Garner Veterans Memorial

County Commissioners Pledge $50,000 to Garner Veterans Memorial

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See the news release and information about the memorial.

William R. Gower

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William R. Gower enlisted on 29 May 1861 at age 17. Private Gower was captured at New Bern on 14 March 1862 and confined at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor until exchanged at Aiken’s Landing on the James River in Virginia on 5 August 1862. He died one day later in a Petersburg hospital of typhoid fever. Private Gower was the son of James and Elizabeth Overby Gower.

James A. Stephens

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Private James A. Stephens/Stevens enlisted at Holly Springs at age 22 on 29 May 1861. Most of 1861 he was absent while sick. He returned to his unit and was present until captured at New Bern on 14 March 1862 and paroled at a later date. James was captured at Bristow Station on 14 October 1863 and the next day admitted to the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. On 27 October, he was transported to Point Lookout where he died in the Small Pox hospital on either 25 or 27 December 1864. Private Stephens was the son of Paschal & Elizabeth Stephens/Stevens.

William Urias Poole

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First Sergeant William Urias Poole enlisted as a Private on 1 May 1861 at age 19 into company E, 14th North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to 1st Sergeant on 25 April 1862. William was admitted to the Winder Hospital in Richmond with typhoid fever on 18 May 1862, furlough one month later for 30 days and rejoined his unit from the hospital after September 1862 and was killed at Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863. His unit record stated “…in battle at Chancellorsville, received the Badge of Honor for gallant conduct in battle”. He was the son of Hardy Poole, Jr. and Mary Ann Baucom.

William Thomas Poole

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Captain William Thomas Poole enlisted at age 23 as 2nd Sergeant on 25 April 1862 and promoted to 1st Sergeant on 1 June 1862. He was promoted to Captain of the company on 25 April 1862. Captain Poole was absent sick later that year in November and again in the summer of 1863. William returned to duty and was killed on 24 August 1863 at Charlestown, West Virginia. He was the son of Lewis Poole and Catherine Shaw.

David Bryant Harrison

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Private David Bryant Harrison enlisted at age 26 on 15 July 1862 into company I, 3rd North Carolina Infantry. When his unit left Frederick, Maryland on 10 September 1862, he was left behind sick and was captured two days later on the 12th. He stayed in the Union hospital at Frederick until transferred to Fort Delaware on 18 September. On the 2nd of October 1862, Prisoners of War were transported to Aikens Landing in Virginia for exchanged. These POWs were ‘declared exchanged’ on 10 November at Aikens Landing, but David has already been admitted on 24 October to the Confederate Winder Hospital in Richmond with rubeola (small pox). After being transferred to the Small Pox hospital on 9 December, he died there on 15 February 1863. David was the son of Willie Harrison and Mahala Cooke and husband to Jane Ellen Poole.

William J. Gattis

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Private William Judson Gattis enlisted at Holly Springs on 1 November 1863. He was wounded in the hand, admitted to Winder Hospital in Richmond on 14 May 1864, transferred to Danville, VA hospital on 18 May, transferred again to the Pettigrew Hospital in Raleigh on 23 May before being furloughed 26 May 1864. William returned to duty 1 July 1864. He received a gunshot fracture (shell) in his left leg nearly its whole length at Burgess’ Mill, Virginia on 27 October 1864. He died the next day on 28 October at age 18. William was the son of Thomas Gattis and Malinda Holloman/Holleman.

John W. Bunch

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Private John W. Bunch enlisted at age 25 on 25 February 1862 into company C, 47th North Carolina Infantry. He died 23 July 1862 in the Confederate hospital in Goldsboro and buried in the mass grave in Willowdale Cemetery in Goldsboro. He left a wife, Sandal Poole Bunch, and two small children, John and Patrick.

Triangle East Article

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Read the latest article in Triangle East. Honor & Heritage

Veterans Day 2011 Media

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