The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

N.C. Confederates Buried at Arlington National Cemetery-- Part 12

JOHN HARRIS, Co. H, 24TH N.C.:  No information on him, but I did find that his company was raised primarily in Person County.

SAMUEL HILL, private Co. F, 46TH N.C.:  Born in Randolph County and was a farmer.  Enlisted at age 19 on March 12, 1862.  Present and accounted for for util wounded in the hand at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1863.  

Returned to duty prior to Jan. 1, 1863.  Present and accounted for until captured at Bristoe Station, Va. on October 14, 1863.  Confined at Old Capitol Prison and died in a Washington hospital on December 20, 1863, of "diarrhea chronic."

--Old Secesh

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