East Tennessee Roots
Major
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2010
- Location
- Kingsport, Tennessee
David Land
Residence Wilkes County NC;
Enlisted on 2/14/1864 at Camp Vance, NC as a Private.
On 2/14/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. NC 13th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 4/2/1865 South Side Railroad, VA
* Confined 4/4/1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor (Estimated day)
* Oath of Allegiance 6/19/1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor
Promotions:
* Corpl 11/30/1864 (Estimated day)
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
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150 Years Ago : Feb.14, 1864
My 2 x great-grandfather, David Land, entered the Confederate Army at Camp Vance, Morganton, NC. He had probably never been very far away from his home in the "Brushy Mountains" of Wilkes County in all his almost 39 years. He was leaving Rebecca, his wife of about 16 years and their seven children. Their oldest, James Linville, (my great-grandfather,) was 3 days from his 13th birthday. Eli Jason was 12, Edith Elizabeth 10, Mary Sieralda 8, Cynthia Ellen 6, Thomas Clingman 4, and baby, Sarah Jane almost a year old. The second Confederate Conscription Act of September, 1862 had stated "all able-bodied white males 18-45 "must serve, unless occupied as, "railroad workers, river workers, civil officials, telegraph operators, miners, druggists, and teachers." During October, the Confederate Congress amended the draft law and anyone who owned 20 or more slaves was exempt from the draft. On March 8th, 1864, David "made his mark" on a clothing receipt endorsed by his "Drillmaster," Lieutenant Wright Huske. David's name next appears on the muster roll dated, March-April, 1864, in Company I, 13th NC Infantry, Scales Brigade, Wilcox's Division, Hill's 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. On May 4, 1864, Lieutenant General U.S. Grant and Major-General, George Gordon Meade, led the Union Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan into Virginia. Thus began the horror of the Overland Campaign. David would " see the elephant " in the Battle of the Wilderness. He would fight at Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg June, 1864 - April 2, 1865, including, Globe Tavern, Reams' Station, Fort Harrison, Jones' Farm, Hatcher's Run, and the Union Breakthrough of April 2nd. David was captured that day. Processed at City Point, Virginia April 7th. Sent to the last Federal Civil War prison camp opened on Hart Island, in New York Harbor. He was held till June 19- 20, 1865. Released after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He was provided rail transport to Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Family lore handed down through the years says he arrived home " barefoot and in rags. " His first wife died in the early 1870's. He remarried in December 1877 and fathered another daughter, Hannah Ninabelle, in 1878. Hannah's granddaughter recently died in North Carolina, in Feb. 2012, at the age of 108. David applied for a pension from North Carolina on June 13, 1901. He probably died shortly after and his burial place is currently unknown. My current avatar photo is David's 5 x great-grandson, Carsten Christian Land, born in Kingsport, Sullivan County, east Tennessee, Oct.23, 2013.
Residence Wilkes County NC;
Enlisted on 2/14/1864 at Camp Vance, NC as a Private.
On 2/14/1864 he mustered into "I" Co. NC 13th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 4/2/1865 South Side Railroad, VA
* Confined 4/4/1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor (Estimated day)
* Oath of Allegiance 6/19/1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor
Promotions:
* Corpl 11/30/1864 (Estimated day)
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
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150 Years Ago : Feb.14, 1864
My 2 x great-grandfather, David Land, entered the Confederate Army at Camp Vance, Morganton, NC. He had probably never been very far away from his home in the "Brushy Mountains" of Wilkes County in all his almost 39 years. He was leaving Rebecca, his wife of about 16 years and their seven children. Their oldest, James Linville, (my great-grandfather,) was 3 days from his 13th birthday. Eli Jason was 12, Edith Elizabeth 10, Mary Sieralda 8, Cynthia Ellen 6, Thomas Clingman 4, and baby, Sarah Jane almost a year old. The second Confederate Conscription Act of September, 1862 had stated "all able-bodied white males 18-45 "must serve, unless occupied as, "railroad workers, river workers, civil officials, telegraph operators, miners, druggists, and teachers." During October, the Confederate Congress amended the draft law and anyone who owned 20 or more slaves was exempt from the draft. On March 8th, 1864, David "made his mark" on a clothing receipt endorsed by his "Drillmaster," Lieutenant Wright Huske. David's name next appears on the muster roll dated, March-April, 1864, in Company I, 13th NC Infantry, Scales Brigade, Wilcox's Division, Hill's 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. On May 4, 1864, Lieutenant General U.S. Grant and Major-General, George Gordon Meade, led the Union Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan into Virginia. Thus began the horror of the Overland Campaign. David would " see the elephant " in the Battle of the Wilderness. He would fight at Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg June, 1864 - April 2, 1865, including, Globe Tavern, Reams' Station, Fort Harrison, Jones' Farm, Hatcher's Run, and the Union Breakthrough of April 2nd. David was captured that day. Processed at City Point, Virginia April 7th. Sent to the last Federal Civil War prison camp opened on Hart Island, in New York Harbor. He was held till June 19- 20, 1865. Released after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He was provided rail transport to Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Family lore handed down through the years says he arrived home " barefoot and in rags. " His first wife died in the early 1870's. He remarried in December 1877 and fathered another daughter, Hannah Ninabelle, in 1878. Hannah's granddaughter recently died in North Carolina, in Feb. 2012, at the age of 108. David applied for a pension from North Carolina on June 13, 1901. He probably died shortly after and his burial place is currently unknown. My current avatar photo is David's 5 x great-grandson, Carsten Christian Land, born in Kingsport, Sullivan County, east Tennessee, Oct.23, 2013.
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