NOTE: The Cumberland Ploughboys website (Ref# 108) no longer exists. That’s a real shame. The site had tons of useful information, and I didn’t save any of the genealogical data. Some of the content is on Facebook: Robeson County NC Civil War Ancestry page.
The soldiers’ records include a field called “References.” The numbers in this field indicate the source of information for a record. The references allow researchers to verify the information. The links in the below list were last verified on December 1, 2021.
1. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861 – 1865, Volume III, edited by Walter Clark, published by the State of North Carolina, 1901
2. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume XII, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1990
3. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume II, compiled by Louis H. Manarin, published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1968
4. www.buffnet.net/~mewexler/cw-info.htm (No longer active)
5. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume III, compiled by Louis H. Manarin, published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1971
6. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, edited by R. N. Scott, et. al., published by the Government Printing Office, 1901
7. Maryland SCV site. The link now redirects. Lists graves for Confederate vets in Maryland. www.mdscv.org/1388/confhill.htm
8. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume V, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1975
9. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume VI, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1977
10. Onslow County SCV — List of Onslow County Confederate soldiers. www.scv1302.homestead.com/onslowconfederateroster.html
11. Richmond Whig, “Hospital Rats,” November 29, 1864. Found at: www.mdgorman.com/richmond_whig_112964.htm (No longer active)
12. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume VIII, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1981
13. Tennessee Confederate pension applications https://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/tsla/history/military/pension.htm
14. Weekly Standard, Raleigh, NC, June 29, 1864
15. Finn’s Point National Cemetery www.interment.net/data/us/nj/salem/finns/index_ac.htm
16. Finn’s Point National Cemetery www.interment.net/data/us/nj/salem/finns/index_dg.htm
17. www.gravegarden.org/roster/q-r.htm (No longer active)
18. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume I, compiled by Louis H. Manarin, published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1966
19. Elmira List of Confederate Prisoners www.angelfire.com/ny5/elmiraprison/ae.html
20. www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/projects/dbases/nccitypt.htm LSU Civil War project about City Point Prison (No longer active)
21. Wilmington Journal, September 23, 1863
22. Ft. Bragg Cemeteries www.monroegen.org/BraggCem.htm
23. (Preview from MSN Hit List; URL is dead)
24. www.chesebro.net/wgs8.html25 (No longer active)
25. www.stormpages.com/woodbyandsons/veteran.html (No longer active)
26. Site about Point Lookout Prisoners www.plpow.com
27. Not Used
28. Samuel W. Ward, Military Service Record, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D. C.
29. Samuel W. Ward, N. C. Pension Record, July 1, 1907
30. http://taylorfamilyofnc.tripod.com/military.htm (No longer active)
31. Samuel W. Ward, N. C. Pension Record, July 2, 1902
32. Columbus Co. GenWeb site (cemeteries)
33. Not Used
34. Not Used
35. Not Used
36. www.rootsweb.com/~mychemun/cemetery/prisonab.htm (No longer active)
37. www.foreverlivingproducts.net/tree/ammons.htm (No longer active)
38. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~porters/military.htm
39. Leon Ward, family lore
40. Columbus Co. GenWeb site (military)
41. Richmond Examiner, “Our Wounded at the Officer’s Hospital,” May 19, 1864
42. http://cybersoup.com/randysandlin/csavets2.html (No longer active)
43. www.csa-dixie.com/prisoners/t56.htm (No longer active)
44. www.rootsweb.com/%7Encbrunsw/1908roster.jpg (No longer active)
45. https://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/amputee.htm
46. www.betterthanmost.com/wayne/cemeteries/cem-mtCalv.htm (No longer active)
47. www.trackingyourroots.com/coffeevetcens.htm (No longer active)
48. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume VII, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1979
49. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume IX, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1983
50. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume X, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1985
51. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume XI, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1987
52. Old 51st North Carolina website: https://web.archive.org/web/20091027050155/http://geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/5870/
53. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume XIII, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1993
54. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume XIV, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1998
55. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume IV, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan Jr., published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 1973
56. Columbus County Census of 1850 found at Columbus County GenWeb site
57. Not Used
58. Columbus County Census of 1860 found at Columbus County GenWeb site
59. Robeson County Census of 1850 found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncrobeso/robeson_census.html (No longer active)
60. Ogden, J. Murray. The Immortal Six Hundred. Roanoke: Stone Printing, 1911.
61. Not Used
62. Not Used
63. Roy Moore, email, July 12, 2004
64. Joe Scott, email, August 26, 2004
65. Bill Huggins, email, August 30, 2004
66. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861 – 1865, Volume V, edited by Walter Clark, published by the State of North Carolina, 1901
67. Marthajane Tew, email, November 5, 2004
68. Wayne Jordan, email, November 18, 2004
69. Dr. Hubert Warren, email, November 23, 2004
70. Casstevens, Frances H. Clingman’s Brigade in the Confederacy, 1862-1865. Jefferson NC: McFarland and Co., 2002.
71. Teri Moore-Withers, emails, January 4 and 5, 2005
72. Dennis Norris, email, January 1, 2005
73. Stacy Guy, email, January 16, 2005
74. James E. Mercer, emails, February 14 and March 1, 2005
75. Stacey Grimsley, email, April 14, 2005
76. Deborah Novotny, email, May 11, 2005
77. Jim McCallum, email, May 14, 2005
78. Donald and Jenny Osborne, email, July 5, 2005
79. Charles Mercer, email, November 22, 2005
80. Robert M. Spigner, email, November 23, 2005
81. Connie Griffin, email, May 9, 2006
82. Not Used
83. Not Used
84. Not Used
85. Not Used
86. Thomas Brace, email, June 20, 2006
87. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=topics.Military.united-20-states.civwar.nc.nc&m=1602.2 (dead link)
88. Charles Mercer, email, May 26, 2006
89. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychemun/prison.htm (dead link)
90. http://mason.math.tntech.edu/mason/d002/g0000008.htm (dead link)
91. Luke Simmons, email, August 3, 2006
92. Wanda Groves Kohlman, email, August 5, 2006
93. Not Used
94. Donna Wynne, email, May 24, 2007
95. James Shoemaker, email, July 21, 2007
96. Not Used
97. http://mason.math.tntech.edu/mason/d0003/g0000014.htm (dead link)
98. http://www.onhgs.org/confedhosp.pdf, copyright by Robert J. Cook (Old New Hanover Genealogical Society was a great site, but it went dark in 2019)
99. Find A Grave, 51st NCT https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/171554?page=1#sr-257880
100. List of NC post offices (1785-1882) https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/NC_POs_1785_to_1882_Sorted.htm
101. Common Civil War Medical Terms https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/cwsurgeon/cwsurgeon/commonterms
102. Medical Terminology Used during the Civil War https://civilwartalk.com/threads/medical-terminology-used-during-the-civil-war.117814/
103. Robeson County GenWeb Archives (Military) http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/robesonmilitary.htm
104. Wendy Jones, email, December 29, 2009
105. Fayetteville Observer, May 1, 1862: roster of Capt. McKethan’s company (Company I)
106. Biography of James Chester Rockwell, son of Captain H. C. Rockwell, the 51st Regiment’s Quartermaster https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/rockwell-james-chester
107. Richard White’s Confederate kin. Has some family info about the Prevatts in the 51st. http://pone.com/ts/rw000_NEW20050305.htm
108. Cumberland Plough Boys (re-enactors) web site (www.ploughboys.org). Contains detailed genealogy for some soldiers. (Went dark in 2021 or 2022)
109. State Archives of North Carolina Digital Collections Confederate Pension Applications Confederate Pension Applications – North Carolina Digital Collections – North Carolina Digital Collections (ncdcr.gov)
110. Family Search.org census records http://www.familysearch.org/
111. National Cemetery Administration, Nationwide Gravesite Locator https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/index.html
112. Find-A-Grave website www.findagrave.com
113. Encyclopedia of southern Jewish communities — Whiteville, NC https://www.isjl.org/north-carolina-whiteville-encyclopedia.html
114. Buie Cemetery, Cumberland County headstone list https://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/buiecem.htm
115. Historical and Genealogical Resources for the Upper New River of North Carolina and Virginia https://www.newrivernotes.com/ashe_alleghany_military_cwsoldiers.htm
116. Roster of Company H, 1st GA Vol Infantry (Ramsey’s) http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/georgia/infantry/1ga_inf_ramsey/1st_inf_regt_ramseys_rost_h.html
117. Cumberland County GenWeb http://ncgenweb.us/cumberland/colinshaw.html
118. Family record about Cartwrights at Family Quest https://giamona.com/quest/database/fam130.html
119. 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment http://italygenes.com/51vainf.html
120. Arkansas Digital Archives https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/confederate-veterans-pension-applications/
121. NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Museum http://nccivilwarcenter.org/featured-stories/ (Dead Link)
122. North Carolina Architects and Builders https://ncarchitects.lib.ncsu.edu/people/P000061
123. Duke University Libraries, John David McGeachy Papers https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/mcgeachyjohnd/
124. Ancestry.com message board concerning Grimsley https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.grimsley/363.3/mb.ashx
125. Ancestry.com message board concerning Isaac Layton https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.sampson/4297/mb.ashx
126. Hollywood Cemetery Confederate Section, Richmond Va Burial Records | Find a Grave – Hollywood Cemetery
127. Geni – Daniel Joseph Alphin profile https://www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Alphin/6000000006253417042
128. Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, VA interment list https://www.petersburgva.gov/303/Blandford-Cemetery
129. Shohola Train Wreck http://trainwreck.shohola.org/
130. Sampson Hawley widow’s pension application (1885)
131. North Carolina Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Volumes 1-3, edited by Janet B. Hewett, Boadfoot Publishing, Wilmington, NC, 1999
132. North Carolina Troops 1861 – 1865: A Roster, Volume XX, published by the N. C. Division of Archives and History, 2017
133. North Carolina in the Civil War http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/civilwar/nccivwar.htm
134. Register of North Carolina Troops. 1864., Adjutant General’s Office, Raleigh, NC, January 1, 1864 http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p249901coll22/id/269228
135. List of Dead transcribed from Fayetteville Observer http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/civilwardead.pdf
136. Angus John Wilkes genealogy page https://wilkesgen.com/gen/getperson.php?personID=I14450&tree=air
137. Dail Veterans http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ncwoodpile/genealogy/war-records/civil-war/dail.html
138. Cumberland County GenWeb site http://www.ncgenweb.us/cumberland/civwarltr.htm
139. Military History Online https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Genealogy/Regiment/North%20Carolina/0/2802/43700
140. “Letter from Duplin County.” The Observer, Raleigh, NC, April 12, 1878
141. State Library and Archives of Florida: Confederate Pension Applications https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/pensionfiles/
142. NC Supreme Court document “Presentation of the Portrait of…William Reynolds Allen,” Sept. 6, 1922 https://www.nccourts.gov/assets/inline-files/ncsct184allen.pdf?UCCHf6IbSyfT0XvXeoxZJvaakaSt2Fg1
143. Wilmington Journal, January 8, 1863
144. Wilmington Journal, January 29, 1863
145. Robeson County GenWeb site (court records) http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/robesoncourt.htm
146. Wilmington Journal, January 22, 1863
147. Wilmington Journal, August 13, 1863
148. Wilmington Journal, August 6, 1863
149. Wilmington Journal, August 27, 1863
150. Wilmington Journal, July 23, 1863
151. Wilmington Journal, June 30, 1864
152. Wilmington Journal, August 7, 1862
153. Wilmington Journal, July 31, 1862
154. Wilmington Journal, August 14, 1862
155. Faison Depot website www.faisondepot.com
156. Galvanized Yankees in Custer National Cemetery https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/131896
157. The Jeffersonian (Stroudsburg, PA) July 21, 1863
158. Today in history blog, “July 15, 1864 Great Shohola Train Wreck” https://todayinhistory.blog/2017/07/15/july-15-1864-great-shohola-train-wreck/
159. Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861 – 1865, Volume IV, edited by Walter Clark, published by the State of North Carolina, 1901
160. Wilmington Journal, June 2, 1864
161. Wilmington Journal, May 26, 1864
162. Wilmington Journal, June 16, 1864
163. Wilmington Journal, Dec. 8, 1864
164. Wilmington Journal, Nov. 10, 1864
165. Wilmington Journal, Sep. 4, 1862
166. Rhea, Gordon C. Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee May – June 3, 1864. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002.
167. Wilmington Journal, November 12, 1863
168. Wilmington Journal, January 1, 1863
170. James Bryan Creech, “Four Oaks History Corner”
171. Weekly Standard, March 29,1865
172. Wilmington Journal, Sep. 24, 1863
173. Wilmington Journal, July 28, 1864
174. Wilmington Journal, October 15, 1863
175. Fayetteville Observer, March 16, 1863
176. Fayetteville Observer, Feb. 19, 1863
177. Fayetteville Observer, Mar. 23, 1863
178. Fayetteville Observer, June 6, 1864
179. Fayetteville Observer, Oct. 6, 1864
180. Fayetteville Observer, Sep. 19, 1864
181. Fayetteville Observer, Aug. 29, 1864
182. Fayetteville Observer, Nov. 6, 1862
183. Fayetteville Observer, May 25, 1863
184. Fayetteville Observer, Aug. 17, 1863
185. Fayetteville Observer, June 16, 1864
186. Fayetteville Observer, June 13, 1864
187. Columbus County GenWeb site (Business Directory 1867-68) http://www.ncgenweb.us/columbus/directory.html
188. NC Civil War Sailors Project http://www.rblong.net/sailor/index.html
189. Fayetteville Observer, Oct. 23, 1862
190. Fayetteville Observer, Mar. 31, 1862
191. Fayetteville Observer, Aug. 13, 1863
192. Fayetteville Observer, July 13, 1863
193. Carolana website https://www.carolana.com/NC/Courts/wrallen.html
194. Fayetteville Observer, Nov. 17, 1864
195. Lawrence, Robert C. The State of Robeson. New York: J. J. Little and Ives, 1939.
196. Steve Edgerton, email, 11/22/2020
197. Wilmington Journal, June 19, 1862
198. Fayetteville Observer, Mar. 31, 1864
199. Farmer and Mechanic (Raleigh) Jan. 16, 1869
200. De Rossett, William Lord. Pictorial and Historical New Hanover County and Wilmington North Carolina 1723-1938. Wilmington: William Lord de Rossett, 1938.
201. Wilmington Journal, Aug. 14, 1862.
202. Robert Maxwell McRacken Find-A-Grave Memorial.
203. Munson, Barry. North Carolina Civil War Obituaries, Regiments 47-70, Volume 2: A Collection of Tributes to the War Dead and Veterans. Lulu.com: 2019.
204. Wilmington Journal, Jul. 2, 1863
205. Wilmington Journal, Apr. 24, 1862
206. Fayetteville Observer, Dec. 15, 1864
207. Fayetteville Observer, Sep. 8, 1862
208. Fayetteville Observer, Aug. 8, 1864
209. Wilmington Journal, Jun. 23, 1864
210. Farmer and Mechanic (Raleigh) Nov. 17, 1881
211. Murray, J. Ogden. Minutes of the Immortal Six Hundred Society, 1910. Roanoke: Stone Printing, 1911.
212. Daily Confederate, Oct. 12, 1864
213. Tuther, T., Jr. Kelley’s Wilmington Directory, to Which Is Added a Business Directory, for 1860-61. Wilmington: George H. Kelley, 1861.
214. State Library and Archives of Florida: Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/historical_records/confedhome/
215. Project: North Carolina in the US Civil War (CSA) 1861-1865 North Carolina in the US Civil War (CSA) 1861-1865 Project Profiles (geni.com)
216. Fayetteville Observer, Jan. 22, 1863
217. Fayetteville Observer, Aug 27, 1863
218. Wilmington Journal, Jan. 24, 1861
219. Geneanet.org, Hiram Van Buren Houston profile
220. Geneanet.org, Samuel McGee Stanford profile
221. National Archives Microfilm Publication M950, Inspection Reports and Related Records Received by the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office Roll 12, Report #16-P-37, images 254-267. Available on Archive.org
222. National Archives Microfilm Publication M950, Inspection Reports and Related Records Received by the Inspection Branch in the Confederate Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office Roll 14, Report #6-P-46, images 85-99. Available on Archive.org
223. Weekly Raleigh Register May 7, 1862
224. Auction description of Colt revolver presented to Lt. A. J. Ashley Inscribed U.S. Inspected Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver | Rock Island Auction
225. Fayetteville Observer Oct. 10, 1864
226. Robeson County, NC Civil War Ancestors (Facebook page)
227. Wilson, John James. Letters to Amanda Wilson. Willis and Amanda Wilson Family Papers, SC-MS-226, Randall Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
228. Anchram H. and Elizabeth K. Evans Civil War Letters, SC-MS-254, Randall Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
229. Wilmington Journal, Apr. 2, 1858.
230. Probate file, Walter Bell for estate of Caleb Hobson vs. Joseph Jackson, North Carolina State Supreme Court Case Files, Box 382, found at familysearch.com
231. Duplin County Veterans of the Civil War Duplin County Veterans of the Civil War (lostsoulsgenealogy.com)
232. NARA, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
233. William Batten individual page on rootsweb.com
234. John Hooks, email, 3/21/2023
235. John G. Hall letters, part of W. P. Hall collection (PC.551), North Carolina State Archives, Private Collection
236. Geneanet.org, Ralzamond Musselwhite profile
237. John Williford enlistment paper; found at https://sparedshared23.com/2023/05/10/1863-john-joel-tew-to-francis-matilda-elizabeth-tew/
238. North Carolina State Archives, Original Civil War Collection, Bounty Payrolls, Box 15
239. T. L. Clingman Papers, 1862-1865, UNC University Libraries, Wilson Special Collections Library, Collection Number: 00157
240. Monk L. Jackson Civil War Pension Application (Georgia), 12 Aug 1905. Found at Ancestry.com.
241. North Carolina State Archives, Original Civil War Collection, POA by men transferred from Wilmington Railroad Guards, Box 45, Folder 34
242. North Carolina State Archives, Original Civil War Collection, 51st Regt. NCT, Company A Muster Roll, 26 May 1862, Box 44, Folder 20
243. North Carolina State Archives, Original Civil War Collection, Box 45, Folder 30
244. Wilmington Dispatch 12 Mar. 1918
245. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
246. North Carolina State Archives, Original Civil War Collection, Box 44, Folder 20
247. James D. Williams letters, courtesy of James Lawrence
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