Garner Veterans Memorial

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Do not know if he is a Confederate or Union Soldier.  Mitchiner family history believes he is a Union Soldier.

Willis Joseph Jonah Wilson enlisted at Camp Mangum on 15 September 1862 at age 18 and died six months later at Charleston, SC on 7 March 1863 of a disease.  Son of Elder James Wilson (Baptist Minister and farmer) and Charity Oquin.

Capt. O.(Oscar) R. Rand enlisted Sidney Williams on 19 August 1861 at age 18.  He was present until captured at New Bern, NC on 14 March 1862 and confined at Ft. Columbus in New York Harbor.  He died on board a vessel  as a Prisoner of War to Ft. Columbus, NY of typhoid pneumonia.  Sidney Williams married [...]

John B. Whitley enlisted at age 18 on 15 September 1862 at Camp Mangum, Raleigh, NC.  On 31 December 1862, he was sick in a hospital in Charleston, SC.    He died around 17 to 19 March 1863 of a disease at an unreported place.  Son of Bryant Whitley and Nancy Thomas.

William H. Turner enlisted on 18 September 1861.  He was captured at Cold Harbor, VA around 31 May and 1 June 1864.  He was confined at Point Lookout, Maryland by 11 June 1864 but was transferred to Elmira, NY on 12 July 1864.  He died as a Prisoner of War at Elmira, NY of pleuritis.  Location [...]

Junius David Turner enlisted on 18 September 1861 and was present until captured at Roanoke Island, NC on 8 February 1862.  He was paroled at Elizabeth City, NC on 21 February 1862 and returned to duty around 15 September 1862.   On 28 February 1863, he was listed as being sick  in a hospital in Charleston, [...]

Capt. Oscar R. Rand enlisted John F. Turner on the 29 May 1861 at age 21 in Holly Springs.   Private Turner was present until he died in a hospital at Carolina City near Morehead City, NC on 23 December 1861 of pneumonia.  He was the son of William David Turner and Christiana Walton.   His brothers, [...]

Samuel A. Smith enlisted in Auburn, NC on 18 September 1861 and was present until captured at Roanoke Island, NC on 8 February 1862.  He was paroled at Elizabeth City, NC on 21 February 1862 and returned to duty around 15 September 1862.   He died at an unreported place around 20 March 1863 of a disease.  [...]

Rufus Smith enlisted 15 July 1862.  He died in a Richmond, VA hospital on 27 September 1862 of typhoid fever.