VIRGIL PLAFF, Private Co. D, 57th N.C.: Resided Forsythe County where enlisted at age 20, July 4, 1862, for war. Hospitalized in Richmond, Va., September 29, 1862, with measles. Returned to duty Oct. 29, 1862.
Wounded in right leg and captured at Battle of Fredericksburg Dec. 13, 1862. Right leg amputated. Hospitalized in Washington, D.C. and died on or about December 29, 1862 of his wound.
--Old Secesh
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