The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Monday, August 4, 2014

N.C. Confederates Buried at Arlington National Cemetery-- Part 7

THOMAS COWAN, lieutenant  CO. B, 3RD NC:  Resided in Brunswick County and appointed 2nd Lt to rank from May 16, 1861.  Promoted to 1st Lt. July 1, 1862.

Wounded and captured at Sharpsburg, Maryland (Battle of Antietam) September 17, 1862 and died in a Washington, D.C. hospital October 4, 1862.

JOHN W. COX,  2ND NC:  Resided in Jones County.  Enlisted at age 20, May 24, 1861, for war.  Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at Kelly's Ford, Va., November 7, 1863.

Admitted to hospital in Washington, D.C. November 9, 1863 and died of the wound December 28, 1863.

--Old Secesh


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