John Amos Harriss

Residence Warren County NC; 18 years old.
Enlisted on 8/16/1861 at Warren County, NC as a Corporal.
On 8/16/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. NC 30th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Wounded 7/1/1862 Malvern Hill, VA
* Returned 1/1/1863 (place not stated)
* POW 11/7/1863 Kelly's Ford, VA
* Confined 11/11/1863 Point Lookout, MD
* Paroled 2/18/1865 Point Lookout, MD
* Exchanged 2/20/1865 Boulware's Wharf, VA
Promotions:
* Sergt 1/30/1862

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

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John A. Harris, Corporal/Sergeant, Company B, 30th North Carolina Infantry, cards filed with Harriss, John Amos

John Amos Harriss, 18, 1st Corporal, Captain William Cass Drake’s Company, 30th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops),* enlisted August 16, 1861 in Warren County by W. C. Drake for 12 months, promoted 5th & 4th Sergeant, no dates, patient at General Military Hospital, No. 4, Wilmington, N. C. May 15, 1862, Gonorrhoea, returned to duty May 20, wounded at Malvern Hill July 1, 1862, patient at Military Hospital Danville, Virginia May 9, 1863, Pneumonia, returned to duty May 26, taken prisoner at Kelly’s Ford/Rappahannock, November 7, 1863, received at Point Lookout, Md. prison November 11, paroled & exchanged February 18, 1865, recorded present at Camp Lee, near Richmond, Va. February 23, 1865, no further records

* This company subsequently became Company B, 30th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops)

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