DRURY LAND ( probably named Dewey ) He enlisted in Co.F 45th NC Inf a 17 year-old Farmer from Rockingham County He was listed as: * Hospitalized 3/25/1865 Richmond, VA * Wounded 3/25/1865 Petersburg, VA * Transferred 4/1/1865 Hospl., Farmville, VA (No further record
CHARLES LAND
Enlisted on 4/6/1864 ( probably a conscript ) at Camp Vance, NC as a Private. On 4/6/1864 he mustered into "F" Co. NC 45th Infantry * POW 5/17/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA * Confined 5/23/1864 Point Lookout, MD * Joined USA 5/25/1864 Point Lookout, MD.
JOSEPH LAND Enlisted on 3/15/1862 at Rockingham County, NC On 4/5/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. NC 45th Infantry Gave his age at 26 He deserted on 7/21/1862 at Petersburg, VA Other Information: born in Rockingham County, NC no further record
Records indicate on 9/1/63 a JOSEPH LAND enlisted in the Federal Army's 1st Indiana Cavalry There is listed in later census records a Joseph Land born in NC in Shelby County Indiana ? Don't know if that's him or not There was another brother named JOHN .
CONFEDERATE NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS
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.