This is the flag of the 16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment.

Private Peter Plemmons resided in Buncombe County, where he enlisted into F Company of the 16th North Carolina Troops on 7 May 1861. He was 21 years of age. Muster rolls report him as being present and accounted for until his death at Rockbridge Alum Springs , Virginia on 5 Oct 1861.

Peter Plemmons is my 3rd cousin 4x removed. Deo Vindice, Resurgam!

Battle Flag of the 49th North Carolina Troops, captured at the Battle of the Crater.

My 3rd cousin 4x removed is Johana H "Johncie" Stroup. He was born 1836 in Lincoln County NC and was the son of Jonas Stroup and Rebecca Cloninger. He is listed as a carpenter before the war and he stood 5 ft 6 in tall.

Private Johana H "Johncie" Stroup volunteered for service in the Confederate Army at Dallas, NC on 22, March, 1862. Johncie was 26 at the time of his enlistment. He was attached to Company H of the 49th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. H Company was known as the Gaston Rangers, led by Captain Charles Q. Petty.

Johncie died of disease on 10 July 1862 near Drewry’s Bluff in Chesterfield County Virginia. He “fell dead in physician’s arms while on sick call.

His wife Mary E. Rhyne Stroup claimed his body on 19 November 1864. Private Johana H "Johncie" Stroup's burial place is unknown.

William "Billy" Plemmons

William "Billy" Plemmons was born during the year of 1843 in North Carolina. He is the son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Plemmons. Billy was a farmer before enlisting in the city of Marshall in Madison County NC on 5 April 1862. He was assigned to B Company of the 60th North Carolina Infantry Regiment CSA.

Billy was listed as missing in action after the Battle of Murfreesboro on 2 Jan 1863, he was captured by the enemy during the battle. His name appears on a roll of prisoners of war who were paroled at Camp Douglas ILL. on 30 March 1863. After returning to his unit, Private Plemmons was wounded during The Battle of Missionary Ridge and was sent home on furlough .

His service records from may- June of 1864 show that he was sent to the hospital by a surgeon for an unknown reason. Private William "Billy" Plemmons died of disease at a Hospital in Montgomery, AL. He is my 2nd cousin 4x removed.

Samuel Messer

Samuel Messer was born in Haywood County NC in 1832. He was the son of my 5th great grand uncle Federick Messer and Anna Hunter. He served as a private in the Thomas' Legion, Loves' Regiment, Company E, Confederate States Army. The Legion operated primarily in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

He is buried at Broughton Hospital Cemetery in Morganton, Burke County North Carolina. Private Messer is my 1st cousin 6x removed.

Private Moses S. Stroup Company K, 22nd NC Regiment

Private Moses S. Stroup was born August 1839 in North Carolina. His parents were Joseph P. Stroup and Lucy Ann Faulkner. Moses was 21 years of age when he volunteered for service on 5 June 1861. He entered into the Confederate Army in McDowell County, NC and was assigned to Company K, of the 22nd Regiment.

Moses service records state that he was wounded on his left ankle at or near Milford Station, Virginia on 20 May 1863. Private Stroupe was later captured on 23 May 1864 near North Anna River, Hanover Junction County, Virginia and taken to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland.

Private Moses S. Stroup survived the war and died February 1914. he is buried at Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Old Fort, McDowell County North Carolina, CSA. He is my 4th great grand uncle.

1st Lieutenant Joseph A Camp 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Joseph A Camp of Cleveland County, North Carolina was born on 13 Feb 1841. He worked as a a Farmer before enlisting in the Confederate Army. Joseph  enlisted at the age of 21 on 10 Jan 1861. He was commissioned as an officer in Company H of the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment on 25 Oct 1861 and was Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 10 Feb 1863.

Joseph was Wounded at Richmond, VA on unknown date. Placed on Confederate roll of honor for heroism. Captured at Funkstown, MD on 12 Jul 1863. Confined at Fort McHenry, MD on 21 Aug 1863.Transferred to Johnson Island on 28 Oct 1863 and released 11 Jun 1865.

Joseph is the son of Joseph Alexander Camp and Lucretia "Crecy" Taylor. He married Ellen Moseline Roberts. Lieutenant Joseph A Camp died on 12 Oct 1923 and is buried at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Grover, Cleveland County North Carolina. He is my 1st cousin 6x removed.

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.