North Carolina sent more than 125,000 men and boys to fight the Civil War. It is estimated that about 40,000 lost their lives on the battlefield or by disease. Most were sent home for burial in family plots or community churchyards but thousands could not be identified or could not be transported and were interred in unmarked graves across the country. Many never had an obituary published. Others had obituaries that included directions to the deceased’s final resting place. This compilation of obituaries from North Carolina newspapers documents the date and cause of death for hundreds of soldiers, with many providing place of burial, surviving relatives, last words, accounts by comrades and details of military service.

Editor E.B. Munson retired in 2014 from Joyner Library at East Carolina University, where he contributed more than 12,000 magazine article abstracts for the North Carolina Periodicals Index. He has compiled and self-published 52 monographs on North Carolina history and genealogy.

Compiled and edited by E.B. Munson

Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 252
Bibliographic Info: notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2015
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6222-0
eISBN: 978-1-4766-2239-2
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments  vi
Introduction  1
1st Regiment North Carolina Troops 7
2nd Regiment North Carolina Troops 12
3rd Regiment North Carolina Troops 15
4th Regiment North Carolina Troops 20
5th Regiment North Carolina Troops 28
6th Regiment North Carolina Troops 32
7th Regiment North Carolina Troops 39
8th Regiment North Carolina Troops 44
9th Regiment North Carolina Troops (1st Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) 48
10th Regiment North Carolina Troops (1st Regiment North Carolina
Artillery) 52
11th Regiment North Carolina Troops 56
12th Regiment North Carolina Troops 60
13th Regiment North Carolina Troops 65
14th Regiment North Carolina Troops 71
15th Regiment North Carolina Troops 80
16th Regiment North Carolina Troops 84
17th Regiment North Carolina Troops 87
18th Regiment North Carolina Troops 88
19th Regiment North Carolina Troops (2nd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) 96
20th Regiment North Carolina Troops 99
21st Regiment North Carolina Troops 107
22nd Regiment North Carolina Troops 110
23rd Regiment North Carolina Troops 114
24th Regiment North Carolina Troops 121
25th Regiment North Carolina Troops 125
26th Regiment North Carolina Troops 127
27th Regiment North Carolina Troops 140
28th Regiment North Carolina Troops 149
29th Regiment North Carolina Troops 152
30th Regiment North Carolina Troops 153
31st Regiment North Carolina Troops 157
32nd Regiment North Carolina Troops 163
33rd Regiment North Carolina Troops 166
34th Regiment North Carolina Troops 170
35th Regiment North Carolina Troops 173
36th Regiment North Carolina Troops (2nd Regiment North Carolina Artillery) 177
37th Regiment North Carolina Troops 179
38th Regiment North Carolina Troops 185
39th Regiment North Carolina Troops 191
40th Regiment North Carolina Troops (3rd Regiment North Carolina Artillery) 192
41st Regiment North Carolina Troops (3rd Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) 195
43rd Regiment North Carolina Troops 197
44th Regiment North Carolina Troops 203
45th Regiment North Carolina Troops 206
46th Regiment North Carolina Troops 210
Notes  217
Bibliography  229
Index  231

• “the obituaries presented here are especially poignant…skillfully written”—North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
• “on page after page there are heart-rending stories. Munson did an excellent job researching newspapers and other primary sources. His work will be welcomed by professional genealogists and amateur researchers alike…a valuable addition to the historiography of the State of North Carolina in the Civil War”—Civil War News
• “WOW!”—Lone Star Book Review