97087863
Contributor
Greg Mast Collection
Format
Copy print
Files
Citation
“Captain Edward Stanley Marsh,” Tar Heel Faces, accessed May 4, 2024, https://tarheelfaces.omeka.net/items/show/14.
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