Company D, 55th Regiment of NC Troops "The Cleveland Farmers"

This unit was raised and enlisted in Cleveland County in early 1862. 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:

RANDALL, Silas D, Captain

GUNN, Albert, 1st Lieutenant

LOVELACE, E J, 2nd Lieutenant

TOWNES, W H, 2nd Lieutenant, from Granville County, died 27 September 1864

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS:

CABINESS, Joseph, 1st Sergeant

GREEN, Joseph, 3rd Corporal, wounded at Gettysburg

GREEN, Thomas, 2nd Sergeant

HAMRICK, Charles J, 1st Corporal

LOVELACE, A C, 4th Corporal

RANDALL, Romulus M S, 3rd Sergeant

RUNYAN, James Madison, 2nd Corporal, killed 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg

SMITH, Lewis L, 4th Sergeant, wounded at Gettysburg

PRIVATES:

ANDERHOLT, Jacob E, killed July 1863 at Gettysburg

ARNOLD, J E

BARNETT, Richard H

BEAM, Peter

BEHECHER, Thomas

BLACKWELL, Jasper N

BLANTON, Barrett W,

BLANTON, Charles B, wounded at Gettysburg

BLANTON, D A

BLANTON, H S

BOWENS, George

BRIDGES, B H

BRIDGES, Andrew H

BRIDGES, Isaac J

BRYSON, W F

CABINESS, A M

CARROLL, Marcus L

CHAMPION, R C, wounded at Gettysburg

DICKEY, William H

DILLINGER, David

DILLINGER, John E

EARLES, M L, wounded at Gettysburg

ESKRIDGE, Barnett W, died 3 July 1863 at Gordonsville

GIBSON, William,

Billy, a farmer, enlisted at the age of 37 on 2 February 1863. He was killed in action by a sharpshooter at the Wilderness on 6 May 1864.

GREEN, Benjamin

GREEN, Drury A

GREEN, D H, died 28 July 1863 at Mt. Jackson

GREEN, Elijah

GREEN, John

GREEN, John P

GREEN, Jonas, died March 1863 at Petersburg

GREEN, Reuben H, wounded at Gettysburg

GREEN, Thomas

GREEN, Willis W, died 28 July 1863 at Mt. Jackson

GREEN, Zachariah Osborn, wounded at Gettysburg

HAMRICK, Aaron B

HAMRICK, Abram, wounded at Gettysburg

HAMRICK, A M

HAMRICK, David, wounded at Gettysburg

HAMRICK, David J, killed 3 July 1863 at Gettysburg

HAMRICK, E, Jr, died January 1863 at Petersburg

HAMRICK, Elijah, died 5 May 1864

HAMRICK, Ezekiel

HAMRICK, F B, died at Richmond

HAMRICK, F M

HAMRICK, Gabriel

HAMRICK, Henry O, wounded 5 May 1864

HAMRICK, Isaac

HAMRICK, Nero W

HAMRICK, O A, killed July 1863 at Gettysburg

HAMRICK, Reuben, died 14 May 1863 at Jerusalem, VA

HAMRICK, Thomas

HAMRICK, William R

HARRELL, H H

HARRELL, Robert

HARRELL, W M

HARRIS, J F

HENDRICK, W D

JENKINS, James, wounded 1864

LANKFORD, Jerome L

LANKFORD, W Y

LEDBETTER, N

LEDBETTER, William

LEDFORD, Samuel, killed 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg

LINEBERGER, John W, killed 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg

LOVELACE, James W

LOVELACE, Thomas

LOVELACE, William G

LOVELACE, Willis G

MCDANIEL, Bryson L, died July 1862 in Shelby, NC

MCKINNEY, Willis A

MOONEY, G W

MOORE, J C, died October 1862 at Goldsboro

NEAL, D D

NEELY, John, wounded at Gettysburg

PADGETT, Edwin

PARTIN, Donald

POSTON, A

PRICE, Isaac

PRUETT, W C

PRUETT, W S

RANDALL, G M, wounded 1 May 1863 at Chancellorsville

RANDALL, J H

RANDALL, John, died 1863 at Goldsboro

RANDALL, M H, wounded at Gettysburg

RANDALL, R M S

RIPPY, James

ROLLINS, J E

RUNYAN, Adolphus D

RUNYAN, Jacob

SCRUGGS, A D

SHARPE, Adam

SHITLE, J M

SMITH, C C N,

SMITH, David H

TOOMEY, JAMES, Private

Born in Chester District, South Carolina, and by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting in Cleveland County at age 30, March 26, 1862. 

Reported present in June, 1862. Hospitalized at Petersburg, Virginia, December 24, 1862, with debilitas. 

Furloughed for sixty days on February 19, 1863. Died in Cleveland County prior to December 12, 1863. Cause of death not reported.

TURNER, H

TURNER, Martin

WEAVER, John, died 1862 in Goldsboro

WEAVER, Lewis

WEAVER, Starling

WEPOR (?), E A, wounded at Gettysburg

WESSON, E A

WHITE, Jerome

WOOD, Elliott C

WOOD, James D

WRIGHT, William

WYLIE, John

YARBOROUGH, E W

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