DESERTERS 59th N.C. Regiment
December, 1863

North Carolina Register
Raleigh
December 9, 1863

$1,440 reward
I hereby publish a list of deserters and absentees from the 59th Regiment N.C.T.  
Any person apprehending a deserter herein advertised will receive a reward of $80 
for his delivery to the nearest conscripting office

L.A. Johnson, Captain, Company A
Commanding, 59th Regiment

Company A, Capt. L.H. Johnson:  Pte. C.A. Hoyt, substitute and deserter, Newbern

Company B, Capt. James T. Mitchell:  Substitutes and Deserters:  Thomas Brown of 
Wilmington and from Richmond, Virginia:  P.W. Duffie, John Snyder, John Myers, 
Hartman Miles; from Winchester, Virginia:  William McCoy and John Tabler(?)
AWOL:  W.D. Bradshaw of Leesburg

Company C, Capt. A. McIntire:  AWOL:  G.W. Breace(?); from Golden Place, 
Onslow Co., N.C.:  S.H. Edens and Benjamin Padgett and N. Padgett; from 
Teacher’s Depot, Duplin Co., T.H. Carter; from Bannerman’s Post Office, 
New Hanover Co., N.C.:  Seabern Casteen, Isaac Deal, L.G. Henderson; from 
Kenansville, Duplin Co., W.T. Mitchell

Company D, Capt. W. Sharpe
Deserters:  E. Belch; from Hartford Co., N.C.:  J.A. Driday, Isaac Godwin, 
Barnes Griffith, W.E. Hill, James Holleman, D.O. Evans, W. H. Overton, 
Caleb Taylor; from Richmond, Virginia, James Brown
AWOL:  Bertie Co., N.C., John A. Parker; from Hertford Co., J.M. Deans, 
H.E. Dilday, J.J. Hoggard, A. Jones; from Gates Co., N.C., J.H. Enre; from 
Northampton Co., N.C., Benjamin Entrell, Ira Futrell and W.J. Joynes

Company E, Capt. S.Y. Bryce
Deserters:  Gaston County:  James Browning, Alex McDaniel, E.B. McDaniel, 
A.S. Craig, J.H. Huffman, J.T. Lay, M.R. Sparks, J.P. Stone, J.H. Smith; from 
Charlotte:  W.B. Sims, N. Poplin
AWOL:  From Gaston County:  Alexander Craig; from Mecklenburg County, 
Jno. Biggers

Company F, Capt. J.B. Cherry
Deserters:  Windsor, N.C.:  W.L. Brooden, E. Morris, A. Morris; from 
Hertford County, N.C.:  W.E. Holleman, J.A. Willoughby; from Bertie County:  
G. Taylor, J.W. White, Merry Hill; from Hotel, Bertie County:  Isaac Parker
AWOL:  From Pitch Landing, N.C.:  Corp. D. Atkins; from Hotel, N.C., 
Pte. John Rhea; from Roxabel, N.C., Pte. R.H. Barnes; from Windsor, N.C.:  
Wm. Morris(?), R.D. Myers, H. Taylor, J.M. Willoughby, J.J. Butler, W. Butler, 
C. Caspar, J.J. Mitchell; from Pitch Landing, N.C.:  J.J. Dilday and L.S. Rise; 
from Hotel, N.C., K. Jenkins; from Colerain, N.C.:  N. Freeman, J.B. Parker, 
W.E. Peel, F. Perry, J.B. Perry; from Roxabel, N.C., J.J. Warrell; from Merry Hill, 
N.C:  J.R. Pearce and J.W. Pearce

Company G, Capt. D. Heft(?) Bell(?)
Deserters:  W.H. Brothers; from Shingle Landing, Currituck Co., N.C.:  James 
Owens; from Currituck County:  I. Bright; from Petersburg, Va., Jno Martin 
(substitute and deserter), Jno. McGinnis, Jno Walsh; from Sligo, Currituck Co., 
N.C:  John Cox
AWOL:  From Day’s Mills, Currituck Co., N.C.:  J. Forbes; from Shingle Landing, 
Currituck Co., N.C.:  T. O’Grady; from Currituck Co., N.C.:  Thomas Gundy, 
S.O. Neal, W. Owens, T.S. Owens; from Camden Co., N.C.:  W.H. Pugh, Sr.; 
from Indian Town, Currituck Co., W.H. Pugh, Jr.

Transcriber’s Note:  A few more names were printed, but they were illegible

Company H, Capt. Barnes
Deserter:  William Sneed, of Wilson, N.C.

Captain L.A. Johnson, Company A, Commanding, 59th N.C.T.







Transcribed by Christine Spencer, April, 2007





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