THE CIVIL WAR in and around UNION COUNTY, North Carolina

Confederate Units Raised in Union County, N.C.

Roster of Co. I, 4th NC Senior Reserves from Union County, N.C.

Roster of Co. B, 26th NC Infantry "Waxhaw Jackson Guards" 

Roster of Co. B, 15th NC Infantry "Monroe Light Infantry"

Roster of Co. F, 2nd N.C. Junior Reserves from Union County, N.C.

Union Co., NC & Anson Co., NC Confederate Militia

Misc. Articles about the Civil War & Veterans of Union Co, NC

History of Skirmish at Wilson's Store, Union County, NC ~ 1865

Scrimmage at Lancaster, S.C. ~ 1865

Union Co, NC Confederates buried at Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia

Union Co, NC Courthouse & Confederate Monument, c1910-1927

Union Co, NC Confederate Era $3.50 Bond - 1863

Union Co, NC Confederate Era 10¢ Note - 1863

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Confederate Veterans in front of the Union County, NC        Courthouse c. 1928. Click on image for larger view

VETERANS PHOTOGRAPHS

-Col. Henry King Burgwyn - 26th N.C. Infantry ("Waxhaw Jackson Guards") - offsite link

-Reuben James - Union County's Last Confederate Veteran

-Reuben James - at 1937 Memorial Day Ceremony

-Moses McCoy - Co. B, 15th N.C. Infantry ("Monroe Light Infantry")

-Camp Walkup U.C.V. in front of Courthouse, 1922 (w/James Pearson Broome)

-Survivors of the 45th Regiment N.C. Troops

-Veterans in front of the Courthouse (abt. 1909-1919)

-Confederate Veteran Photos from the Heritage Room's Photograph Collection

Photographs of the following Civil War Soldiers from Union County, N.C. (and possibly others that I may have overlooked) can be found in the book:
STATE TROOPS AND VOLUNTEERS: A Photographic Record of North Carolina's Civil War Soldiers, Vol. 1 - by Greg Mast, 1995.
-Lieut. Colonel John Benjamin ASHCRAFT -Co. D, 37th Regt. N.C. Troops (the "North Carolina Defenders")
-Pvt. Robert Nathaniel BIVENS - Co. D, 37th Regt. N.C. Troops (the "North Carolina Defenders") and wife Ellen Elizabeth AUSTIN BIVENS.
-2nd Lieut. Calvin DICKERSON - Co. B, 26h Regt. N.C. Troops (the "Waxhaw Jackson Guards") and Co. D, 48th Regt. N.C. Troops
-Capt. William A. LANEY - Co. E, 48th Regt. N.C. Troops
-Pvt. Henry PLYLER - Co. E, 48th Regt. N.C. Troops and wife Emeline DICKERSON PLYLER
-3rd Lieut. Peter PLYLER - Co. E, 48th Regt. N.C. Troops and wife Caroline RICHARDSON PLYLER
-Pvt. Phillip PLYLER - Co. E, 48th Regt. N.C. Troops and wife Mary Ann RICHARDSON PLYLER
-Pvt. John Exum SMITH - Co. F, 35th Regt. N.C. Troops (the "Redwine Beauregards")
-Samuel Hoey WALKUP - Brigadier General of North Carolina Militia

I'll be happy to add YOUR Veteran's photos here!

MISCELLANEOUS

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Letter from John C. Price (of Co. F, 48th NC Infantry) of Union County, N.C. to wife Lydia in 1863 from Virginia. He died in 1864. (offsite link)

On Sherman's Trail: The Civil War's North Carolina Climax (numerous pages on Anson and Union Counties)

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OTHER GREAT CIVIL WAR RESOURCES OF THE AREA:

MY ANSON COUNTY, NC CIVIL WAR PAGE

ANSON COUNTY, NC
CIVIL WAR ROSTERS ON THE WEB

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC
CIVIL WAR ROSTERS ON THE WEB

SEARCH FOR YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR HERE!

North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster - Books from N.C. Archives

MORE UNION COUNTY HISTORY & GENEALOGY

THIS PAGE CREATED Sept. 2000
By Julie Hampton Ganis

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