Civil War Soliders from Ashe and Alleghany County, North Carolina M - R PENNINGTON, ABLE: Co. F, Enl. 5/6/62 at Glade Springs, due $50 bounty. Sick at home 5/3/63. AWOL 9/21/63-2/10/64, again 6/25/64. Deserted 7/11/64 at Marietta. Took the oath at Chattanooga 7/14/64. Dark comp. & hair, blue eyes, 5'11", Res. of Washington Co., had volunteered for CSA service. Released North of the Ohio. He also served in the Washington Co. Militia. He was B. 5/17/1837 in Ashe Co., NC. D. 9/18/1920, Washington Co., VA, buried in the Green Cove Cem., Washington Co., VA. He filed pension application 7/20/1907 in Washington Co., VA. Brother of Andrew J., Calloway, Eli, and Samuel. PENNINGTON, ABRAHAM, 15, 1860 AsCC HH#1265. Co. F, 63rd VA Inf., Res. Washington Co., PWR. PENNINGTON, ANDREW: 21, 1860 AsCC HH#208. Co. A, 37th NC Inf., Enl. on 8/15/62 in Iredell Co., age 22. Deserted on 5/19/63, returned to duty on 3/9/64, Pres. thru 2/28/65. Res. of Ashe Co. PENNINGTON, ANDREW: Co. A, 34th NC Inf. Native Res. of Ashe Co., where he Enl. on 8/10/61, age 29. AWOL on 4/23/62, returned to duty by 6/30/63. Deserted on 8/27/63. PENNINGTON, CICERO, 12, B. VA, 1860 AsCC HH#812. PENNINGTON, DOUGLAS: 45, 1860 AsCC HH#814. Co. L, 58th NC Inf., Enl. on PENNINGTON, E.: 97th NC Militia. Received medical examination on 10/20/64, diagnosed as suffering from chronic ulcerations of bowels. Age 46. PENNINGTON, ELI: Co. F, 63rd VA Inf., Enl. 5/6/62 at Glade Springs, due $50 bounty. Deserted 7/3/64 at Marietta, GA. Took the oath 7/14/64 at Chattanooga, TN. Res. Washington: Co., VA, dark comp. & hair, hazel eyes, 5'11", had volunteered for CSA service. Released North of the Ohio. B. 1840, Ashe Co., NC, died after 1906 in Ashe Co., NC. Buried in Cem. A08. PENNINGTON, ELIJAH, 38, 1860 AsCC HH#457. Co. B, 5th NC Sr. Reserves, Enl. 7/13/64 at Flint Hill, Ashe Co., NC. AWOL on 2/28/65. Age at Enl. was 40/1/13, 5'5", light comp. and hair, blue eyes, farmer, born in Ashe Co. PENNINGTON, ELISHA, 24, B. VA, 1860 AsCC HH#1131 (HH#816). Captain Baker's Grayson Co. Home Guard. PENNINGTON, HARVEY, 30, 1860 AsCC HH#597. 97th NC Militia. Received medical examination on 10/20/64, diagnosed as suffering from phthisis pulmonalis. Age 37. PENNINGTON, JOSHUA, 22, 1860 AsCC HH#1221. PENNINGTON, LARKIN, 27, 1860 AsCC HH#453. PENNINGTON, MONFORT, 26, 1860 AsCC HH#217. PENNINGTON, NELSON: Co. A, 26th NC Inf., Enl. 3/2/64 in Ashe Co. Pres. thru 8/31/64. AWOL by 10/31/64, rtnd to duty by 12/31/64. Pres. until deserted to enemy 2/5/65, confined at Washington, DC, until released on taking the oath 2/13/65. PENNINGTON, SAMUEL: Co. F, 63rd VA Inf., Enl. 1/28/64 at Dalton, GA by Capt. Eller. Hosp. at Griffin, GA 5/25/64, then NFR. Res. Smyth Co. B. 9/7/1845 in Ashe Co., NC. D. 6/30/1932 and is buried in the Troutdale Cem., Troutdale: Grayson Co., VA. According to family tradition he Enl. prior to the battle of Chickamauga. Additionally this tradition indicates that he received a minor wound at some unknown battle in GA. Further, he supposedly could shoot the eye out of a squirrel at 100 yards and swam the Chattahoochee River with General S. D. Lee. He was married to Sarah Ann Huffman Lewis on 1/26/1867, widow of CSA veteran William Lewis. PENNINGTON, STEPHEN K., 39, B. VA, 1860 AsCC HH#812. 97th NC Militia. Received medical examination on 10/20/64, diagnosed as suffering from heart disease. Age 37. PENNINGTON, THORNTON, 21, 1860 AsCC HH#1266. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM ANDERSON: 19, 1860 AsCC HH#814. Co. K, 21st VA Cav. Enl. on 6/21/63. Taken POW at Chambersburg, PA on 8/1/64, sent to Fort Delaware. Died there on 9/7/64 of hemorrhage of bowels. Buried in the Finns Point National Cem., NJ. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM B.: 25, 1860 AsCC HH#467. Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 6/28/61 at Fox Creek. Left sick at Meadow Bluff, WV on 9/30/61, then NFR. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM: 39, 1860 AsCC HH#717. Co. B, 4th VA Reserve Inf., Enl. on 4/16/64 at Independence. Pres. on 8/31/64. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM: 97th NC Militia. Received medical examination on 10/20/64, diagnosed as suffering from general debility and was small. Age 23. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM: 97th NC Militia. Received medical examination on 10/20/64, diagnosed as suffering from general infirmity and asthma. Age 46. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM: Co. A, 26th NC Inf., Enl. 3/27/62 in Ashe Co., age 21. Pres. until WIA in left leg at Gettysburg, 7/1/63, taken POW, confined at various Federal Hosps until confined at Baltimore, MD 9/25/63, transf. to City Point for exchange 9/27/63. Rtnd to duty by 2/29/64. Pres. until taken POW at Deep Bottom, VA 8/16/64, sent to Point Lookout, MD, until released on Enl. in Co. C, 4th U.S. Vol. Inf. Res. Ashe Co., NC. List of other Civil War soldiers at http://members.aol.com/jweaver301/nc/anccwm-r.htm