Private Green Franklin Flowers E Company of the 4th Regiment of NC Calvary (59th State troops).

My 4th great grand uncle Green Franklin Flowers was born 26 March 1821. He is the son of Paterson Flowers (1800 – 1850) and Patience Flowers (1790 –)

Green Franklin Flowers joined for duty on 10 May 1862 in Charlotte NC. he was given the rank of Private in Captain John Y. Bryce's company of Partisan Rangers. This unit would be later renamed E Company of the 4th Regiment of NC Calvary (59th State troops).

Private Flowers was captured at the battle of Monterey Springs Pa. on the 4th or 5th of July in 1863 during the retreat from Gettysburg. The Battle of Monterey Pass was fought along a rugged mountain ridge, in a blinding thunderstorm, during the middle of the night on July 4 & 5, 1863, just one day after the close of the battle of Gettysburg.The battle eventually spilled into Maryland during the early morning hours of July 5th, making it the only battle to be fought on both sides of the Mason Dixon Line.

Private Flowers was confined at Patterson Park Hospital at Fort McHenry in Maryland on 13 July 1863. He was sent to Ft Delaware on 15 Oct 1863 as a POW.He was later transferred to Point Lookout Md on 18 Oct 1863. Private Flowers was paroled in a prisoner exchange on 27 April 1864 and was sent to City Point Va. Private Flowers' name appears on a register at Chimborazo Hospital Number 3 in Richmond Virginia on 1 May 1864. He was diagnosed with rheumatism. He was furloughed on 6 May 1864

Private Green Franklin Flowers died on 24 October 1895 in Spencer Mountain, Gaston County, North Carolina. He is buried at the Flowers Family Cemetery.

Peter Dellinger Company K of the 1st NC Infantry Regiment (6 months 1861)

Black and white photo of The Bethel Flag,1st NC Infantry Regiment (6 months 1861). This photo is located at the NC museum of History.

My 3rd great grand uncle Peter Dellinger was born @ 1840 in Lincolnton NC.He is the son of Frederick Lineberger and Mary Polly Dellinger.

Peter was 21 years old when he enlisted for active service in the Confederate Army on 25 April 1861. He mustered into service at Raleigh NC on 14 May 1861. Private Dellinger was assigned to Company K of the1st NC Infantry Regiment (6 months 1861)

Private Peter Dellinger died on 19 October, 1861 from disease,most likely Typhoid fever, at the General Hospital in Yorktown, Virginia. The deceased's effects were listed as 1 Knapsack, a strap, a roll of cloth,his clothing, a blanket and $25.

Rest in Peace Uncle!

Private Ananias R Broom Company D of the 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Ananias R Broom was a Farmer before joining the Confederate Army. He was 20 years old when he enlisted as a Private in Union County, North Carolina on 16 September 1861.

On 20 November 1861, Ananias was assigned to Company D of the 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. Private Ananias R Broom was captured at Petersburg Virginia on 2 April 1865 and was held as a Prisoner of War at Fort Delaware. He was released on 19 June 1865

Private Ananias R Broom is my 4th great grand uncle.