Hello Elizabeth, Would you happen to know if Capt. Peter F. Smith and Lt. Julius A. Smith are (a) brothers and (b) sons of Rev. Samuel Powell Smith and Amelia/Matilda Martain (d/o Dr. Robert Martain and Amelia Wright) ? Thank you, Malinda Jones Elizabeth Harris wrote: > From: EUZELIA@aol.com > > Company F, 1st Battalion N.C. Infantry > > This company was raised in Catawba County and enlisted at Catawba Station on > August 14, 1861. After being mustered into service the company was assigned > to the 1st Battalion N.C. Infantry and was designated Company F, afterwards > Company E, of that unit. In March, 1862, the 1st Battalion was reorganized > and became the 32 Regiment N.C. Troops. This company was transferred to the > 32nd Regiment and was designated Company F. The company functioned > thereafter as part of the 32nd Regiment, and its history for the remainder of > the war is reported as a part of the regimental history. (Because the 1st > Battalion N.C. Infantry was a provisional organization that had only a brief > existence, rosters of the companies that comprized that unit have not been > included in the *North Carolina Troops* series. The period during which the > men of this company served in the 1st Battalion is covered in the following > roster. For additional information concerning the history of the 1st > Battalion, see page 1 of this volume and Volume III, page 65.) > The information contained in the following roster was compiled from company > muster rolls for August 14, 1861-December,1863, and August 31,1864-February > 28,1865. No company must roll were found for January 1-August 30, 1864, or > for March-April, 1865. Valuable information was obtained from primary > sources such as the Roll of Honor, dischargee certificates, medical records, > prisoner of war records, pension applications, and Civil War newspapers. > Secondary sources such as postwar rosters cemetery records, and records of > the United Daughters of the Confederacy also provided useful information. > Officers > Captains > John Ray > Peter F. Smith > Lieutenants > John Aderholdt > Daniel Pinckney Lorentz > William E. Lowrance > Julius A. Smith > > Hunsucker, James A., Private > Resided in Catawba County where he enlisted at age 17, December 1, 1861. > Present or accounted for until he died on November 12, 1862, of disease. > Place of death not reported > > Hunsucker, Nelson W., Sergeant > Previously served as Private in Company A, 12th Regiment N.C. Troops (2nd > Regiment N.C. Volunteers). Transferred to this company on September 14, > 1861. Mustered in as Private. Promoted to Sergeant on December 17, 1861. > Present or accounted for until captured at or near Spotsylvania Court House, > Virginia, on or about May 10, 1864. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, May > 18, 1864. Transferred to Elmira, New York, August 3, 1864. Released at > Elmira on June 23, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance. > > Joy > > Elizabeth Harris > state coordinator, NCGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/ > > ==== NCROOTS Mailing List ==== > Discussion on this list is restricted to NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY only. > If you're not sure if what you are about to post is appropriate for this list, please check with the list manager: <ncgen@mindspring.com> > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi