Company G, 16th Regiment of NC Troops

Company G, 16th Regiment of NC Troops

This unit was raised and enlisted in Rutherford County on 9 May 1861. The company functioned as part of the regiment for the entirety of the war and its exploits are reported as part of the regimental history. More detailed information on each of these soldiers can be found in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Volume X, Infantry, compiled by Weymouth T Jordan, Jr with Unit Histories by Louis H Manarin. All genealogists owe a debt of gratitude to these gentlemen for their wonderful tribute to our ancestors.

OFFICERS:

DAVIS, Champion Thomas Neal, Captain, killed at Seven Pines

ERWIN, Lawson Pinkney, Captain, wounded at Mechanicsville in June 1862, and again at Fredricksburg

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

MCINTYRE, John Y, 1st Lieutenant

MILLS, George H, 2nd Lieutenant, wounded at Gettysburg

ALEXANDER, Joseph C, 2nd Lieutenant, wounded at Sharpsburg

FORD, John B, 2nd Lieutenant, wounded 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg and killed at Gettysburg

HEMPHILL, Israel Leander, 2nd Lieutenant, killed 26 June 1862 at Mechanicsville.

CORBETT, Henry M, 1st Sargeant

BRADLEY, John H, 3rd Sargeant, wounded at Seven Pines and again at Gettysburg

GILKY, R P, 5th Sargeant, died February 1862

HAMPTON, Jonathan M, Sergeant

HAMPTON, Napoleon B, Sergeant, Polk County

WILLIAMS, Amassa S, 1st Sergeant, wounded 14 July 1863

WOOD, F D, 4th Sargeant

CARPENTER, James Bailey, 1st Corporal

FORTUNE, P S, 2nd Corporal

HOUSER, John, Corporal, killed at Fraysers Farm 30 June 1862

HOUSER, Thomas, Corporal

LONG, A H, 3rd Corporal, promotedtoSergeant, wounded 29 August 1862

RIVERS, T W, Corporal, Northampton County

SMITH, Andrew S, Corporal

WEAVER, John L, 4th Corporal

PRIVATES:

ALEXANDER, Joseph C, wounded at Sharpsburg

ALLEN, William L, missing 31 July 1862 at Seven Pines

ARROWOOD, B Gaither, wounded 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg

ATKINSON, Jeremiah, wounded 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg

BLANTON, William G, wounded at Seven Pines and again at Fredericksburg

BRADLEY, Absalom B

BRADLEY, Benton

BRADLEY, J Chesterfield

BURGESS, Levi G W

CALLAHAN, Robert S, wounded 26 June 1862 at Ellysons Mill

CAMP, John C

CAMP, Lewis

CARPENTER, Pinkney D, died 4 July 1863 of wounds at Gettysburg

CARPENTER, Samuel H

CARPENTER, William W, died november 1861 at Hot Springs, VA

CARRIER, James H

CARSON, A B

CARSON, Daniel P, died 10 September 1861 at Valley Mountain

CARSON, James P

CHURCH, James M

CHURCH, William B

COGGINS, James A, Northampton County

COLE, Elisha, Chatham County

COLE, Joseph B, Chatham County

COLEMAN, Daniel M

CRAIN, John T, Chatham County, killed 2-3 July 1863 at Gettysburg.

DALLAS, Daniel B, Robeson County

DAVIS, Alfred W, died 11 August 1863

DAVIS, James Webb, wounded 1 September 1863

DAVIS, John, died 12 September 1863 of "chronic diarrhoea".

DECK, G W

DEPRIEST, Jesse R

DICKERSON, Robert P

DODWELL, John P, wounded 15 September 1862 in West Virginia

DORNBUSH, Henry F, killed 31 May 1862 at Seven Pines

EAVES, John P

EAVES, Lawson P

EAVES, Spencer

EAVES, William L, killed 31 May 1862 at Ellysons Mill

EDWARDS, Kinchen, Edgecomb County

FLOYD, James, died in hospital July 1862

FLOYD, William R, wounded 13 December 1862 at Fredericksburg

FORD, Henry C, drowned 20 August 1862 at Valley River, VA

FORTUNE, Benjamin C, died August 1862of "hemorrhage of the lungs".

FREEMAN, E Baity, died March 1863 of "smallpox" .

FREEMAN, J G

GILKY, L R, died January 1862 in VA of "thypoid pneumonia".

GOOD, Marcus L, wounded June 1862 and again 3 July 1863,died 20 August 1863 of "empyemia" from gunshot wound.

GOODE, Francis M

GREEN, Charles L, died 26 August 1861 of "fever".

GREEN, William Y, died 30 March 1863

GROSS, PhillipHarrison, transferred to Company I, 56th Regiment

HAMPTON, Benjamin F

HAMRICK, Drury M, wounded at Mechanicsville

HARDEN, William J, wounded at Seven Pines

HARDEN, Zachory C, wounded at Seven Pines

HARRIS, J P died while confined at Cape Lookout, MD, 14 August 1864.

HAWKINS, Charles G, wounded at Gaines Mill

HAWKINS, James F, died 18 January 1862 at Manassas

HAYDEN, Thomas A

HAYES, John A, wounded 26 June 1862

HAYNES, George Washington, appointed Chaplain 3 February 1862.

HAYS, Thomas J

HAYS, Toliver

HICKS, Benjamin

HIGGINS, Benjamin F, wounded 20 September 1862 at Shepherdstown

HIGGINS, Israel S

HOLLAND, Joseph W, Chatham County

HOYLE, James, wounded 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg

HUFFSTETLER, Riley, died August 1862

HUNTSINGER, Thomas

JAY, Joseph McD

JAY, William H M

JOHNSON, Hawkins, wounded 2 July 1863 at Gettysburg

JUSTICE, J D, died January 1863

JUSTICE, John E

KEETER, James M, wounded 26 June 1862 at Mechanicsville

KEETER, John W, died September 1862in Winchester, VA

LAYTON, George W Jr

LAYTON, George W Sr

LEDBETTER, Samuel E, died 4 October 1864 of "diarrhoea chronic".

LEE, Stephen, Buncombe County, died 8 April 1862 of "febris typhoid".

LOGAN, John Francis, wounded 13 September 1861 at Valley River, VA

LONG, Benjamin F, wounded 27 June 1862 at Gaines Mill

LONG, John W, died 12 October 1861 at Hot Springs, VA

MCCLURE, Richard N

MCFARLAND, George P, Private McFarland died a most noble death as he was killed while "bearing the colors".

MILLS, Joseph , previously served in Company B, 2nd Regiment SC Infantry.

MITCHELL, ThomasE

MITCHELL, W A

MOORE, John

MORTON, J M

ODOM, John, died 19 October 1861 at Huntersville

PARTON, Albert A, Chatham County

POPE, James N, wounded at Fredericksburg, died 19 September 1863

QUEEN, William

ROBERTS, P D T

ROBERTS, W A E

ROBERSON, John, died May 1862

ROBERTS, P D T

ROBERTS, W A E

SIMMS, Andrew Hampton

SIMON, Reubin, Wake County

SLOAN, J Grraham, killed at Gaines Mill

SMITH, Alfred W, McDowell County

SMITH, Francis A, died 12 November 1861 at Hot Springs

SMITH, Willis H, died 12 November 1861 at Hot Springs

SORRELL, John W, killed 27 June 1862 at Gaines Mill

SPRATT, Arch A

STACEY, Thomas F, wounded 24 August 1862 on the Rappahannock

STAFFORD, D E, died 21 August 1862 of "continued fever"

STAFFORD, Frank M, died 1 September 1862 of "febris thyphoides"

STEADMAN, John, wounded at Seven Pines and again at Gettysburg

STEADMAN, Josepph

STEADMAN, William W, killed 29 August 1862 at the 2nd Battle of Manassas

SYKES, J H

TANNER, Columbus P

TOMBERLAIN, James

TURNER, Elijah, wounded 31 May 1862 at Seven Pines

TURNER, James F

TURNER, Noah E, Spartanburg County, SC

TWITTY, James R

UPCHURCH, I S, Chatham County

WARREN, James, died of wounds 26 June 1862 at Ellysons Mill

WEAVER, J D

WHITESIDES, G Martin

WICKER, W David, Chatham County

WILKIE, John, died December 1861 at Staunton, VA

WILKINS, John , discharged 4 July 1862 by reason of being "in this 60th year".

WILKINS, Samuel H, died 1 August 1862 at Fraziers Farm

WILKINS, William T

WILLIAMS, John L

WILLIAMS, Samuel G , wounded 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville

WILLIFORD, Jesse W, killed 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville

WILLIS, Samuel, Robeson County

WOOD, Francis D

WOOD, W B, wounded 26 June 1862

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