Private Elijah Markus Messer Company L, 16th NC Infantry Regiment

My 2nd cousin 6x removed Elijah Markus Messer. He was born in Haywood county NC, and is the son of Daniel Alden Boone Messer and Elizabeth Betty Palmer. Elijah married Christina Catherine Conard and they had 7 children together.

Elijah Markus Messer enlisted as a Private on 15 March 1862 at the age of 18 in Waynesville NC. He was assigned to Captin E.G. Johnson's Company L, 16th Infantry Regiment of North Carolina . Muster records show Elijah as being at the general Hospital at Staunton Virginia on 16 September 1862 and suffering Jaundice. He was placed on guard duty while there.

Elijah Markus Messer died at the age of 91 on 4 Jun 1936, while at his son William Greenbury Messer's home on the Yadkin River. He is buried at Palmer Chapel Cemetery Cataloochee Haywood County North Carolina, CSA.

Chapel Hendrick Company I, 38TH regiment NC Troops

Grave site of Chapel Hendrick, he was born on 16 June 1827 in NC. His parents were George Hendrick and Eddie Sizemore. Chapel Married a lady named Mary and they had three children together, They resided In Cleveland County North Carolina.

Chapel Hendrick Enlisted on 28 February 1863 at the age of 39 as a Private in Company I, 38TH regiment NC Troops. Muster rolls show Hendrick as being present for duty until captured at the South Side railroad in Virginia on 1 April 1865. He was confined at Harts Island in New York on 7 April 1865, he was released on 19 June 1865.

Chapel Hendrick died on 1 march 1889 he is buried at Sunset Cemetery in Cleveland County NC. He is my 4th great grand uncle

Pvt. Jacob Dellinger Company H, 34th North Carolina Infantry

Pvt. Jacob Dellinger and his wife Elizabeth Howell. Jacob was born on 1, September 1826 in Lincoln County NC. His parents were Andrew and Hannah Golding Dellinger. He enlisted into service on 1 October 1861. He was assigned to Company H, 34th North Carolina Infantry on the 25th. He was mistakenly discharged on 8 December 1862.

Pvt. Jacob Dellinger is my 1st cousin 6x removed. He is buried at Laboratory United Methodist Church Cemetery in Lincolnton, in Lincoln County North Carolina.

Alfred A Stroup 14th NC Infantry Regiment

Alfred A Stroup was a Resident of Cleveland County, North Carolina. Muster records show his occupation as being a Farmer. Records indicate that in 1860 Alfred was not living with his parents Joseph P. Stroup and Lucy Ann Faulkner, who had moved to Buncombe County, NC. He was working for Benjamin Briggs Iron works on Crowders Creek six miles south of Dallas, North Carolina.

At the age of 22, Alfred enlisted into Company D (Captain Edward Dixon's company Cleveland Blues) 4th Regiment NC Infantry, as a private on 26 April, 1861. The 4th Regiment NC Infantry was later renamed the 14th NC Infantry Regiment .

Private Stroup mustered into service at Garysburg NC on 10 June 1861. He was transferred to the Confederate Navy on 19 February 1862 and was assigned to the Confederate war steamer "CSS Virginia", which was previously known as the USS Merrimack.

Alfred A Stroup is my 4th great grandfather. He married Sarah Lowe and they had four children.

Private Ezekiel T. Helms Company: E 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

My 1st cousin 6x removed is Ezekiel T. Helms was born 1838 in Union county, North Carolina. He is the son of George W Helms and Charlotte Winchester. Ezekiel married Sidney Galloway on 10 Nov 1860 in Mecklenburg County NC.

On 12 March 1863 Ezekiel T. Helms joined the Confederate army, he was 28 years old at the time of his enlistment. He was assigned to Company: E 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Bethel Regiment)

Private Ezekiel T. Helms was killed in action 01 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA. His name appears on the roll of Honour for the 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Philip Himpton Dellinger I Company( Enfield Blues) 11th Regiment NC Infantry

Philip Himpton Dellinger, born on 1 December 1837. He is the son of George "Hoppy-kick" Dellinger and Barbara Anthony.

Phillip was 22 years old when he enlisted as a private in the Confederate army on 11 March 1862, by Captain Haynes in Li


ncolnton NC. He was assigned to I Company( Enfield Blues) 11th Regiment NC Infantry (Bloody Bethel).

Private Dellinger was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg on 1 July 1863 and was taken as a POW by the enemy. He was sent to Decamp General Hospital located at David's Island, New York Harbor.

Muster records show that he was paroled during a prisoner exchange sometimes during the months of September- October 1863 and was sent home on furlough. Muster records later show that PVT Dellinger was exchanged and present with his unit on 23 February 1864.

On 5 May 1864, Private Dellinger suffered a gun shot wound to his left thigh at the battle of the Wilderness. On 8 May 1864, his left leg was amputated on the field. He was placed in the invalid Corps and was retired from service by the medical board in Raleigh NC on 6 November 1864.

Private Philip H. Dellinger married Sarah Evans on 15 Nov 1865, they had 7 children together. He passed away on 2 June 1920, and is buried at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Cherryville,Gaston County North Carolina. He is my 1st cousin 5x removed. Deo Vindice, Resurgam!

Alexander L. Helms B company (Union farmers) 43 Regiment North Carolina Infantry

Alexander L. Helms is my 1st cousin 5x removed. He is the son of Uriah and Eunice Matilda Helms. He enlisted on 17 February 1862 and mustered into service by Col. R.C. Hill at Camp Mangum on 2 April 1862. He is listed as being 21 years of age and a farmer by trade at the time of his enlistment.

Alexander was assigned to B company (Union farmers) 43 Regiment North Carolina Infantry. His service records indicate that he was admitted to General Hospital number 9 in Richmond Virginia on 1 June 1864 and received treatment for Vulnus Sclopet (gunshot wound). He died on 10 June 1864 from wounds that he received on 30 May 1864, he was most likely involved at the Battle of Bethesda Church when he was shot.

He is buried at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond Virginia, CSA