Captain, CSA, 7th North Carolina
Brother to Brig. Gen. William
MacRae. He was educated in New
England, entering private school
in Boston in 1856, and was grad-
uated from the English High
School in that city in 1860. He
then studied law at Harvard until
the outbreak of hostilities in
1861, when he returned to his
State. Joining the Eighth NC, he
accompanied it to SC, a few months
later was transferred to the heavy
artillery and stationed at Ft.
Fisher. He then became a member of
McNeill's Partisan Rangers and,
after an adventurous career of 13
months with that command, joined
Company C, 7th Reg NC Infantry,
with a commission of Lieut. From
that time he was in command of
his Company, with promotion to
Captain after the Battle of Getty-
sburg. Among the engagements in
which he participated were the
skirmish near Pollocksville, and
the Battle of Chancersville,
where he was slightly wounded in
the right thigh. Afterwards he
was in command of three comp-
anies of skirmishers during the
fighting on the Rappahannock
River. At Gettysburg he was in
the battle 3 days, and on the
evening of the 3rd day received
a severe wound to the left thigh.
While being carried to Richmond
he was sick for 3 weeks with
fever at Newton, VA, and on
reaching the Confederate Capital
he was granted a furlough for
forty days. In May,1864, he was
in the death grapple of the
armies in the Wilderness and had
the misfortune to be captured.
He was held at Ft Delaware, and
in following August was one of
the 600 officers placed on a
ship and sent to Charleston
Habor and placed under fire at
Morris Island. These men were
under terrible conditions &
serveral died from this ordeal.
Finally they were returned to
Ft Delaware and held until
close of hostilities. These
men became known as the
"Immortal 600".
Served as Mayor/Wilm, NC.
after the War.
(Sprunt-Chronicles)