Company H, 53rd Regiment, N.C. Infantry

This Company, known as “Danbury Blues,” was raised in Stokes County in March 1862.  It was mustered into state service at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina on April 30, 1862.

  ARNOLD, ANDERSON, Private
Enlisted March 02, 1863, Age 38
Died June 25, 1864 of “febris typh[oides]”
Richmond, Virginia

BENNETT, JAMES, H., Private
Enlisted March 30, 1862, Age 24
Wounded July 01-03, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW, July 10, 1863
Williamsport, Maryland

BENNETT, WILLIAM, JR., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 18
Died January 04, 1864 (cause not reported)
Fort Delaware, Delaware

BOWIN, JOHN H., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 18
KIA July 3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

BOYLES, ALEXANDER MARTIN, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 28
Discharged January 30, 1863 by reason of epilepsy with a large
Varicose anurism involving the ankle joint
Died on or about the same date
(place not reported)

BOYLES, JOHN W., Corporal
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
KIA July 01, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

BOYLES, JOHN WILLIAM JR., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 29
Died August 08, 1862 (cause not reported)
Petersburg, Virginia

BROWN, NOAH W., Corporal
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 28
Died January 28, 1863 of “ feb[ris] intermittens”
Raleigh, North Carolina

CANDLE, F., Private
Died August 09, 1863 (cause not reported)
Raleigh, North Carolina

COVINGTON, THOMAS, Corporal
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Died March 20, 1865 of “pneumonia”
Richmond, Virginia

FLINCHUM, SAMUEL M., Sergeant
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 26
KIA July 01, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

HARTMAN, JOSEPH W., Private
Enlisted August 01, 1863, Age 18
Died September 14, 1864 of “chronic diarrhoea”
Elmira, New York

HICKS, CALVIN, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 20
Died November 11, 1862 of “pneumonia typhoides”
Drewy’s Bluff, Virginia

HICKS, EZEKIEL, Private
Enlisted March 07, 1863, Age 28
Died prior to September 01, 1864 (place and cause not reported)
NC Pension records indicate he died on January 28, 1865
Orange Court House, Virginia

HICKS, HENRY, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 24
Died July 24, 1862 of “feb[ris] typh[oides]”
Petersburg, Virginia

HICKS, LEWIS, Private
Enlisted March 03, 1863
Died July 20, 1863 of disease
Winchester, Virginia

HOWELL, JERRY H., Private
Enlisted February 24, 1863
Wounded about May 25, 1864
DOW June 02, 1864, Richmond, VA
Note: Previously enlisted in Co. F, 21st Regt.
May 29, 1862, Age 32

HUTCHENS, JOHN W., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 20
Wounded June 03, 1864
Cold Harbor, Virginia
DOW June 15, 1864
Richmond, Virginia

JONES, JOHN M., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 23
Died March 08, 1864 of “febris int[ermittens]”
Point Lookout, Maryland

JONES, NOAH R., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 15
KIA July 03, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

JOYCE, DAVID D. B., Private
Enlisted March 02, 1863, Age 18
Died December 12, 1863 (cause not reported)
Stokes County, North Carolina

KING, RUEL, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 26
Died June 24, 1862 (cause not reported)
Stokes County, North Carolina

LAWSON, JAMES, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 21
Wounded July 01, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW July 03, 1863

LAWSON, JOSHUA, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 28
Died July 08, 1862 of disease
Wilson, North Carolina

LAWSON, WILLIAM N., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 23
Died August 02, 1862 of disease
Weldon, North Carolina

MAGEE, WILLIAM, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 28
MIA (Probably KIA) July 12, 1864
Near Washington, D.C.

MANUEL, GIDEON H. Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 18
Wounded July 01, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW July 02, 1863

NEAL, GERRY W., Corporal
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 20
KIA May 12, 1864
Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia

NEAL, JOSEPH, Sergeant
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 36
Wounded July 03, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW July 07, 1863

NELSON, WILLIAM A., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Died July 28, 1862 (cause not reported)
Stokes County, North Carolina

NULL, ERASTUS J., Sergeant
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Wounded July 03, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW July 23, 1863

ORE, BENJAMIN F., Private
Enlisted February 23, 1863, Age 37
KIA September 19, 1864
Winchester, Virginia

OVERBY, WILLIAM H., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Died August 14, 1862 of “fever and/or bronchitis”
Petersburg, Virginia

PETTITT, THOMAS M., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 22
Died August 18, 1862 of “febris typhoides”
Petersburg, Virginia

RIERSON, WILLIAM P., 1st Sergeant
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 27
Died July 06, 1864 (cause not reported)
Liberty, Virginia

SAVAGE, WILLIAM H., Private
Enlisted November 27, 1862, Age 35
Died January 04, 1865 of “pneumonia”
Richmond, Virginia

SMITH, WILLIAM H., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Wounded June 03, 1864
Cold Harbor, Virginia
DOW June 09, 1864
Richmond, Virginia

SOUTHERN, GEORGE W., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
KIA September 19, 1864 (probably)
Winchester, Virginia
(no further records)

STEVENSON, JOHN, Private
Enlisted February 23, 1863, Age 36
Died April 28, 1864 of “pneumonia”
Richmond, Virginia

STOUT, WILLIAM A., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 20
Wounded July 01, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW July 15, 1863
Fort Delaware, Delaware

TILLEY, JOHN H., Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 19
Died July 07, 1863 of disease
Jordan Springs, Virginia

WALL, DANIEL, Private
Enlisted March 20, 1862, Age 20
Died May 15, 1862
(place and cause not reported)
 

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