The 11th NC Infantry, CSA of Pettigrew's Brigade (Kirkland's), in Heth's Division:
Fought at White Hall, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg.
Richard D.S. Hartgrove served in Company E. He died at Pt. Lookout POW Camp after being captured at Gettysburg. He was also wounded 3 times.
Name: Richard Dobbs Spaight Hartgrove
Birth: 1844
Death: 19 Mar 1865, Point Lookout, MD
Burial: Point Lookout, MD
Father: Benjamin Hartgrove (1804-<1877)
Mother: Mary Catherine Anthony (1806->1877)
Military Notes for Richard Dobbs Spaight Hartgrove
He seems to have been named for Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr., Governor of North Carolina from 1792-1795.
Richard served in the Civil War as a private in the 11th Regiment Co. E of the North Carolina Troops of the CSA. He served with his brother William and, like William, was wounded at both White Hall on 16 December 1862, and at Gettysburg around 1-3 July 1863. He was captured at Burgess Mill near Petersburg on 27 October 1864 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout Prison Camp in Maryland until his death of pneumonia.
The 37th NC Infantry, CSA of Branch's Brigade (Lane's), in A. P. Hill's Division (Pender's):
Fought at Hanover Court House, 2nd Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Siege of Petersburg.
Sgt. William Sellers enlisted in Company D on 2 Mar 1863. He was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and confined at Point Lookout, MD.
Name: William Monroe Sellers
Birth: abt 1823
Census: 17 Sep 1850, Cleveland Co, NC
Death: bef 1870
Father: George Sellers {Jr} (<1794-1836)
Mother: Anna Mary Froneberger (1793-1869)
Military Notes for William Monroe Sellers
He served in the Civil War. Sgt. William Sellers enlisted in Company D, 37th NC Infantry on 2 Mar 1863. He was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and confined at Point Lookout, MD.
The 55th NC Infantry, CSA of Davis's Brigade (Cooke's), in Heth's Division:
Fought at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg
Sgt. William Lawson Brown enlisted in Company C 31 May 1862. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. He was surrendered at Appomatox.
Name: William Lawson Brown
Birth: 28 Jul 1842
Death: 31 Jan 1916
Burial: Cherryville, Gaston Co, NC, St. John's Lutheran Church
Father: John Brown (1809-1888)
Mother: Mary Magdalene Caldwell (1807-1897)
Military Notes for William Lawson Brown
He served in the Civil War enlisting in Company C, 55th NC Infantry on 31 May 1862. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Gettysburg. He was surrendered at Appomatox.
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