You show his name as Eli Terrell Gray
NPS CWS&SS shows:
Eli G. Gray
Regiment Name 1st North Carolina Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company B Wilkes Valley Guards
Soldier's Rank_In Corporal
Soldier's Rank_Out Sergeant
Film Number M230 roll 15
1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
1st Infantry Regiment State Troops was organized at the race track near Warrenton, North Carolina, during the spring of 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Chowan, Wilkes, New Hanover, Orange, Lincoln, Hertford, Northampton, Washington, Martin, Wake, and Halifax. In July it was mustered into Confederate service with more than 1,500 officers and men and ordered to Virginia. The regiment was brigaded under General Ripley, Colston, Steuart, and Cox. It participated in the campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, was with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and shared in the Appomattox operations. This unit reported 142 casualties at Mechanicsville, 75 at Malvern Hill, 160 at South Mountain and Sharpsburg, and 15 at Fredericksburg. It lost 34 killed and 83 wounded at Chancellorsville and forty percent of the 377 at Gettysburg. It surrendered 10 officers and 61 men in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Hamilton A. Brown, John A. McDowell, and Montfort S. Stokes; Lieutenant Colonels Jarrett N. Harrell and Matthew W. Ransom; and Majors James S. Hines, L.C. Latham, and Tristim L. Skinner.
Roster also shows:
Soldier Name
Company Rank In Rank Out
Gray, A. F.
Unknown Private Private
Gray, John F.
Unknown Private Private
Gray, Terrel
Co B Private Private Wilkes Valley Guards
Gray, William
Co G Private Private Burke Rifles
I would think that Eli G. and Terrel Gray are one and the same person.
Eli G. Gray
Regiment Name 54th North Carolina Infantry.
Side Confederate
Company G Wilkes Guards
Soldier's Rank_In 2 Lieutenant
Soldier's Rank_Out 2 Lieutenant
Film Number M230 roll 15
54th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
54th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in May, 1862. The men were from the counties of Rowan, Burke, Cumberland, Northampton, Iredell, Guilford, Wilkes, Yadkin, Columbus, and Granville. It was assigned to General Law's, Hoke's, Godwin's, and W.G. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Northern Virgina. The 54th was engaged at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, then guarded prisoners captured at Winchester during the Pennsylvania Campaign. Later it took part in Bristoe and Mine Run campaigns, the conflicts at Plymouth and Drewry's Bluff, Early's Shenandoah Valley operations, and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost 6 killed and 40 wounded at Fredericksburg, had 3 killed and 38 wounded at Chancellorsville and 2 wounded and 306 missing at the Rappahannock River. It totalled about 700 men in July, 1864, and surrendered with 4 officers and 53 men of which 23 were armed. The field officers were Colonels James C.S. McDowell, Kenneth M. Murchison, and John Wimbish; Lieutenant Colonel Anderson Ellis; and Major James A. Rogers.
Soldier Name
Company Rank In Rank Out
Gray, Constant
Co G Private Private Wilkes Guards
Gray, James W.
Co F Private Private Stonewall Boys
Gray, John
Co B Private Private
Gray, John E.
Co B Private Private
Gray, John W.
Co B Private Private
Gray, Samuel
Co G Private Private Wilkes Guards
Appears to me that he started out in the 1st NC as a Pvt, got promoted to Cpl then Sgt and then Lt and got transfered to the 54th as Lt.
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Eli Gray
Age in 1860: 36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Yadkin, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Bald Knob
Eli Gray 36 Day Laborer
Nancy Gray 39 Domestic
James Gray 13
Curtis Gray 12
Elisabeth Gray 10
Elisa Gray 8
Clingman Gray 6
Willis Gray 5
John Gray 4
Columbus Gray 1
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Eli Terrell Gray
Born: 27 Jul 1824
Surry, North Carolina, USA
Died: 12 Mar 1903
Valley Springs,Arkansas, USA
Spouse
Nancy Armstrong
Born: 10 Mar 1823 in Surry, North Carolina, USA
Died: Batesville, Independence, Arkansas, USA
Marriage: 9 Mar 1844 in Surry, North Carolina, USA
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Eli Terrell Gray
Born: 27 Jul 1824, Surry, North Carolina, USA
[ In 1850 he was living in District 11, tipton, Tennessee]
[ in 1900 they were living in Jefferson, Boone Co, Arkansas]
Died: 12 Mar 1903 Valley Springs, , Arkansas, USA
Spouse
Nancy Armstrong
1821–
Children
James Gray 1847– b. Bald Knob,, North Carolina
Curtis Gray 1848– b. North Carolina
Sarah Elizabeth Gray 1850–1885 b. 18 Feb 1850
Surry, North Carolina d. 1885 Batesville, Independence, Arkansas
Elisa Gray 1852– b. North Carolina
Clingman Gray 1854– b. North Carolina
Willis Gray 1855– b. North Carolina
John Gray 1856– b. North Carolina
Columbus Gray 1859– b.
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