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Sgt Daniel Gamewell Thompson

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Sgt Daniel Gamewell Thompson Veteran

Birth
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 May 1911 (aged 67)
Gaston County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mount Holly, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Grandson of:
Bartholomew (Bat)& Mary Martha Guthrie -Mayberry-Thompson.

Son of:
Thomas Jefferson & Frances W. Shelton-Thompson.

Married ~ Mary Elizabeth Asbury ~
29 December 1866-Lincoln County, NC.

6 Children:..............................................
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*Anna Laura Thompson-Dellinger
-Tollie Huston Thompson
*Edward Eugene Thompson
*Lola Rachael Thompson-Dellinger
-Earl Asbury Thompson
-John Lloyd Thompson

Sgt
Company G
52nd NC Infantry Reg.

*52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry*
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52nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in April, 1862. Its members were recruited in the counties of Cabarrus, Randolph, Gates, Chowan, Stokes, Richmond, Wilkes, Lincoln, Stanly, and Forsyth. The unit fought at Goldsboro, then relocated to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew Kirkland, and MacRae. It fought with General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia during Gettysburg, had 2 killed and 25 wounded in the fight at Bristoe, and surrendered with only 6 officers and 60 men. Its commanders were Colonels James K. Marshall and Marcus A. Parks Lieutenant Colonels Eric Erson and Benjamin F. Little, and Major John Q. Richardson.

Company I
28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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28th Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in September, 1861, at High Point, North Carolina. Its members were from the counties of Surry, Gaston, Catawba, Stanley, Montgomery, Yadkin, Orange, and Cleveland. The unit moved to New Bern and arrived just as the troops were withdrawing from that fight. Ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, it was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought at Hanover Court House and many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. The 28th was then involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox operations. It came to Virginia with 1,199 men, lost thirty-three percent of the 480 engaged during the Seven Days' Battles, and had 3 killed and 26 wounded at Cedar Mountain and 5 killed and 45 wounded at Second Manassas.

The regiment reported 65 casualties at Fredericksburg and 89 at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were killed, wounded, or missing. It surrendered 17 officers and 213 men. Its commanders were Colonels James H. Lane, Samuel D. Lowe, and William H.A. Speer; Lieutenant Colonels William D. Barringer and Thomas L. Lowe; and Majors William J. Montgomery, Richard E. Reeves, & S N Stowe.

March 23, 1862 Enlisted CSA
---Age 18 Company G
July03, 1863 Wounded Gettysburg
---Groin and Right Thigh
July 25, 1863 Captured
---Transfered to Baltimore Maryland
August 23, 1863 Paroled
August 24, 1863 Freed in Virginia
Nov 1863 Returned to duty
Dec 19, 1863 Promoted to Sergeant
Nov 01, 1864. Transfered to Co I 28th NC Infantry CSA

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Grandson of:
Bartholomew (Bat)& Mary Martha Guthrie -Mayberry-Thompson.

Son of:
Thomas Jefferson & Frances W. Shelton-Thompson.

Married ~ Mary Elizabeth Asbury ~
29 December 1866-Lincoln County, NC.

6 Children:..............................................
-------------------------------------------
*Anna Laura Thompson-Dellinger
-Tollie Huston Thompson
*Edward Eugene Thompson
*Lola Rachael Thompson-Dellinger
-Earl Asbury Thompson
-John Lloyd Thompson

Sgt
Company G
52nd NC Infantry Reg.

*52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry*
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52nd Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in April, 1862. Its members were recruited in the counties of Cabarrus, Randolph, Gates, Chowan, Stokes, Richmond, Wilkes, Lincoln, Stanly, and Forsyth. The unit fought at Goldsboro, then relocated to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew Kirkland, and MacRae. It fought with General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia during Gettysburg, had 2 killed and 25 wounded in the fight at Bristoe, and surrendered with only 6 officers and 60 men. Its commanders were Colonels James K. Marshall and Marcus A. Parks Lieutenant Colonels Eric Erson and Benjamin F. Little, and Major John Q. Richardson.

Company I
28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
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28th Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in September, 1861, at High Point, North Carolina. Its members were from the counties of Surry, Gaston, Catawba, Stanley, Montgomery, Yadkin, Orange, and Cleveland. The unit moved to New Bern and arrived just as the troops were withdrawing from that fight. Ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, it was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought at Hanover Court House and many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. The 28th was then involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James River and the Appomattox operations. It came to Virginia with 1,199 men, lost thirty-three percent of the 480 engaged during the Seven Days' Battles, and had 3 killed and 26 wounded at Cedar Mountain and 5 killed and 45 wounded at Second Manassas.

The regiment reported 65 casualties at Fredericksburg and 89 at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were killed, wounded, or missing. It surrendered 17 officers and 213 men. Its commanders were Colonels James H. Lane, Samuel D. Lowe, and William H.A. Speer; Lieutenant Colonels William D. Barringer and Thomas L. Lowe; and Majors William J. Montgomery, Richard E. Reeves, & S N Stowe.

March 23, 1862 Enlisted CSA
---Age 18 Company G
July03, 1863 Wounded Gettysburg
---Groin and Right Thigh
July 25, 1863 Captured
---Transfered to Baltimore Maryland
August 23, 1863 Paroled
August 24, 1863 Freed in Virginia
Nov 1863 Returned to duty
Dec 19, 1863 Promoted to Sergeant
Nov 01, 1864. Transfered to Co I 28th NC Infantry CSA

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