The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

NC Confederates Buried at Arlington National Cemetery-- Part 5

Continued from June.

ALEXANDER A. BETHUNE, private, Co. A, 63rd North Carolina.  Born in Cumberland County, farmer, enlisted at age 29 on May 14, 1862, for war.  Wounded and captured near Brandy Station, Virginia, September 23, 1863.

Admitted to Staunton Hospital, Washington, D.C. Sept. 25th.  Died of "gunshot wound, left side" on October 22, 1863.

ANDREW A. BASTIAN, corporal, Co. K, 57th North Carolina.  Farmer from Rowan County where he enlisted at age 35 (very old), for war on July 7, 1862.  Mustered in as a private and promoted to corporal Dec. 20, 1862.  Hospitalized Richmond, Virginia on July 11, 1863 with debility.

Furloughed 40 days July 19, 1863.

Returned to duty prior to September 1, 1863.  Wounded right side and captured at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, on November 7, 1863.

Hospitalized in Washington, D.C. where he died about November 13, 1863, from the wound.

--Old Secesh

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