----- Original Message ----- From: Betty A. Pace Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:19 AM To: NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NCRowan] NC - Civil War Paces Rowan Co., NC, probably active during Gen. Stoneman's assault on Salisbury NC in late April 1865. This was after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. He was a harness maker by trade and had originally come from Guilford Co., NC, where he in 1843 he married Julia Anne Reid (1825-1911), daughter of Jesse Reid (b.1803-1877 Guilford). Abner Pace was the son of Alsey Pace and Zilpha Hall. 22Pace, John F. Confederate Infantry 57th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 57th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 57th Infantry Regiment was organized at Salisbury, North Carolina, in July, 1862, with men recruited in the counties of Rowan, Forsyth, Catawba, Cabarrus, Lincoln, and Alamance. Sent to Virginia, the regiment was assigned to General Law's, Hoke's, Godwin's, and W.G. Lewis' brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Mine Run, then returned to North Carolina. After serving in the Kinston area the 57th was ordered back to Virginia. It continued the fight at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and around Appomattox. The unit reported 32 killed and 192 wounded at Fredericksburg, had 9 killed and 61 wounded at Chancellorsville and twenty-two percent of the 297 engaged at Gettysburg disabled. At the Rappahannock River in November, 1863, it lost 4 wounded and 292 missing. On April 9, 1865 it surrendered with 6 officers and 74 men of which 31 were armed. The field officers were Colonels Archibald C. Godwin and Hamilton C. Jones, Jr., and Major James A. Craige. From: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/military.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com