HENRY W. OVERCASH, Co. B, 57th N.C.: Of Rowan County, enlisted at age 27 on July 4, 1862, for war. Hospitalized Richmond, Va., September 22, 1862. Furloughed for 20 days Oct. 16, 1862. Returned to duty June-Feb. 1863. Sent to hospital from camp near Port Royal, Va. Feb. 25, 1863. Hospitalized Richmond April 25, 1863 with typhoid fever. Transferred to another hospital May 1, 1863.
Returned to duty prior to September 1, 1863. Wounded in chest and captured at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, November 7, 1863. Hospitalized in Washington, D.C. and died of wounds Dec. 10, 1863.
Company B records show thirteen soldiers with the last name Overcash.
Just when he though he was over being sick.
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