Elvis resided in Warren County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting as a Private in 2nd Company C (Warren Rifles), 12th North Carolina Infantry at the age of 18 on May 4, 1861. He was present or accounted for until he was wounded at Gaines' Mill, Virginia on June 24, 1862. He returned to duty prior to November 2, 1862 and was present or accounted for until wounded in the hand at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863. He returned to duty prior to July 1, 1863 and was present or accounted for until he was wounded in the arm and right lung and captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 19, 1864. He died in a yankee hospital in Washington, DC on May 30, 1864 of wounds.
First buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association had the remains of over 100 Confederate soldiers disinterred and brought back to the South. The remains were placed in four coffins and were buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He is the son of Henderson Adcock and Lucy Edwards.
First buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association had the remains of over 100 Confederate soldiers disinterred and brought back to the South. The remains were placed in four coffins and were buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He is the son of Henderson Adcock and Lucy Edwards.
Elvis resided in Warren County and was by occupation a farmer prior to enlisting as a Private in 2nd Company C (Warren Rifles), 12th North Carolina Infantry at the age of 18 on May 4, 1861. He was present or accounted for until he was wounded at Gaines' Mill, Virginia on June 24, 1862. He returned to duty prior to November 2, 1862 and was present or accounted for until wounded in the hand at Chancellorsville, Virginia on May 3, 1863. He returned to duty prior to July 1, 1863 and was present or accounted for until he was wounded in the arm and right lung and captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 19, 1864. He died in a yankee hospital in Washington, DC on May 30, 1864 of wounds.
First buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association had the remains of over 100 Confederate soldiers disinterred and brought back to the South. The remains were placed in four coffins and were buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He is the son of Henderson Adcock and Lucy Edwards.
First buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association had the remains of over 100 Confederate soldiers disinterred and brought back to the South. The remains were placed in four coffins and were buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.
He is the son of Henderson Adcock and Lucy Edwards.
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