The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

N. C. Confederates Buried at Arlington National Cemetery-- Part 24

SIMEON SWANSON, color corporal, Co. E, 44th N.C.:  Born Franklin County where he resided as a farmer before enlisting at the age 20 on Feb. 13, 1862.  Mustered in as a private.  promoted to color corporal March-Oct. 1863.

Captured at Bristoe Station, Va. on Oct. 14, 1863.  Confined at Old Capitol Prison.  Hospitalized in Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 1863 with "variola."  Died Jan. 12, 1864.

WILLIAM TUCKER, private Co. C, 33rd N.C.:  Resided Cabarrus County where he enlisted at age 21 on Feb. 22, 1862.  Present or accounted for until wounded in the thorax and captured at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, 1863.

Hospitalized in Washington, D.C..  Died May 21, 1863 of wounds.

--Old Secesh

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