Private Jacob Riley Dellinger E Company (Shady Grove Rangers) of the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Jacob Riley Dellinger and his wife Margurett Susan Stuart. Jacob was born in Gaston County NC and was a farmer before the war. His parents were Frederick Lineberger and Mary Polly Dellinger.

At the age of 20, he enlisted 31 August 1861 and mustered in as a private on 7 December 1861. He was assigned to E Company (Shady Grove Rangers) of the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. Private Jacob Riley Dellinger was paroled at Appomattox Court House 9 April 1865.

The 34th participated in multiple campaigns during the war including the Seven Days Battles, Cold Harbor, the Siege of Petersburg, and Appomattox. The 34th North Carolina reported 53 killed and 158 wounded during the Seven Days Battles, 2 killed and 23 wounded at Second Manassas, 2 killed and 17 wounded at Fredericksburg, and 18 killed, 110 wounded, and 20 missing at Chancellorsville. Of the 310 engaged at Gettysburg, twenty-one percent were disabled.

Private Jacob Riley Dellinger passed away on 16 Oct 1912 and is buried at Everett Chapel Cemetery in Weakley County Tennessee. He is my 3rd great grand uncle