(Note: Obituary contributed by Sheron Smith-Savage below:
"DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.—….
At the house of Charles Bates, Esq. in Richmond, on the 28th, Capt. John H. Boyd, of the 11th North Carolina regiment. His father took his remains home for interment.
—Published in Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), September 2, 1861, p. 3."
21st Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
Son of George D. and Minerva Hill Boyd. One of three brothers dying as a result of the Civil War. John and his younger brother, Andrew had a law practice in Wentworth. Though he was not in the best of health, he volunteered to join the CSA with the "Rockingham Invincibles". He died in Richmond, Va. at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock AM on Aug. 28, 1861 of typhoid fever. It was said that his father would travel to retrieve the bodies of each of his sons when they had died. John was buried in Wentworth only three days after dying in Richmond. In a letter from Mr. George Boyd to General J.M. Leach, he mentions going to Richmond for the remains, and showing his appreciation for the sword of his son, which was given as a present to him from General Leach at that time.
"DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.—….
At the house of Charles Bates, Esq. in Richmond, on the 28th, Capt. John H. Boyd, of the 11th North Carolina regiment. His father took his remains home for interment.
—Published in Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), September 2, 1861, p. 3."
21st Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
Son of George D. and Minerva Hill Boyd. One of three brothers dying as a result of the Civil War. John and his younger brother, Andrew had a law practice in Wentworth. Though he was not in the best of health, he volunteered to join the CSA with the "Rockingham Invincibles". He died in Richmond, Va. at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock AM on Aug. 28, 1861 of typhoid fever. It was said that his father would travel to retrieve the bodies of each of his sons when they had died. John was buried in Wentworth only three days after dying in Richmond. In a letter from Mr. George Boyd to General J.M. Leach, he mentions going to Richmond for the remains, and showing his appreciation for the sword of his son, which was given as a present to him from General Leach at that time.
(Note: Obituary contributed by Sheron Smith-Savage below:
"DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.—….
At the house of Charles Bates, Esq. in Richmond, on the 28th, Capt. John H. Boyd, of the 11th North Carolina regiment. His father took his remains home for interment.
—Published in Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), September 2, 1861, p. 3."
21st Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
Son of George D. and Minerva Hill Boyd. One of three brothers dying as a result of the Civil War. John and his younger brother, Andrew had a law practice in Wentworth. Though he was not in the best of health, he volunteered to join the CSA with the "Rockingham Invincibles". He died in Richmond, Va. at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock AM on Aug. 28, 1861 of typhoid fever. It was said that his father would travel to retrieve the bodies of each of his sons when they had died. John was buried in Wentworth only three days after dying in Richmond. In a letter from Mr. George Boyd to General J.M. Leach, he mentions going to Richmond for the remains, and showing his appreciation for the sword of his son, which was given as a present to him from General Leach at that time.
"DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.—….
At the house of Charles Bates, Esq. in Richmond, on the 28th, Capt. John H. Boyd, of the 11th North Carolina regiment. His father took his remains home for interment.
—Published in Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), September 2, 1861, p. 3."
21st Infantry Regiment
NC TROOPS
Son of George D. and Minerva Hill Boyd. One of three brothers dying as a result of the Civil War. John and his younger brother, Andrew had a law practice in Wentworth. Though he was not in the best of health, he volunteered to join the CSA with the "Rockingham Invincibles". He died in Richmond, Va. at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock AM on Aug. 28, 1861 of typhoid fever. It was said that his father would travel to retrieve the bodies of each of his sons when they had died. John was buried in Wentworth only three days after dying in Richmond. In a letter from Mr. George Boyd to General J.M. Leach, he mentions going to Richmond for the remains, and showing his appreciation for the sword of his son, which was given as a present to him from General Leach at that time.
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