Clara, According to NC Troops 1861-1865 Volume 3 page 510 John J Thompson Private Born in Duplin County where he resided as a farmer and enlisted June 10, 1862, for the war. Wounded at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 3, 1863, and discharged on March 17, 1864, by reason of "an old gunshot fracture of left radius." This is from Ancestry: Name:John Thompson Residence:Duplin County, North Carolina Occupation:Farmer Enlistment Date:10 Jun 1862 Enlistment Place:Duplin County, North Carolina Side Served:Confederacy State Served:North Carolina Service Record:Enlisted as a Private on 10 June 1862. Enlisted in Company B, 3rd Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 10 Jun 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company B, 3rd Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 17 Mar 1864. Sources:16 Civil War Soldiers and Sailors site: John J. Thompson (First_Last) Regiment Name 3 North Carolina Infantry Side Confederate Company B Soldier's Rank_In Private Soldier's Rank_Out Private Alternate Name Notes Film Number M230 roll 39 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 3rd Infantry Regiment State Troops completed its organization at Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861. The men were from Wilmington and the counties of Green, Duplin, Cumberland, Onslow, Bladen, New Hanover, and Beaufort. During July part of the regiment moved to Richmond, Virginia, then was joined by the remaining companies some weeks later. After serving in the Department of Northern Virginia and the Department of North Carolina, it was attached to General Ripley's, Colston's, Steuart's, and Cox's Brigade. The 3rd fought on many battlefields of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. It reported 46 casualties at Beaver Dam Creek , 80 at Malvern Hill, 253 at Sharpsburg, 3 at Fredericksburg, and 179 at Chancellorsville. The unit lost 4 killed and 10 wounded at Second Winchester forty percent of the 548 engaged at Gettysburg , and 7 killed and 65 wounded during the Mine Run Campaign. It surrendered with 4 officers and 53 men in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William L. DeRosset, Gaston Meares, and Stephen D. Thruston; Lieutenant Colonels Robert H. Cowan, William M. Parsley, and Edward Savage; and Major William T. Ennett. Hope this helps! Diane   http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgreene/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjones/jones.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclenoir/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncnewhan/nh.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpasqu2/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpender/pender.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncperqu2/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncmil/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/mocwindex.html -------Original Message------- From: k smith Date: 2/19/2008 7:31:32 PM To: ncduplin@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCDUPLIN] John Thompson Civil War Hello, My great great grandfather John S. Thompson was in the Civil War according to family history. My dad said that John was a guard in a Richmond Va. Prison. He also said John was wounded. John S. Thompson lived in Onslow Co. NC in the Haw Branch area of the county near the Duplin line and in the 1870 census I can not find him in either county but I am guessing he was in Duplin since a daughter born in 1869 said she was born in Duplin. The Onslow Civil War soldiers list does not have John S. Thompson but I found a John Thompson whose residence was listed as Duplin in 1862 who enlisted there on June 10,l862. He received a disability discharge on Mar 17, 1864. His unit was 3rd Infantry Regiment North Carolina. Does anyone know anything about a John Thompson in this unit. Thanks, Clara _____________________________________________________________________________ ______ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCDUPLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message