Rank in: Fifer – Rank Out: Private
Enlisted 3-13-62 at Catawba Co, NC.  Musician, age 21.  Deserted 8-19-63.  Arrested 11-12-63.  POW 4-2-65 at Petersburg, VA.
Company Muster In and Descriptive Roll form Catawba County. Roll Dated: Camp Mangum, April 16, 1862.  Mustered into service April 16, 1862.  Born Catawba, NC. Age: 21, Occupation Farmer, Height 6 feet  Enrolled for active service March 13, 1862 in Catawba by Adolphus T. Bost. Oath of allegiance to State of North Carolina (signature) John P. Abernathy.
Company Muster Roll for July & Aug 1862 – Remarks: absent sick.
Company Muster Roll for Sept & Oct 1862 – Enlisted in Newton, NC by A.T. Bost for period of 3 years.  Last paid by Capt Marsh, to Aug 31, 1862.  Remarks: present.
Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec 1862 – Last paid by J.A. Marsh to Oct 31, 1862. Remarks: present.
Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb 1863 – Last paid by Capt. Marsh to Dec 31, 1862.  Remarks: Absent. sick at hospital Goldsboro, NC.
Company Muster Roll for Mar & Apr 1863 – Last paid by Capt. Marsh to Dec. 31, 1862. Remarks: Absent on sick furlough since 2nd March.
Company Muster Roll for May & June 1863 – Last paid by Capt. J.A. Marsh to April 30, 1863. Remarks: Present.
Company Muster Roll for Nov & Dec 1863 – Last paid by Capt. J.A. Marsh to June 30, 1863.  Remarks: In arrest.  Joined from desertion Nov. 12, 1863.
Company Muster Roll for Jan & Feb 1864 – Last paid by Capt. J.A. Marsh to June 30, 1863.  Remarks: In arrest, undergoing punishment for desertion by order of court martial.
Company Muster Roll for Mar & Apr 1864 – Last paid by Capt. Marsh to June 30, 1863. Remarks: present.
Company Muster Roll for May & June 1864 – Last paid by Capt. Marsh to June 30, 1863.  Remarks: Present.
Company Muster Roll for July & Aug 1864 – Last paid by J.A. Marsh to June 30, 1863. Remarks: Absent. Furloughed from Winder hospital, Richamond Va. Aug. 8, 1864 for 30 days, to Newton, NC.
Company Muster Roll for Sept & Oct 1864 – Last paid by J.M. Richmond to Apl 30, 1864. Remarks: Present. Rejoined his company October 23, 1864.
Company Muster Roll for Nov & Decd 1864 – Last paid by Capt. McLean to June 30, 1864. Remarks: Present.
Appears on Regimental Return for month of July 1862 – Absent enlisted men accounted for: sick, Raleigh, May 5.
Appears on Roll of Honor  for Catawba County. Date of entrance into service Mar 13, 1862 age 21; vol or conscript: Vol. Remarks: deserted Aug 19, 1863.
Appears on a Register of Prisoners of War at Hart’s Island, New York Harbor.  Captured at Persburg on Apr 2, 1865.  Received at post Apr 7, 1865 from City Point from Capt. McCalliam.  Assigned to Company 1.  Remarks: Catawba, NC. Released June 17, 1865. GO. 17 June 1865. (Hart’s Island, N.Y., Register No. 1; page 16)
Appears as signature to an Oath of Allegiance to the United States, subscribed and sworn to at Hart’s Island, N.Y. Habor, June 17, 1865.  Place of residence: Catawba Co., NC.  Complexion: Dark; Hair: Dark; Eyes: Dark; Height 6 ft. (Roll of Prisoners of War released at Hart Island June 17, 1865, as pr. G.O. 109, A.G.O. Number of Roll 8, Sheet 13)
Source: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina NARA, Publication Number M270. , National Archives Film Roll: M230 roll 1