Gravesite of Private Wiley C Plemmons, my 2nd cousin 5x removed.
Wiley was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on 20 Jan 1832. He is the son of William B. “Billy” and Elizabeth DeBoard Plemmons. He worked as a farmer.
Private Wiley C Plemmons enlisted in the 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment of the Confederate Army on 22 Feb 1862. On 02 July 1863 he suffered an impact wound from a ball round to the chest at Battle of Gettysburg. Wiley was taken to Plank's Farm and then transferred to DeCamp General Hospital on Davids Island in NY.
Private Wiley C Plemmons died at the hospital on 06 Aug 1863 from his wounds. He Left behind his wife Martha E. Kincaid and 4 young sons;William Robert born 1856, John Calhoun 1859, Miles Macafee “Mack” born 1860, and Andrew Jackson, Sr. born Oct 1863.
Private Plemmons' body now rests at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.
