The Six Hundred
Confederate Officers Who Are On Permanent Roll of Honor
These are the Soldiers
Who were Subjected to the Severest Prison Fare
Under Fire of Confederate Cannon
The Veterans are Asked to Help Make the Record as Near Correct as Possible
These are the Names That Were Not Born to Die

The Raleigh News and Observer
Sunday, May 21, 1899

The Confederate Veteran for July, published at Nashville, Tennessee, will contain 
sketches of from ten to twenty lines about the six hundred Confederate officers “who 
were subjected to the severest prison fare and placed under the Confederate cannon 
in Charleston harbor.”  Publication is deferred until July in the hope that as nearly a
 complete record as possible may be secured.  The North Carolina members of the 
“six hundred” are given as follows:

North Carolina

Col. John A. Baker, 3rd Cavalry, residence Wilmington:  captured at Petersburg, Va., 
June 21, 1864

Col. G.N. Folk, 5th Cavalry; residence, Morgantown; captured at Kingston, N.C., 
June 22, 1864

Lt. Col. T.L. Hargrove, 41st Infantry; residence, Oxford; captured at South Anna Bridge, Va.,
 June 26, 1862

Major J.R. McDonald, 57th Infantry; residence, Fayetteville; captured at Gaines’ Mill, S.C., 
June 1, 1864

Captain W.I. Alexander, 37th Infantry; residence, Wilkesboro; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 3, 1863

Captain R.W. Atkinson, 2nd Cavalry; residence, Wilson; captured at Hanover C.H., Va., 
May 27, 1864

Captain John C. Blair, 1st Cavalry; residence, Boone County; captured at Yellow Tavern, Va., 
May 11, 1864.

Captain S.S. Bohannan, 28th Infantry; residence, Yadkin County; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

Captain Nero G.  Bradford, 26th Infantry; residence, Lenoir County; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 3, 1863.

Captain R.C. Brumley, 20th Infantry; residence, Concord; captured at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.

Captain E. McN. Blue, 35th Infantry; residence, Moore County; captured at Petersburg, Va., 
June 17, 1864.

Captain John L. Cantwell, 3rd Infantry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

Captain David L. Cockerman, 54th Infantry; residence, Jonesville; captured at Rappahannock 
Bridge, Va., November 7, 1863.

Captain Alex T. Cole, 23rd Infantry; residence Rockingham; captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

Captain John Cowan, 3rd Infantry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.

Captain A.S. Critcher, 27th Infantry; residence, Watauga; captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

Captain W. H. Day, 1st Infantry; residence, Halifax; captured at Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864.

Captain W.B. Dewar, 31st Infantry; residence, Chalk; captured at Gaines’ Mill, Va., June 1, 1864.

Captain H.M. Dixon, 35th Infantry; residence, Moore County; captured at Petersburg, Va., 
June 17, 1864.

Captain H.D. Fowler, 1st Infantry; residence Ballsville; captured at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.

Captain J.C. Gorman, 2nd Infantry; residence Wilson; captured at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.

Captain J.H. Gilbert, 57th Infantry; residence Newton; captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863.

Captain Samuel H. Hartsfield, 3rd Cavalry; residence, Kinston; captured at Hanover 
County, Va., May 27, 1864.

Captain Samuel H. Hines, 45th Infantry; residence Milton; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 10, 1864.

Captain H.W. Horne, 3rd Infantry; residence, Fayetteville; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 12, 1864.

Captain Thomas L. Johnson, 1st Infantry; residence, Edenton; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 12, 1864.

Captain W.H. Kitchen, 12th Infantry; residence Scotland Neck; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

Captain John G. Knox, 7th Infantry; residence Rowan County; captured at Wilderness, 
May 5, 1864.

Captain J.K. Kyle, 52nd Infantry; residence, Fayetteville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 21, 1864.  (transcriber’s note, this may have been a typo, it may have been May 12, 
as the others).

Captain J.W. Lane, 16th Infantry; residence, Hendersonville; captured at Wilderness, 
May 6, 1864.

Captain Thomas C. Lewis, 18th Infantry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

Captain W.G. McRae, 7th Infantry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Wilderness, 
May 6, 1864.

Captain J.W. Moore, 3rd Cavalry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Greenville, N.C., 
December 17, 1864.

Captain W.F. Murphy, 51st Infantry; residence, Clinton; captured at Bermuda Hundred, VA., 
June 16, 1864.

Captain Samuel I. Parham, 54th Infantry; residence, Henderson; captured at Rappahannock’s 
Station, Va., November 7, 1863.

1st Lt. S.S. Abernathy, 30th Infantry; residence Forestville; captured at Kelly’s Ford, Va., 
Nov. 7, 1863.

1st Lt. Wyatt B. Allen, 6th Infantry; residence, Wake County; captured at Rappahannock 
Bridge, Va., November 7, 1863.

1st Lt. T.M. Allen, 4th Infantry; residence Fairfield; captured at Gettysburg, July 4, 1863.

1st Lt. W.T. Anderson, 5th Infantry; residence, Fayetteville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. H.E. Arp, 24th Infantry; residence, Smithville; captured at Petersburg, Va., 
June 17, 1864.

1st Lt. G.W. Avant, 35th Infantry; residence, Chatham County; captured at Petersburg, 
Va., June 17, 1864.

1st Lt. B.W. Birkhead, 22nd Infantry; residence, Ashboro; captured at Hanover Junction, 
VA., May 25, 1864.

1st Lt. J.W. Brothers, 67th Infantry; residence, Kingston; captured near Kingston, N.C., 
June 22, 1864.

1st Lt. John S. Bullock, 23rd Infantry; residence, Tranquility; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. Robert B. Carr, 43rd Infantry; residence Magnolia; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 4, 8163.

1st Lt. A.A. Cathey, 34th Infantry; residence Charlotte; captured at Gettysburg 
July 3, 1863.

1st Lt. David A. Coon, 11th Infantry; residence, Lincolnton; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 3, 1863.

1st Lt. George W. Corbett, 18th Infantry; residence Caintuck; captured at 
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. I.H. Darden, 3rd Infantry; residence, Snow Hill; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. John O. Fink, 18th Infantry; residence, Carrs; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864

1st Lt. John M. Gayther, 1st Infantry; residence, Plymouth; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. John F. Gamble, 14th Infantry; residence Shelby County; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. W.G. Harrington, 25th Artillery; captured at Cox’s Farm, July 12, 1864 (residence not given).

1st Lt. J.A. Haertsfield, 1st Infantry; residence, Ballsville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
July 8, 1864.

1st Lt. T.B. Henderson, 3rd Cavalry; residence, Jacksonville; captured near Henderson, 
N.C., Dec. 17, 1863.

1st Lt. J.M. Hobson, 2nd Infantry; residence Raxville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
July 8, 1864.

1st Lt. H.J. Jenkins, Infantry, (no number given); residence, Murfreesboro; captured at 
Gates County, N.C., June 9, 1864.

1st Lt. Julian A. Latham, 1st Infantry; residence, Plymouth; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. A.N. Leatherwood, 29th Infantry; residence, Fort Henry; captured at Clay 
County, N.C., Feb. 19, 1864.

1st Lt. C.P. Mallet, 3rd Infantry; residence, Fayetteville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. John D. Mallory, 37th Infantry; residence Burckhorn; captured at Drewry’s Bluff, 
Va., May 16, 1864.

1st Lt. Frank McIntosh, 18th Infantry; residence, Richmond; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. M. McLeod, 20th Infantry; residence, Carthage; captured at Wilderness, Va., 
May 6, 1864.

1st Lt. J.I. McMillan, 1st Infantry; residence, Wilmington; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. Nathan S. Moseley, 12th Infantry; residence, Warrenton; captured at 
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

1st Lt. F.F. Patrick, 32nd Infantry; residence, Columbia; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 10, 1864.

2nd Lt. George H. Albright, 6th Infantry; residence, Melville; captured at Rappahannock 
Station, Va., November 7, 1863.

2nd Lt. H.B. Amson, 62nd Infantry; residence, Sampson; captured at Cumberland 
Gap, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1863.

2nd Lt. M.C. Andrews, 28th Infantry; residence, Orange County; captured at 
Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. T.P. Barrow, 3rd Infantry; residence Washington; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.A. Blain, 16th Infantry; residence Franklin County; captured at Falling 
Waters, Va., July 14, 1863.

2nd Lt. J.H. Bloodworth, 4th Cavalry; residence Wilmington; captured at Brandy 
Station, Va., Oct. 11, 1863.

2nd Lt. Alex H. Brown, 30th Infantry; residence Chatham; captured at Kelly’s Ford, 
Va., November 7, 1863.

2nd Lt. David S. Bullard, 18th Infantry; residence Owensville; captured at 
Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. John H. Burgin, 22nd Infantry; residence Marion; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 3, 1863.

2nd Lt. C.M. Busbee, 5th Infantry; residence Raleigh; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. E.A. Carver, 1st Infantry; residence Forestville; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. W.B. Chandler, 13th Infantry; residence Yanceyville; captured at Spottsylvania 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. George S. Coble, 44th Infantry; residence Graham; captured at Hanover Inn, 
Va., June 26, 1863.

2nd Lt. Joseph B. Coffield, 1st Infantry; residence Tarboro; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. I. Coggin, 23rd Infantry; residence, Troy; captured at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.

2nd Lt. J.C.C. Cowper, 35th Infantry; residence, Suffolk; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 1, 1863.

2nd Lt. C.M. Crapon, 3rd Infantry; residence Smithville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. T.D. Crawford, Navy; residence, Washington; captured near Washington, 
N.C., Feb. 24, 1864.

2nd Lt. A.B. Davis, 1st Cavalry; residence Morganton; captured at Petersburg, 
May 7, 1864.

2nd Lt. W.F. Doles, 32nd Infantry; residence Wilson; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 10, 1864.

2nd Lt. E.W. Dorsey, 11th Infantry; residence Whitesville; captured at Gettysburg, 
July 5, 1863.

2nd Lt. John Q. Elkins, 18th Infantry; residence Whitesville, captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. Mich E. Vennell, 61st Infantry; residence Leesville; captured at Bermuda 
Hundred, VA., June 16, 1864.

2nd Lt. Francis F. Floyd, 51st Infantry; residence Whitesville; captured at Bermuda 
Hundred, Va., June 16, 1864.

2nd Lt. H.Y. Gash, 6th Cavalry; residence, Morgantown; captured at Jackson’s Mill, 
N.C., June 22, 1864.

2nd Lt. R.A. Glenn, 22nd Infantry; residence New Salem; captured at Hanover, VA., 
May 23, 1864.

2nd Lt. W.C. Gordon, 6th Cavalry; residence Morgantown; captured at Jackson’s Mill, 
S.C., June 22, 1864.

2nd Lt. B.A. Gowan, 50th Infantry; residence Whitesville; captured at Bermuda Hundred, 
June 16, 1864.

2nd Lt. A.J. Gurgans, 3rd Infantry; residence, Onslow; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.H. Harget, 1st Infantry; residence Newbern; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. Edward S. Hart, 22nd Infantry; residence Burrack; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.F. Heath, 67th Infantry; residence Newbern; captured at Swift Creek, Va., 
April 26, 1864.

2nd Lt. L.J. Henderson, 3rd Infantry; residence Jacksonville; captured at Spottsylvania, 
May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. Gilbert P. Higley, 57th Infantry; residence Lumberton; captured at Cold Harbor, Va., 
June 1, 1864.

2nd Lt. Wm. H. Ivey, 2nd Cavalry; residence Clinton; captured at Spottsylvania May 7, 1864.

2nd Lt. A.J. Howser, 1st Infantry; residence Lincolnton; captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.C. Hines, 5th Cavalry; residence, Jackson County; captured at Jack’s Shop, Va., 
September 22, 1863.

2nd Lt. Wm. P. Johnson, 1st Cavalry; residence Charlotte; captured at Bristow Station, Va., 
November 25, 1863.

2nd Lt. W.T. Jones, 35th Infantry; residence Moore County; captured at Petersburg, June 17, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.E. King, 3rd Infantry; residence, Onslow; captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. J.B. Lindsay, 31st Infantry; residence Wadesboro; captured at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864.

2nd Lt. G.H. Lindsay, 54th Infantry; residence Madison; captured at Drewry’s Bluff, Va., May 16, 1864.

2nd Infantry Z.H. Lowdermilk, 3rd Infantry; residence Randolph, captured at Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864.

2nd Lt. R.H. Lyons, 31st Infantry; residence Black Rock; captured at Spottsylvania May 12, 1864.


Transcribed by Christine Spencer, September 2008







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