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One of my great, great granduncles fought during the American Civil War. He was born on March 11th, 1838 in Alamance County, North Carolina. On May 28, 1861, at the age of 23, he joined the Sixth North Carolina State Troops of the Confederate States of America and served in Company F as a private. He was with the regiment in the following battles: 1st Manassas, Eltham’s Landing, Seven Pines, Gaines Farm, Malvern Hill, Freeman’s Ford, 2nd Manassas, Boonsborough Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Winchester, Gettysburg, and Somerville’s Ford before being captured at the Battle of Rappahannock Station on November 7, 1863. He was taken to Point Lookout, Maryland where he remained until he was paroled and exchanged at Aiken’s Landing, Virginia, February 25–March 3, 1865. He was paroled at Raleigh on May 13, 1865.
I have an original copy of Richard W. Iobst and Louis H. Manarin’s “The Bloody Sixth: The Sixth North Carolina Regiment Confederate States of America”.
His last months were spent in the Old Soldiers’ Home in Raleigh, North Carolina where he died on February 19, 1920 and was buried in grave #213 in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC.
My 93 year old grandfather has told me several stories of him many years ago, but unfortunately my grandfather can’t recall that information now.
Here is a story that might seem hard to believe.
One of my best friends and I were hanging out at his house last year watching TV. Mike really doesn’t have any interest in history at all. He is the head electrical inspector for the county, but he and his wife run a ministry for the homeless here in Charlotte and they run a ministry for the women’s shelter here in Charlotte as well. During our conversation, he said one of his family members had given him a bunch of family history a few years ago. He had just found the box again and in it, he noticed one of his relatives served in the Civil War. I told him I’d like to see it, so he went and got it for me to review. It only took once glance at the papers he gave me for my heart to go up into my throat. I started reading quickly and I just started laughing uncontrollably. Mike thought I had lost it. What I found so funny was that his relative served in the 57th North Carolina Regiment which served in the same brigade as the 6th North Carolina Regiment. On November 7, 1863, Mike’s relative was captured as well at the Battle of Rappahannock Station. He was also taken to Point Lookout, Maryland where he served almost 17 months with my relative Edward Pace. They were both paroled the same week! What are the odds of that?! I am a general contractor for a living, but my favorite job I have I don’t get paid for. About two weeks later, I took Mike with me to a maximum security prison in Anson County, NC for a service with the inmates. I serve there as a volunteer chaplain and I wanted Mike to come play his guitar and sing. We both got tickled as we entered into the prison because I told him that our relatives had served federal prison time for basically treason over 140 years ago. Now, here we are in a state prison, not because of a crime, but because we want to be here. I wonder what our relatives would have thought of that? I wonder if they knew each other while they were in Point Lookout? I wonder if they ever became friends?
Below is a picture of Edward later in life. This is the only known picture of him to exist.
On the first day of battle, Hay's and Hoke's brigades overran this position. Here is the mural wall remembering the battle here. The 6th NC Regiment went through the Federal line here at the brickyard fence.
One of my great, great granduncles fought during the American Civil War. He was born on March 11th, 1838 in Alamance County, North Carolina. On May 28, 1861, at the age of 23, he joined the Sixth North Carolina State Troops of the Confederate States of America and served in Company F as a private. He was with the regiment in the following battles: 1st Manassas, Eltham’s Landing, Seven Pines, Gaines Farm, Malvern Hill, Freeman’s Ford, 2nd Manassas, Boonsborough Gap, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Winchester, Gettysburg, and Somerville’s Ford before being captured at the Battle of Rappahannock Station on November 7, 1863. He was taken to Point Lookout, Maryland where he remained until he was paroled and exchanged at Aiken’s Landing, Virginia, February 25–March 3, 1865. He was paroled at Raleigh on May 13, 1865.
I have an original copy of Richard W. Iobst and Louis H. Manarin’s “The Bloody Sixth: The Sixth North Carolina Regiment Confederate States of America”.
His last months were spent in the Old Soldiers’ Home in Raleigh, North Carolina where he died on February 19, 1920 and was buried in grave #213 in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, NC.
My 93 year old grandfather has told me several stories of him many years ago, but unfortunately my grandfather can’t recall that information now.
Here is a story that might seem hard to believe.
One of my best friends and I were hanging out at his house last year watching TV. Mike really doesn’t have any interest in history at all. He is the head electrical inspector for the county, but he and his wife run a ministry for the homeless here in Charlotte and they run a ministry for the women’s shelter here in Charlotte as well. During our conversation, he said one of his family members had given him a bunch of family history a few years ago. He had just found the box again and in it, he noticed one of his relatives served in the Civil War. I told him I’d like to see it, so he went and got it for me to review. It only took once glance at the papers he gave me for my heart to go up into my throat. I started reading quickly and I just started laughing uncontrollably. Mike thought I had lost it. What I found so funny was that his relative served in the 57th North Carolina Regiment which served in the same brigade as the 6th North Carolina Regiment. On November 7, 1863, Mike’s relative was captured as well at the Battle of Rappahannock Station. He was also taken to Point Lookout, Maryland where he served almost 17 months with my relative Edward Pace. They were both paroled the same week! What are the odds of that?! I am a general contractor for a living, but my favorite job I have I don’t get paid for. About two weeks later, I took Mike with me to a maximum security prison in Anson County, NC for a service with the inmates. I serve there as a volunteer chaplain and I wanted Mike to come play his guitar and sing. We both got tickled as we entered into the prison because I told him that our relatives had served federal prison time for basically treason over 140 years ago. Now, here we are in a state prison, not because of a crime, but because we want to be here. I wonder what our relatives would have thought of that? I wonder if they knew each other while they were in Point Lookout? I wonder if they ever became friends?
Below is a picture of Edward later in life. This is the only known picture of him to exist.
On the first day of battle, Hay's and Hoke's brigades overran this position. Here is the mural wall remembering the battle here. The 6th NC Regiment went through the Federal line here at the brickyard fence.
