Ephraim Black
Residence Davidson County NC; 32 years old.
Enlisted on 9/1/1862 at Wake County, NC as a Private.
On 9/1/1862 he mustered into "K" Co. NC 45th Infantry
He died of disease as POW on 11/7/1864 at Elmira, NY
(Died of "pneumonia")
He was listed as:
* POW 5/23/1864 Hanover Court House, VA
* Confined 6/8/1864 Point Lookout, MD
* Transferred 7/8/1864 Elmira, NY
Other Information:
born in Davidson County, NC
Buried: Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, NY
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
- Research by R. Ross Houston
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Ephraim Black, age 32 resident of Davidson County, NC, Private, Company K, 45th North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), enlisted as a Conscript September 1, 1862, captured at Hanover Junction May 23/27, 1864, sent to Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp, transferrred July 8, 1864 to Elmira, N. Y. prison camp, died of Pneumonia, November 7,1864, buried in grave # 854
M270: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina
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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.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
See also: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/rockingham/military/civilwar/rosters/u45thncin600gmt.txt