Private Simeon Bullis, of Wilkes County, NC, was the 2nd son of John B. and Mary "Polly" (Bumgarner) Bullis. Simeon was one of three brothers who died for the Confederate cause. He was educated in the local school and was able to read & write. He worked as a laborer on his father's farm before the war began and had never married.
On June 12, 1861, he was one of the earliest volunteer soldiers in the 26th NC Infantry Regiment, Company C.
Simeon suffered gunshot wounds at Gettysburg in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge on July 3, 1863 and was captured by the Union Army. He was transported to De Camp Hospital, David's Island, New York, where he died from wound infection on September 2, 1863.
Pvt Simeon Bullis was buried in grave 847 at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in New York City, far from his humble home in the foothills of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
General A. P. Hill was once asked which troops in the Army of Northern Virginia he regarded as the best. His answer was surprising since he was a Virginian by birth. Hill said, "North Carolinians are the best. They are as brave as any men and being more obedient to authority, they are better soldiers. They will do what you tell them to do."
General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina agreed, "I don't know how it was, but the best soldiers I saw in the war were from North Carolina."
On June 12, 1861, he was one of the earliest volunteer soldiers in the 26th NC Infantry Regiment, Company C.
Simeon suffered gunshot wounds at Gettysburg in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge on July 3, 1863 and was captured by the Union Army. He was transported to De Camp Hospital, David's Island, New York, where he died from wound infection on September 2, 1863.
Pvt Simeon Bullis was buried in grave 847 at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in New York City, far from his humble home in the foothills of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
General A. P. Hill was once asked which troops in the Army of Northern Virginia he regarded as the best. His answer was surprising since he was a Virginian by birth. Hill said, "North Carolinians are the best. They are as brave as any men and being more obedient to authority, they are better soldiers. They will do what you tell them to do."
General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina agreed, "I don't know how it was, but the best soldiers I saw in the war were from North Carolina."
Private Simeon Bullis, of Wilkes County, NC, was the 2nd son of John B. and Mary "Polly" (Bumgarner) Bullis. Simeon was one of three brothers who died for the Confederate cause. He was educated in the local school and was able to read & write. He worked as a laborer on his father's farm before the war began and had never married.
On June 12, 1861, he was one of the earliest volunteer soldiers in the 26th NC Infantry Regiment, Company C.
Simeon suffered gunshot wounds at Gettysburg in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge on July 3, 1863 and was captured by the Union Army. He was transported to De Camp Hospital, David's Island, New York, where he died from wound infection on September 2, 1863.
Pvt Simeon Bullis was buried in grave 847 at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in New York City, far from his humble home in the foothills of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
General A. P. Hill was once asked which troops in the Army of Northern Virginia he regarded as the best. His answer was surprising since he was a Virginian by birth. Hill said, "North Carolinians are the best. They are as brave as any men and being more obedient to authority, they are better soldiers. They will do what you tell them to do."
General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina agreed, "I don't know how it was, but the best soldiers I saw in the war were from North Carolina."
On June 12, 1861, he was one of the earliest volunteer soldiers in the 26th NC Infantry Regiment, Company C.
Simeon suffered gunshot wounds at Gettysburg in the Pickett-Pettigrew charge on July 3, 1863 and was captured by the Union Army. He was transported to De Camp Hospital, David's Island, New York, where he died from wound infection on September 2, 1863.
Pvt Simeon Bullis was buried in grave 847 at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in New York City, far from his humble home in the foothills of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
General A. P. Hill was once asked which troops in the Army of Northern Virginia he regarded as the best. His answer was surprising since he was a Virginian by birth. Hill said, "North Carolinians are the best. They are as brave as any men and being more obedient to authority, they are better soldiers. They will do what you tell them to do."
General Wade Hampton, of South Carolina agreed, "I don't know how it was, but the best soldiers I saw in the war were from North Carolina."
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