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Company F, 55th Regiment, NC Troops |
This unit was raised in Cleveland County in April of 1862. It was mustered into state service at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC, and assigned to the 56th Regiment as Company F. The majority of these men were Cleveland County farmers with those over 21 having been born in Rutherford or Lincoln Counties, as Cleveland was formed from Rutherford and Lincoln Counties in 1841.More detailed information on each of these soldiers can be found in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Volume X, Infantry, compiled by Weymouth T Jordan, Jr with Unit Histories by Louis H Manarin. All genealogists owe a debt of gratitude to these gentlemen for their wonderful tribute to our ancestors.
(Update: 5 August 2006)
OFFICERS
CHAPMAN, William R, 3rd Corporal
CLINE, Henry, 2nd Lieutenant
CLINE, John, 1st Sergeant
GROSS, Ephraim, Sergeant
HOYLE, Joel Joseph , 1st Lieutenant, died of wounds in 1864 
HULL, William H, 1st Lieutenant
IVESTER, Albert P, Sergeant
KENNEDY, Julius A, 1st Corporal
MULL, Peter M, Captain
MULL, Peter P, 2nd Lieutenant
NEWTON, Eli 3rd Lieutenant
STELL, Isaac R, 4th Corporal
TAFT, Godfrey Eddee, Captain
WARLICK, Andrew, Sergeant
WHITE, Peter, Corporal
WHITE, Stephen J, Corporal
WILLIAMS, Archibald Hunter Arrington, 1st Lieutenant
WILLIAMS, Westly A, Sergeant
WILLIS, James R, 1st Sergeant
PRIVATES
BIGHAM, William P
BIVENS, Jacob A
BIVENS, Peter M
BOYLES, Daniel W
BOYLES, William Murkson
BRACKETT, Zacharian
BRACKETT, Williamson F
BRADSHAW, Sidney
BRENDLE, M Wesley
BRITTAIN, First Name Unknown
BUFF, Aaron
BUFF, Christopher, wounded at Washington, NC
BUFF, David Jr
BUFF, Davis Sr
BUFF, James
BUFF, Peter
BUMGARDNER, Amos
(per information from descendant, Jeff Bumgardner, Amos is buried in the Zoar Baptist Church cemetery near Casar, NC)
BUMGARDNER, David, reportedly died at Point Lookout, Maryland
(per information from descendant, Jeff Bumgardner, David is buried in the Zoar Baptist Church cemetery near Casar, NC)
BUMGARDNER, William
(descendant Jeff Bumgardner informs us William survived the war and is buried in the Casar Baptist Church cemetery in Casar, NC)
BURTON, Massenburg
BURTON, William
CANIPE, Adam
CANIPE, Albert, died June 1862 in Raleigh, NC
CANIPE, Daniel E
CANIPE, David
CANIPE, John Anderson
CANIPE, Joseph
CANIPE, Maxwell, wounded December 1862 at Petersburg, VA
CANIPE, Noah J
CARPENTER, John
CHAPMAN, William Riley
COOK, Aaron Jr
COOK, Aaron Sr
COOK, Harrison
COOK, Jesse
COOK, Noah W, wounded at Suffolk, VA
COOK, William
CRAIG, William
CROW, John S
DICKSON, John R
DOWNS, William
(descendant Jeff Bumgardner furnished William's name for this regiment and reports
William is buried in the Zoar Baptist Church cemetery near Casar, NC)
ELMORE, John F
ELMORE, William
Private Elmore's Great-granddaughter tells us he was captured on the first day of battle at Gettysburg,
and imprisoned at Point Lookout, MD. He survived the war, died 24 January 1892 and is buried at Clover Hill
Methodist Church near Polkville in Cleveland County, NC.
FREEMAN, William M
GALES, Jacob A
GANTT, Joseph C
GOODSON, James Calloway
GOODSON, Miles
HICKS, Robert J
HICKS, William H
HOYLE, Henry
HOYLE, Joel
HOYLE, Joseph
HOYLE, Levi
HOYLE, Robert D, died January 1862 in Raleigh, NC
HOYLE, Solomon, captured at Gettysburg
HUDSON, Hiram
HUDSON, John D
HUFFMAN, Thomas
HULL, Benjamin
JOHNSON, Allen Richard
JOHNSON, Andrew J
KEEVER, James M
LAIL, Peter
(Feb 7, 1840 - Dec 9, 1929 Peter is buried at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Burke County, NC.)
LEDFORD, John
LEDFORD, William
LOGAN, David
LOMAN, H
MCCALL, Robert H, died July 1862 in Raleigh, NC
MCCLURD, Andrew
MCCLURD, Wade
MCNEELY, Jonathan, wounded at Gettysburg, PA
MCNEILLY, Zachariah D
MCNEILY, Samuel
MARTIN, Leander M
MULL, Ezra
MULL, John M
NEWTON, Alexander, died May 1863 in Petersburg, VA
NEWTON, Alfred
NEWTON, George Alexander
NORMAN, Henry
Private Norman was wounded 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, then hospitalized at Richmond, VA.
5 May 1864 he was wounded again at Wilderness, VA. 21 February 1865 he transferred into the Veteran Reserve Corps.
Buried on his own property just across the Cleveland County line in Burke County, Private Norman's grave is now
part of the South Mountain State Park. May he rest in peace.
NORMAN, Robert H
PEELER, Alfred G
POPE, Lafayette
PREWIT, Joseph
PREWITT, Peter
PRICE, James T, died July 1862 in Raleigh, NC
RANDALL, Caleb
SEAGLE, William S
SELF, Anderson
SELF, Isaac Rooker
SELF, Jacob Rucker
SELF, Robert
SELF, Rufus Lee
Private Self was wounded in the hand at Gettysburg on July
3rd, 1863, returned to duty then captured at or near Sutherland's Station
April 2,1865. He was confined at Point Lookout, MD until his release June 6,1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.
SELF, William J
SHUFORD, Daniel Franklin
SHUFORD, Henry P
SHUFORD, Peter M
SMITH, John
STAMEY, James P
SWINK, John
SWINK, N William
SWOFFORD, Robert, wounded at Gettysburg, PA
TALLENT, Aaron
TALLENT, Jesse E
TURNER, David W, died August 2 1863 at Chester PA.
TURNER, James, died March 5 1863 in Petersburg, VA
WALKER, James P
WARLICK, David P.
WARLICK, Noah B
WHITE, George
WILLIAMS, Andrew P
WILLIAMS, William Thomas
WILLIS, Henry J
WILLIS, Jacob B
WILLIS, James
WILLIS, John Y
WILLIS, Robert H
WILLIS, Samuel O
WILLIS, Soloman
WILLIS, Thomas
WISE, Levi
WORTMAN, Major
WORTMAN, William Samuel
WRIGHT, Silas M
YOUNG, Samuel
WORTMAN, Major, descendant Brenda Dobbs has visited her Uncle's grave in the Old Ham Cook Cemetery near Casar, Cleveland County, NC. She indicates he has a Confederate marker. Major enlisted at the age of 18, on 19 April 1862, and died of disease in Raleigh on 8 June 1862.
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