Residence Stanly County NC;
Enlisted on 10/31/1864 at Stanly County, NC as a Private.
On 10/31/1864 he mustered into "K" Co. NC 28th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* POW 4/2/1865 Petersburg, VA
* Confined 4/6/1865 Point Lookout, MD
* Oath of Allegiance 6/28/1865 Point Lookout, MD

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Parham S. Kirk

Residence Stanly County NC; a 32 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 4/28/1862 at Stanly County, NC as a Private.
On 4/28/1862 he mustered into "I" Co. NC 52nd Infantry
He died of wounds on 7/3/1863 at Gettysburg, PA
He was listed as:
* Wounded 7/3/1863 Gettysburg, PA
"K" Co. NC 28th Infantry

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

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Parham Kirk, Private, Company K, 28th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), enlisted October 31, 1864** at Albemarle by Col. Simpson for the duration of the war, captured at Petersburg April 2, 1862, arrived City Point, Va. April 4, released from Point Lookout, Maryland prison camp on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States, June 28, 1865, resident of Stanley County, N.C., light complexion, gray hair, blue eyes, 6'1/2"

** If this is your man, born in 1814, he would have been 50 years of age, the conscription age was raised to the age of 50 in February 1864. Thus, I would believe he would have been conscripted into the Confederate army.

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Parham S. Kirk, Volunteer, age 32, resident of Stanly County, Private, Company I, 52nd Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), enlisted April 28, 1862 at Albemarle, by W. J. Ross for 3 years of the war, left on the battlefield at Gettysburg July 3, 1863, carried on the company muster roll of January 23, 1864 and those thereafter, as having been taken prisoner, no further records

M270: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina