Levi Plemmons Company C, 29th NC

                                          

 My 1st cousin 5x removed, Levi Plemmons. 

Levi Plemmons, son of John Henry and Nancy Sluder Plemmons was born 11 March 1835 in Buncombe County. He married Martha Hayes (5 May 1836- 25 Feb. 1913). He served as Commissary Sergeant in Company C 29th North Carolina Infantry and kept a diary while in service. He served the entire war and surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama May 4, 1865. After the war he returned home and reared a family, served as sheriff of Buncombe County from 1876 to 1880, dying 11 August 1916 at age 82 from a fall from his porch roof and is buried at Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Leicester, Buncombe County.

Excerpts from his diary with original spelling published 26 January 1964 in The Asheville Citizen- Times:

"Oct. 27th, 1861, Sunday- Left home about 11 0'clock for the seat of government. Martha and the children went with me over to my father's. Stayed a little while and then bid them farewell which was the hardest trial ever I had to incounter with, but I felt it my duty to go in defense of my country.

Monday,Oct. 28th, 1861- This morning is cool. Got up soon, got brekfast, packed up our things in the wagons and marched to Camp Clingman near Asheville and tuckup for the night.

Wednesday, 30th- We left camp about 9 o'clock very well, we crossed the Blue Ridge and come in to McDowell County, a travel of 15 miles and camped at Burgin's, cool tonight.

Saturday 2nd, 1861- It rained all most all night, mostly clear now- we staid at Camp Nebo all day uppon the account Mud creak geting so full we could not cross it- went on dress parad in the eavning- I went and got a load of straw to go in our tent, there is several down with the mesles.

Tuesday the 5th- It is cool this morning- everything in an uproar- we loaded up the cars- Uncle Peter bid us fare well- we got on the cars about twelve o'clock, the baggage in one train and the regment in the other- we got to Saulsbery 4 o'clock- got supper- we cooked it ourselves- we loaded up baggage and all in one train started a while after dark for Raleigh- we just got started when the engine run off and left the cars-went about 7 miles before he noed it- they said he was drunk- so we got started about midnight, went til day- stoped and got brekfast.

Sunday 10th, 1861- Was discharged from gard and then went to the hosepittle and saw the sick, thare was about 75 sick, then went out to see the yanky prisoners as there is about 120 some of them with cart blocks chained to them- then came back to camp.

Tuesday, April 29th, 1862- Got up well and about 10 o'clock the pickets began to fire. At 12 o'clock we as ordered into our brest works- the enemy being two or three hundred yards off. Then we commenced firing at each other. There was one man of out Reg. wounded in the leg. We don't no how many we killed on there side. Thare was plenty of blood where they stood. I fired four times at them, the left in a hurry.

Tuesday, August 26th, 1862- Eat breakfast, then divided a ration of beef- a heavy scrimish on the picket line- they throwed a good many bombs from the canons, but did not hurt any of our regiment.

Friday, Oct. 10th, 1862- Started at day- went through Harodsburg- I saw a good many wounded men, as the brigade had gave the yankeys a thrashing the day before near by- we taken the right thare, and went one mile and formed a line of battle, as the enemy was near. Staid til night, it is raining, the coldest kind of a rain. Issued rations after night- our mess got a good room to stay in."

George Shelton Dellinger Co. K of the 23rd Regiment N. C. Troops

This is the flag of the 23rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. It was captured at the battle of Gettysburg and is now part of the collection owned by the North Carolina Museum of History.

George Shelton Dellinger was born in Lincoln County NC. He is the son of Andrew Dellinger and Mary Polly Shelton. He is my 3rd cousin 6x removed. (Dellinger, Flowers, Dean)

George enlisted at the age of 27 on 22 June 1861. He was given the rank of Private and assigned to Co. K of the 23rd Regiment N. C. Troops. George was promoted to the rank of Corporal prior to 1 March 1862 and was later promoted to Sergeant on an unspecified date. Records list him as present or accounted for until wounded in the head and captured by the enemy at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 1 July 1863.

Sergeant George Shelton Dellinger was hospitalized at Gettysburg where he died from a fractured skull on or about 14 July 1863. The location of his remains are unknown to me at this time.

Daniel Matthew Stroup Co. F, 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment

Flag of the 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment. My 3rd cousin 4x removed, Daniel Matthew Stroup was born 20 February 1844 in Lincoln County,North Carolina. He is the son on Christopher Goodson Stroup and Elizabeth Hallmon. Daniel Matthew Stroup mustered into the Confederate Army as a Private on 25 October 1861 at Camp Fisher. He was assigned to Co. F, 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment (AKA The Floyd Rifles) . Daniel was an 18 year old farmer at the time of his enlistment. Private Daniel Matthew Stroup passed away on 5 July 1862 in Richmond Virginia from wounds received at the Battle of Gaines Mill. His father Christopher Goodson Stroup collected a $98.05 settlement for his son's life. Private Daniel Matthew Stroup is buried at Gaines Mills Battlefield Hanover County Virginia.

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.

Sergeant George Shelton Dellinger Co. K, 23rd Regiment N. C. Troops

This is the flag of the 23rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. It was captured at the battle of Gettysburg and is now part of the collection owned by the North Carolina Museum of History. George Shelton Dellinger was born in Lincoln County NC. He is the son of Andrew Dellinger and Mary Polly Shelton. He is my 3rd cousin 6x removed. (Dellinger, Flowers, Dean) George enlisted at the age of 27 on 22 June 1861. He was given the rank of Private and assigned to Co. K of the 23rd Regiment N. C. Troops. George was promoted to the rank of Corporal prior to 1 March 1862 and was later promoted to Sergeant on an unspecified date. Records list him as present or accounted for until wounded in the head and captured by the enemy at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on 1 July 1863. Sergeant George Shelton Dellinger was hospitalized at Gettysburg where he died from a fractured skull on or about 14 July 1863. The location of his remains are unknown to me at this time.

Lt Colonel Frederick Hambright, my 6th great grandfather

Lt Colonel Frederick Hambright is my 6th great grandfather on my Paternal side. (Hambright, Dellinger, Flowers, Dean). Colonel Hambright was born 17 May 1727 in Mosbach, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

The Daughters of the American Revolution list Lt Colonel Frederick Hambright as Ancestor #: A049995. He is recognized for civil and Patriotic duty in the War for America's Independence.

Engagements, Campaigns, and Civil duty during the war;
Signer of the Tryon Resolves of August 14, 1775
Tryon County (N.C.). Committee of Safety August 14, 1775
Representative of Tryon County at the Third Provincial Congress 1775
The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge February 27, 1776
Cherokee Expedition "Rutherford's Campaign" 1776
The Battle of Ramseur's Mill June 20, 1780
The Battle of Kings Mountain October 7, 1780,

Lt Colonel Frederick Hambright's Patriotic service came to an end on 7 October 1780. He was shot in the thigh while leading his South Fork Boys from Lincoln County NC in an attack on British Major Patrick Ferguson's Militia. Even after being severely wounded and losing a large quantity of blood, this brave 53 year old Patriot continued to lead his men until the Battle of Kings Mountain was won.

Lt Colonel Frederick Hambright left this world on 9 Mar 1817 in Grover, York, South Carolina. He is buried at the Old Shiloh Presbyterian Cemetery, not far from Kings Mountain Battle Ground.

This concludes my posting on my Heroes. Happy 4th of July!!!!