Part of my planned Confederate Battlefield tour this fall will include Malvern Hill, near Richmond VA. John Henderson Queen fought on horseback with the 3rd NC Regiment at Malvern Hill. We know that Noah Biggerstaff met with John Henderson Queen before the battle. Both men were farmers from Burke County NC. JHQ promised Noah that he would take care of Noah's wife and children if Noah didn't survive. Noah was captured and died at Camp Chase MD. JHQ was captured later on and was eventually discharged from Point Lookout MD after taking an oath to the Union at the end of the war. JHQ walked home to NC and after a short courtship, he married Noah's widow, adopted her daughters and went on to have several more children including my Great Grandfather Joseph Jackson Queen. James Queen also fought at Malvern Hill. JHQ came upon his wounded brother James and told him that he would come for him after the battle. When JHQ returned James was dead. Here is a short excerpt from "Malvern Hill - The Last of the Seven Days" by Daniel Moran *Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley's brigade the 3rd North Carolina Infantry first engaged when it was reported that another Confederate Infantry regiment was in their front. The 3rd Infantry regiment was ordered to lie down and take the federal pounding the best they could. While suffering from various rounds of Federal Artillery they had also taken in musketry from the rear. Moving by the left flank as the right of the line was being ordered to fall back. This was not heard by the men of the 3rd North Carolina however, and they paid dearly, their colonel taking a shell fragment to the head, dying with twenty three others.* -- Don Queen