010703 – John E.

1860 NC Watauga Beaver Dam p413 27WM NC

He was born in Ashe County and lived in Alexander County where he was a carpenter before enlisting in Company E of the 37th Regiment in Watauga County at age 28 on September 18, 1861. He mustered in as a Private, and was promoted to Corporal on April 14, 1862. He was captured at Hanover Court House, Virginia May 27-28, 1862. He was confined at Fort Columbus, New York and subsequently released via exchange on an unspecified date. He returned to duty sometime prior to November 1, 1862. A thumb was shot off at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862, and he subsequently died in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital on January 15, 1863 of phlegm erysipelas (19) [a kind of blood infection, most likely a complication of the wound].