Name: William Sell
RESIDENCE: Forsyth County, North Carolina
Occupation: Farmer
Enlistment Date: 22 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Forsyth County, North Carolina
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 22 March 1862 at the age of 32 [b.abt 1830].
Enlisted in Company K, 45th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 14 Apr 1862.
Killed Company K, 45th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
Battles Fought
Fought on 29 Jun 1862 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 30 Jun 1862 at Frazier's Farm, VA.
Fought on 30 Jun 1862 at Frayser's Farm, VA.
Fought on 1 Jul 1862 at Malvern Hill, VA.
Fought on 7 Mar 1863 at Jones County, NC.
Fought on 15 May 1863 at Richmond, VA.
Fought on 15 Jun 1863.
Fought on 26 Jun 1863 at Shade's Gap, PA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1863 at Hagerstown, MD.
Fought on 1 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
45th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
45th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in April, 1862, with men from Rockingham, Caswell, Guilford, and Forsyth counties. It served under the command of Generals Daniel and Grimes. After fighting at Malvern Cliff in Virginia, it returned to North Caroina and was stationed in the Kinston-New Bern area. During the spring of 1863 the unit moved north and took an active part in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and ended the war at Appomattox. It reported 2 killed and 14 wounded at Malvern Cliff, lost about forty percent of the 570 engaged at Gettysburg, and sustained 2 casualties at Bristoe and 6 at Mine Run. The unit surrendered with 7 officers and 88 men. The field officers were Colonels Samuel H. Boyd, Junius Daniel, John H. Morehead, and John R. Winston; Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Boyd and James S. Dalton; and Majors Samuel C. Rankin, Charles E. Shober, and T. McGehee Smith.
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
Name: Wm Wesley Sell
Gender: Male
Spouse: Rachel Amelia Hitchcock
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 28 1849
Marriage County: Forsyth
Marriage State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: North Carolina State Archives
Unverified on-line genealogical information shows:
William Wesley Sell
Born: 11 Jun 1827 Stokes, North Carolina
Died: 2 Jul 1863 Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Marriage:
Rachel Amelia Hitchcick [Hedgecock]
Born: 9 Jun 1827 in North Carolina
Died: 18 May 1918
Children Sex Birth
Joshua P Sell M 10 Feb 1851
Malinda Elvina Sell F 1853
Elisha Madison Sell M 24 Nov 1855 in Loves
Elizabeth Sell F 6 Sep 1858
Ethea Caroline Sell F 12 Apr 1861
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