Anthony Graeber Bost
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 3/25/1864 at Cabarrus County, NC as a Private.
On 3/25/1864 he mustered into "H" Co. NC 8th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 4/18/1864 Plymouth, NC (Gunshot left lower extremities. Or 20th)
* Wounded 6/1/1864 Cold Harbor, VA (Estimated day)
* Absent Sick 10/31/1864 (place not stated) (Estimated day)
* Hospitalized 1/17/1865 Charlotte, NC (Gunshot wound)
* Returned 2/3/1865 (place not stated) (No further record)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
Note: On April 18, 1864 at Plymouth, NC his regiment suffered 4 killed and 53 wounded
There on April 20 they suffered 26 killed and 38 wounded
4/17/1864 The Confederate capture of Plymouth, NC by Brig. Gen Robert Frederick Hoke, CSA, assisted by the Confederate ram, the CSS Albemarle, 11/17-20/1864
4/20/1864 The Confederate forces under Brig. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, CSA, surround and capture the Union garrison at Plymouth, N. C., with Hoke being promoted to Major General, effective this day, the 1st Southern victory is this military area in quite some time. [The Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records, Ronald A. Mosocco]
A. G. Bost, enlisted as a Private in Company H, 8th North Carolina infantry at Mt. Pleasant, admitted Confederate States Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia, June 20, 1864, arrived Richmond June 29, September 1, 1864 recorded as absent home on furllough (sick), ditto at the end of October, admitted
C. S. A. General Hospital, No. 11, Charlotte, NC, V. S. (gunshot wound) Lower extremities left, January 17, 1865, returned to duty February 3, 1865, no further records