Re: 45th North Carolina Infantry
MY GGGRANDFATHER, JOSEPH ALLEN FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SERVED IN COMPANY "G" 45TH N.C. AND WOUNDED THOUGH HIS LEFT COLLAR BONE AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE WAR. HE NEVER HAD USE OF HIS LEFT ARM AGAIN. HE DIED IN BURLINGTON, N.C. IN 1910. MY GRANDFATHER KNEW HIM AND SAID HE DIED A HARD CORE JOHNNY REB