Joseph Jason Stroup

 Photo courtesy of Joanne Morris Jaycox.

My 3rd cousin 4x removed,Joseph Jason Stroup. 17 year old .J.J. Stroup volunteered for the Confederate States Army at Camp Holmes, near Raleigh NC on 25 May 1864. He was given the rank of private and attached to Company C, 2nd Regiment North Carolina Junior Reserves.

Private Alexander L Helms Company B (the Union Farmers) of the 43rd North Carolina Infantry.

Alexander L Helms was born in Union County, NC, he is the son of Uriah and Eunice Matilda Helms.Before the war, he made his living as a farmer. On 2 April 1862, 21 year old Alexander L Helms Mustered into the Confederate Army at Camp Mangum, NC as a private. He was assigned to Company B (the Union Farmers) of the 43rd North Carolina Infantry. Private Alexander L Helms died on the 11th day of June 1864 at Richmond, VA of gunshot wounds that he received on 30 May 1864. His father Uriah filed a claim for settlement on 10 September 1864. Alexander is buried at Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia, in the Soldiers Section U Lot: 541. He is my 1st cousin 5x removed on my mother's side.