Robert, age 32, volunteered and enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 18 June 1861 at Halifax, North Carolina. He was mustered as a Private in Company A, 5th North Carolina Infantry. On 1 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, Robert received a head wound. He was captured on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, Virginia and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland. It was noted he was exchanged 30 October 1864.
(birth & death place and the following info & obituary transcribed by David A. French) On 24 October 1850 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he marries Elizabeth Smith (~1826-?).
FAYETTEVILLE WEEKLY OBSERVER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26, 1903, Page 3, Column 3
The Late Robert M. Atkinson.
Superintendent Brooks, of the Soldiers’ Home at Raleigh, writes us of the death there, on February 22d, in his 80th year, of Robert M. Atkinson, of Co. A., 5th N. C. State Troops.
He was a resident of Fayetteville, and leaves a sister, Mrs. Susan Smith.
He went to the home only a few days before his death. He bore the scars of wounds received at Gettysburg.
He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Raleigh, his pallbearers were comrades at the Home; and Rev. Mr. Stevenson conducted the services.
The superintendent adds that they have lost four this year by death; that there were then 103 in the Home, with 16 off on furlough.
Sources provided Family History Society of Eastern NC and Newspapers.com
(birth & death place and the following info & obituary transcribed by David A. French) On 24 October 1850 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he marries Elizabeth Smith (~1826-?).
FAYETTEVILLE WEEKLY OBSERVER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26, 1903, Page 3, Column 3
The Late Robert M. Atkinson.
Superintendent Brooks, of the Soldiers’ Home at Raleigh, writes us of the death there, on February 22d, in his 80th year, of Robert M. Atkinson, of Co. A., 5th N. C. State Troops.
He was a resident of Fayetteville, and leaves a sister, Mrs. Susan Smith.
He went to the home only a few days before his death. He bore the scars of wounds received at Gettysburg.
He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Raleigh, his pallbearers were comrades at the Home; and Rev. Mr. Stevenson conducted the services.
The superintendent adds that they have lost four this year by death; that there were then 103 in the Home, with 16 off on furlough.
Sources provided Family History Society of Eastern NC and Newspapers.com
Robert, age 32, volunteered and enlisted in the Confederate States Army on 18 June 1861 at Halifax, North Carolina. He was mustered as a Private in Company A, 5th North Carolina Infantry. On 1 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, Robert received a head wound. He was captured on 19 September 1864 at Winchester, Virginia and sent to Point Lookout, Maryland. It was noted he was exchanged 30 October 1864.
(birth & death place and the following info & obituary transcribed by David A. French) On 24 October 1850 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he marries Elizabeth Smith (~1826-?).
FAYETTEVILLE WEEKLY OBSERVER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26, 1903, Page 3, Column 3
The Late Robert M. Atkinson.
Superintendent Brooks, of the Soldiers’ Home at Raleigh, writes us of the death there, on February 22d, in his 80th year, of Robert M. Atkinson, of Co. A., 5th N. C. State Troops.
He was a resident of Fayetteville, and leaves a sister, Mrs. Susan Smith.
He went to the home only a few days before his death. He bore the scars of wounds received at Gettysburg.
He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Raleigh, his pallbearers were comrades at the Home; and Rev. Mr. Stevenson conducted the services.
The superintendent adds that they have lost four this year by death; that there were then 103 in the Home, with 16 off on furlough.
Sources provided Family History Society of Eastern NC and Newspapers.com
(birth & death place and the following info & obituary transcribed by David A. French) On 24 October 1850 in Cumberland County, North Carolina, he marries Elizabeth Smith (~1826-?).
FAYETTEVILLE WEEKLY OBSERVER, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Thursday, March 26, 1903, Page 3, Column 3
The Late Robert M. Atkinson.
Superintendent Brooks, of the Soldiers’ Home at Raleigh, writes us of the death there, on February 22d, in his 80th year, of Robert M. Atkinson, of Co. A., 5th N. C. State Troops.
He was a resident of Fayetteville, and leaves a sister, Mrs. Susan Smith.
He went to the home only a few days before his death. He bore the scars of wounds received at Gettysburg.
He was buried in the Confederate Cemetery at Raleigh, his pallbearers were comrades at the Home; and Rev. Mr. Stevenson conducted the services.
The superintendent adds that they have lost four this year by death; that there were then 103 in the Home, with 16 off on furlough.
Sources provided Family History Society of Eastern NC and Newspapers.com
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