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Pvt Charles Ruffin Blackley

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Pvt Charles Ruffin Blackley Veteran

Birth
Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Death
1 Sep 1892 (aged 49–50)
Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Howell O. Blackley and Letha Harris.

Charles resided in Granville County and enlisted in Company G (Sons of Liberty), 47th North Carolina Infantry at Camp Holmes near Raleigh at the age of 20 on July 22, 1862. He was reported present or accounted for in January-February 1863 and January-April 1864. He was hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia on July 25, 1864 with pleuritis and was furloughed for 60 days on August 18, 1864. He was captured at Sutherland's Station, Virginia on April 1, 1865. He was confined at Hart's Island yankee prison, New York Harbor on June 18, 7, 1865. He was released at Hart's Island on June 18, 1865.

He is buried beside his wife and has no headstone.
Son of Howell O. Blackley and Letha Harris.

Charles resided in Granville County and enlisted in Company G (Sons of Liberty), 47th North Carolina Infantry at Camp Holmes near Raleigh at the age of 20 on July 22, 1862. He was reported present or accounted for in January-February 1863 and January-April 1864. He was hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia on July 25, 1864 with pleuritis and was furloughed for 60 days on August 18, 1864. He was captured at Sutherland's Station, Virginia on April 1, 1865. He was confined at Hart's Island yankee prison, New York Harbor on June 18, 7, 1865. He was released at Hart's Island on June 18, 1865.

He is buried beside his wife and has no headstone.


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