Ross Marcius Gaston
Residence Gaston County NC; 15 years old.
Enlisted on 7/30/1861 at Gaston County, NC as a Musician.
On 7/30/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. NC 28th Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA
Promotions:
* Priv 12/31/1864 (Reduced to ranks)
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
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Ross M. Gaston, age 16, Musician, Company B, 28th North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), enlisted July 30, 1861 at Dallas, N. D. by T. H. Edwards for 12 months, re-enlisted for two years March, 1862, last recorded present as Musician on the Jan & Feb, 1865 muster roll, surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865
M270: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina
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28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
28th Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in September, 1861, at High Point, North Carolina. Its members were from the counties of Surry, Gaston, Catawba, Stanley, Montgomery, Yadkin, Orange, and Cleveland. The unit moved to New Bern and arrived just as the troops were withdrawing from that fight. Ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, it was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought at Hanover Court House and many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. The 28th was then involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox operations. It came to Virginia with 1,199 men, lost thirty-three percent of the 480 engaged during the Seven Days' Battles, and had 3 killed and 26 wounded at Cedar Mountain and 5 killed and 45 wounded at Second Manassas. The regiment reported 65 casualties at Fredericksburg and 89 at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were killed, wounded, or missing. It surrendered 17 officers and 213 men. Its commanders were Colonels James H. Lane, Samuel D. Lowe, and William H.A. Speer; Lieutenant Colonels William D. Barringer and Thomas L. Lowe; and Majors William J. Montgomery, Richard E. Reeves, and S.N. Stowe.
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