The son of Henry and Francis Ann DeBerry. His mother was from Virginia, his father died when he was about ten years old. Educated at the University of North Carolina, after graduating, he returned home to farm. When war came, he enlisted as a private and fought under McGruder on the Virginia Peninsula. He was promoted to lieutenant in the 54th North Carolina Regiment in Longstreet's Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. He subsequently made Captain as they were moved into Early's Division of Jackson's Corps. At the battle of Chancellorsville he was part of the last charge. Captured, he spent some time at Old Capitol Prison until exchanged. Returning to his unit, he was captured again, with his brigade, and confined at Johnson's Island, Ohio, from November 1863, until being released in June of 1865. Married in 1868 to Fannie Bryant, he engaged in the field of education as a teacher, until he began preaching in the 1870s.
The son of Henry and Francis Ann DeBerry. His mother was from Virginia, his father died when he was about ten years old. Educated at the University of North Carolina, after graduating, he returned home to farm. When war came, he enlisted as a private and fought under McGruder on the Virginia Peninsula. He was promoted to lieutenant in the 54th North Carolina Regiment in Longstreet's Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia. He subsequently made Captain as they were moved into Early's Division of Jackson's Corps. At the battle of Chancellorsville he was part of the last charge. Captured, he spent some time at Old Capitol Prison until exchanged. Returning to his unit, he was captured again, with his brigade, and confined at Johnson's Island, Ohio, from November 1863, until being released in June of 1865. Married in 1868 to Fannie Bryant, he engaged in the field of education as a teacher, until he began preaching in the 1870s.
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