John, I have some information on Thomas M. Cox from Beaufort County, NC. None of it mentions Fort Fisher however. Below is the information I have along with where it came from for documentation purposes. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume VI Infantry Page 188 Co. K, 17th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st Organization) COX, THOMAS M., Private Born in Beaufort County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Beaufort County at age 18, May 22, 1861. Present or accounted for until the company was disbanded on or about March 26, 1862. Later served in Company I, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume I Artillery Page 492 Co. I, 40th Regiment N.C.T. (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery) *COX, THOMAS M., Private Enlisted in Beaufort County at age 18, April 17, 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through July 26, 1864 when he was transferred to Company I, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume I Artillery Page 698 ADDENDA COX, THOMAS M., Private Page 492. Previously served as Private in Company K, 17th Regiment N.C. Troops (1st Organization) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster Volume IV Infantry Page 98 Co. I, 4th Regiment N.C. State Troops COX, THOMAS M., Private Previously served in Company I, 40th Regiment N.C. Troops (3rd Regiment N.C. Artillery). Transferred to this company on July 26, 1864. Captured at Winchester, Virginia, September 19, 1864, and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until paroled and transferred to Boulware's Wharf, James River, Virginia, where he was received March 18, 1865, for exchange. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope this bit of information will be of some help to you. Edward Harding Washington, Beaufort County, NC