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Contributed by: Barbara Shore Hugh Armstrong volunteered under the 2nd Conscription Act of 1863, and enlisted in Capt. Buie’s Co; 1st Lt. Baldwin; 2nd Lt. Wm. McDougald and served in Wilmington and Goldsboro. He was home on sick furlough at the time of surrender. His widow, Martha E. Armstrong 69, of Central Falls, Randolph Co., NC, applied for a Widow’s Pension 3 Jul 1902. (From Widow’s Pension Application). Hugh Armstrong, Jr. was born May 1829 in South Washington, New Hanover Co. NC; He traveled to Bibb Co. GA with this older brother Isham Hand Armstrong where he married Martha E. Pass 1 Feb 1854. They returned to NC and lived in Brunswick, Bladen and Randolph Cos. He was the son of Hugh Armstrong Sr. and Julia Eliza Hand and grandson of Edward and Mary Sheffield Armstrong. He is the brother Hugh spoken of in the Armstrong Family Narrative by Thomas James Armstrong located on the New Hanover and Duplin Co GENWEB sites. His children were: 1. Sarah E. Armstrong b. 1856 2. Warren W. Armstrong, b. 1859 3. Jefferson E. Armsstrong b. 1862 4. Julia E. Armstrong b. 1864 5. Laura A. Armstrong b. 1869 6. Lovard P. Armstrong b. 1873 7. Ella V. Armstrong b. 1874 |