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1 | Comprehensive North Carolina Confederate Deserters Roster | Updated: June 12, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Currently N= | 12,535 | 1583 | 2210 | 2054 | 1091 | 2995 | 116 | 406 | 108 | 313 | 11588 | 451 | 496 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Unit | Name | rank | Home | Age | enlist | Wound | Capt. | Oath | Galv. | Ret. | PA | CM | Exec. | Sub. | Mos. | Desertion date | Inf. | Cav. Art. | Source | KEY | ||||||||
4 | 1NC, (6 mos), G | Duckworth, J.W. | pvt | Burke | 23 | 4/25/1861 | 1 | 5/1861 | 1 | NCT | Column A: Soldier's Unit | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1NC, A | Asbill, Elisha | pvt | Chowan | 25 | 5/18/1861 | 22 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column B: Soldier's Name | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1NC, A | Bratten, John L., Jr. | pvt | Chowan | 17 | 2/28/1863 | 1 | 12 | 3/15/1864 | 1 | NCT | Column C: Soldier's Rank | |||||||||||||||||
7 | 1NC, A | Broughton, William | pvt | Chowan | 19 | 8/18/1861 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2/11/1864 | 1 | NCT | Column D: Soldier's Home County | ||||||||||||||||
8 | 1NC, A | Byrum, Brinkley | pvt | Chowan | 21 | 5/18/1862 | 10 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column E: Soldier's Age at enlistment | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | 1NC, A | Carter, Robert W. | pvt | Guilford | 18 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 31 | 2/24/1865 | 1 | NCT | Column F: Soldier's Enlistment Date | |||||||||||||||||
10 | 1NC, A | Christopher, John F. | pvt | Guilford | 18 | 7/15/1862 | 32 | 3/16/1865 | 1 | NCT | Column G: Soldier was wounded before deserting | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 1NC, A | Cornelius, Henry W.L. | pvt | Yadkin | 1 | 2/17/1864 | 1 | NCT | Column H: Soldier was captured before deserting | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 1NC, A | Davenport, William J. | pvt | Washington | 24 | 2/1/1862 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9/15/1862 | 1 | NCT | Coumn I: Soldier took the oath of allegiance to the US | ||||||||||||||||
13 | 1NC, A | Ellis, James O. | sgt | Chowan | 23 | 5/18/1861 | 1 | 22 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column J: Soldier was "galvanized" (enlisted in Union army) | |||||||||||||||||
14 | 1NC, A | Gallop, Samuel | pvt | currituck | 28 | 6/1/1861 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2/16/1864 | 1 | NCT | Column K: Soldier returned to his unit after deserting the first time | ||||||||||||||
15 | 1NC, A | Gardener, A.C. | pvt | Guilford | 34 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7/3/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column L: Soldier deserted on the march to Gettysburg | |||||||||||||||
16 | 1NC, A | Kelly, James | pvt | Moore | 36 | 8/10/1862 | 1 | 0 | 8/17/1862 | 1 | NCT | Column M: Soldier was Executed for desertion | |||||||||||||||||
17 | 1NC, A | Marshall, J.L. | Pvt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6/13/1864 | 1 | NCT | Column N: Soldier was Court Martialed for desertion | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 1NC, A | Moore, Robert D. | Pvt | Guilford | 22 | 7/15/1862 | 8 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column O: Soldier enlisted as a Substitute | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | 1NC, A | Preddy, Joel | pvt | Guilford | 28 | 7/15/1862 | 8 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column P: Number of months soldier served before first desertion | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | 1NC, A | Skinner, Richard Quinton | corp | Chowan | 19 | 5/18/1861 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10/4/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column Q: Date that soldier first deserted | ||||||||||||||||
21 | 1NC, A | Spruill, George W. | sgt | Chowan | 18 | 5/18/1861 | 42 | 2/25/1865 | 1 | NCT | Column R: Infantry Unit | ||||||||||||||||||
22 | 1NC, A | Walker, Joseph M. | pvt | Chowan | 22 | 5/18/1861 | 18 | 2/7/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column S: Cavalry Unit | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | 1NC, A | Walton, James R. | pvt | Chowan | 18 | 5/18/1861 | 19 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column T: Artillery Unit | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | 1NC, A | Whiteman, Lafayette | pvt | Chowan | 20 | 5/18/1861 | 1 | 19 | 3/27/1863 | 1 | NCT | Column U: Source that indicates soldier deserted | |||||||||||||||||
25 | 1NC, B | Batchelor, James S. | Pvt | Nash | 27 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 8 | 4/1/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | 1NC, B | Bivens, Stephen | pvt | Alamance | 19 | 7/15/1862 | 2 | 9/17/1862 | 1 | NCT | * Items in RED indicate that 1860 census showed accurate residence or age for a soldier, not listed on enlistment papers | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | 1NC, B | Britet, John | Pvt | 1 | 1 | 1/24/1864 | 1 | NCT | (regimental clerks notoriously made mistakes or omitted to enter data in their hurried entries) | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 1NC, B | Chappell, George W | pvt | Wilkes | 18 | 3/22/1862 | 9 | 12/1/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | 1NC, B | Dobbs, William | pvt | 1 | 1 | 10/17/1864 | 1 | NCT | Source Key: | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 1NC, B | Gragg, William | pvt | Caldwell | 18 | 3/19/1862 | 2 | 5/27/1862 | 1 | NCT | NCT = North Carolina Troops: A Roster, in 22 volumes | ||||||||||||||||||
31 | 1NC, B | Hall, Robert A. | pvt | Wilkes | 11/26/1863 | 2 | 1/17/1864 | 1 | NCT | Vance, Gov. Papers = Governor's Papers, letters to Governor Zebulon Vance, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | 1NC, B | Holloway, Daniel H. | Pvt | Wilkes | 11/26/1863 | 2 | 1/17/1864 | 1 | NCT | CSR = Compiled Service Records, found at Fold3.com | |||||||||||||||||||
33 | 1NC, B | Ingram, E.S. | Pvt | 1 | 1/16/1865 | 1 | NCT | Court Martial Records = Court Martial Records in the State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 1NC, B | Ingram, J.C. | Pvt | 1 | 1/16/1865 | 1 | NCT | newspapers are listed by title and date that deserter was first reported | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 1NC, B | Lenderman, L. Jack | pvt | Wilkes | 20 | 4/16/1862 | 15 | 7/26/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | 1NC, B | Loyd, Thomas | pvt | Yancey | 25 | 2/28/1862 | 9 | 11/1/1862 | 1 | NCT | * 4 ways to be counted a deserter * | ||||||||||||||||||
37 | 1NC, B | Mosley, Alexander | pvt | Wake | 11/12/1863 | 0 | 11/25/1863 | 1 | NCT | 1) formally listed as a deserter in company rolls, or advertised as such by an officer in newspapers | |||||||||||||||||||
38 | 1NC, B | Myers, Thomas P. | pvt | Wayne | 21 | 3/8/1862 | 1 | 8 | 11/1/1862 | 1 | NCT | 2) took oath of allegiance to the U.S. before April 9, 1865 | |||||||||||||||||
39 | 1NC, B | Porter, John A. | pvt | Wilkes | 19 | 4/9/1862 | 1 | 11 | 3/9/1863 | 1 | NCT | 3) identified as deserter by himself or a family member in a letter to the governor of NC | |||||||||||||||||
40 | 1NC, B | Porter, William F. | pvt | Wilkes | 20 | 5/31/1861 | 22 | 3/9/1863 | 1 | NCT | 4) identified as a deserter by court martial record | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | 1NC, B | Shores, James C. | pvt | Surry | 33 | 5/31/1861 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 10/12/1864 | 1 | NCT | * those listed as absent merely without leave are not counted | |||||||||||||||
42 | 1NC, B | Spicer, George Washington | corp | Wilkes | 18 | 5/31/1861 | 1 | 42 | 11/24/1864 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | 1NC, B | Truett, Henry J. | pvt | Wilkes | 39 | 11/12/1863 | 0 | 11/25/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
44 | 1NC, B | Vannoy, Harvey S. | pvt | Wilkes | 21 | 5/31/1863 | 1 | 6/20/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
45 | 1NC, B | Woody, William N. | pvt | Alamance | 23 | 7/15/1862 | 2 | 9/17/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
46 | 1NC, C | Clark, H. | pvt | 4/15/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 1NC, C | Hinnant, Ransom J. | Pvt | Johnston | 24 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1/26/1864 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||
48 | 1NC, C | Holliman, H.B. | pvt | Nash | 32 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 3 | 10/27/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | 1NC, C | Jones, John | pvt | Guilford | 18 | 5/31/1861 | 1 | 23 | 4/1/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | 1NC, C | Kelly, Francis | pvt | New Hanover | 25 | 6/11/1861 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1/27/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
51 | 1NC, C | McCauley, James | pvt | New Hanover | 33 | 1/30/1862 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 2/27/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
52 | 1NC, C | Stanley, Samuel J. | pvt | New Hanover | 24 | 6/11/1861 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1/21/1864 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||
53 | 1NC, D | Blake, James S. | pvt | Wake | 23 | 2/26/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10/1/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||
54 | 1NC, D | Bragg, J.S. | pvt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/29/1864 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 1NC, D | Brewer, Stephen W. | pvt | Orange | 22 | 2/25/1862 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12/27/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
56 | 1NC, D | Brown, James M. | pvt | Orange | 27 | 2/23/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||
57 | 1NC, D | Crabtree, Asa | pvt | Orange | 21 | 8/1/1861 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 8/17/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
58 | 1NC, D | Davis, Robert M. | pvt | Gaston | 34 | 7/12/1861 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6/6/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
59 | 1NC, D | Davis, Wiley | pvt | Orange | 38 | 7/29/1861 | 1 | 25 | 8/17/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 1NC, D | Green, Joseph | pvt | Watauga | 3/1/1865 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 1NC, D | Hall, Robert J. | corp | Orange | 18 | 7/13/1861 | 1 | 23 | 6/28/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
62 | 1NC, D | Hoke, Frank | pvt | Lincoln | 27 | 3/14/1862 | 1 | 15 | 6/6/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | 1NC, D | Hood, Wiley R. | Pvt | 4/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 1NC, D | Kenipe. Lemuel | Pvt | Lincoln | 35 | 8/5/1861 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11/10/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
65 | 1NC, D | Long, James | pvt | Orange | 26 | 2/24/1862 | 7 | 9/14/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
66 | 1NC, D | Neill, Archibald M. | pvt | Orange | 25 | 8/1/1861 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6/28/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
67 | 1NC, D | Pendleton, John | pvt | Lincoln | 28 | 3/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6/6/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
68 | 1NC, D | Pickett, John | pvt | Orange | 20 | 2/25/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1/24/1864 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||
69 | 1NC, D | Redmond, Duncan | pvt | Orange | 18 | 7/17/1861 | 1 | 23 | 6/28/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
70 | 1NC, D | Roper, Harvey A. | pvt | Orange | 27 | 8/12/1861 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12/23/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
71 | 1NC, D | Turrentine, Joseph S. | pvt | Orange | 20 | 8/21/1861 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6/28/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
72 | 1NC, D | Watson, Wesley F. | pvt | Orange | 17 | 7/9/1861 | 1 | 11 | 6/30/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | 1NC, D | Workman, Elbert G. | sgt | chatham | 20 | 7/23/1861 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||
74 | 1NC, E | Allen, John | Pvt | New Hanover | 19 | 7/15/1861 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7/23/1864 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
75 | 1NC, E | Baldwin, Anderson | pvt | Alamance | 22 | 7/15/1862 | 2 | 9/26/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
76 | 1NC, E | Capps, Robert | pvt | Alamance | 32 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 25 | 8/18/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
77 | 1NC, E | Clark, G.M. | Pvt | 4/15/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 1NC, E | Clary, Daniel | pvt | New Hanover | 28 | 6/27/1861 | 2 | 8/1/1861 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
79 | 1NC, E | Davis, George | pvt | New Hanover | 33 | 6/7/1861 | 1 | 16 | 5/9/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | 1NC, E | Dickson, John | pvt | New Hanover | 24 | 6/12/1861 | 1 | 22 | 11/10/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | 1NC, E | Faucett, William J. | Pvt | Alamance | 26 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6/3/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
82 | 1NC, E | Graham, John B. | pvt | New Hanover | 8/27/1861 | 0 | 8/29/1861 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 1NC, E | Greely, James | pvt | New Hanover | 21 | 6/14/1861 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9/17/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||
84 | 1NC, E | Hogan, Martin | pvt | New Hanover | 25 | 7/6/1861 | 1 | 19 | 8/12/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | 1NC, E | James, Allen B. | pvt | New Hanover | 47 | 2/4/1862 | 1 | 23 | 1/28/1864 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | 1NC, E | Keeter, William | pvt | Brunswick | 25 | 6/13/1861 | 0 | 6/16/1861 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
87 | 1NC, E | Massey, Lego | pvt | Haywood | 36 | 1 | 1 | 5/30/1864 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
88 | 1NC, E | Massey, Philip | pvt | Haywood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5/30/1864 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
89 | 1NC, E | McKeon, John | New Hanover | 40 | 6/18/1861 | 14 | 8/19/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 1NC, E | McLaine, John | Boston, MA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8/30/1863 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 1NC, E | Morton, John | pvt | Stanly | 31 | 7/15/1862 | 2 | 9/1/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
92 | 1NC, E | Mulcahy, Patrick | pvt | New Hanover | 38 | 6/18/1861 | 21 | 3/16/1863 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
93 | 1NC, E | Parker, William R. | pvt | New Hanover | 18 | 6/15/1861 | 1 | 12 | 6/20/1862 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | 1NC, E | Pasay, Joseph | pvt | New Hanover | 8/15/1861 | 0 | 8/18/1861 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 1NC, E | Smith, James G. | pvt | New Hanover | 35 | 6/14/1861 | 1 | 7/14/1861 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | 1NC, E | Tumbreton, George A. | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8/1864 | 1 | NCT | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 1NC, E | Turner, John J. | pvt | New Hanover | 24 | 6/19/1861 | 0 | 6/27/1861 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
98 | 1NC, F | Blanchard, Joseph E. | pvt | 1/6/1865 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 1NC, F | Bolton, Lemuel | pvt | Northampton | 30 | 2/11/1862 | 7 | 9/1862 | 1 | NCT | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | 1NC, F | Couch, William | pvt | Orange | 23 | 7/15/1862 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1/24/1864 | 1 | NCT |