My great-grandfather Thomas M. Ashley enlisted into the Confederate Army on 10 March 1862 in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Captain Miller. (Another muster roll indicates this date is March 20.) He was assigned to Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry, and was mustered into service on 30 April 1862 by Major J. J. Fedele(sp) for a period of '3years or the war'. At the time he enlisted he was 22 years of age.
The following information came from muster rolls from the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
July/August 1862 - reported absent -in the hospital, Wilson, North Carolina.
September/October 1862 - present
November/December 1862 - present
January/February 1863 - present
July/August 1863 - absent - absent sick
Individual Hospital Muster Roll shows Thomas as being hospitalized at Henningsen Hospital, Richmond, Virginia from August 31, 1863 to September 7, 1863.
September/October 1863 - present
November/December 1863 - present
January/February 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
April 30/August 31 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
September/October 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
November/December 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
January/February 1865-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
Appears on a List of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Confederate States, who have this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., commanding said Army, to Lieut. General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U.S.
Was Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia on 15 April 1865
Prisoner List dated Lynchburg, Virginia 13 April 1865. (Have no idea how long he was held as Prisoner of War.
Received the Roll of Honor. The Roll of Honor was awarded by the Office of the Adjunct General of State of North Carolina; ratied 20 December 1862. ms 143147.
This is my mothers grandfather (Laura Ann Ashley's father) and it is so ironic that my mothers grandfather (Frank Miles Cardwell's father) was also with the same company (Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry). They both were captured and were Prisoners of War and both received the Roll of Honor.
The photo of the marriage certificate is for him and his first wife Caroline OWENS.
by Barbara Spears Pipek
The following information came from muster rolls from the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
July/August 1862 - reported absent -in the hospital, Wilson, North Carolina.
September/October 1862 - present
November/December 1862 - present
January/February 1863 - present
July/August 1863 - absent - absent sick
Individual Hospital Muster Roll shows Thomas as being hospitalized at Henningsen Hospital, Richmond, Virginia from August 31, 1863 to September 7, 1863.
September/October 1863 - present
November/December 1863 - present
January/February 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
April 30/August 31 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
September/October 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
November/December 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
January/February 1865-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
Appears on a List of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Confederate States, who have this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., commanding said Army, to Lieut. General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U.S.
Was Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia on 15 April 1865
Prisoner List dated Lynchburg, Virginia 13 April 1865. (Have no idea how long he was held as Prisoner of War.
Received the Roll of Honor. The Roll of Honor was awarded by the Office of the Adjunct General of State of North Carolina; ratied 20 December 1862. ms 143147.
This is my mothers grandfather (Laura Ann Ashley's father) and it is so ironic that my mothers grandfather (Frank Miles Cardwell's father) was also with the same company (Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry). They both were captured and were Prisoners of War and both received the Roll of Honor.
The photo of the marriage certificate is for him and his first wife Caroline OWENS.
by Barbara Spears Pipek
My great-grandfather Thomas M. Ashley enlisted into the Confederate Army on 10 March 1862 in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Captain Miller. (Another muster roll indicates this date is March 20.) He was assigned to Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry, and was mustered into service on 30 April 1862 by Major J. J. Fedele(sp) for a period of '3years or the war'. At the time he enlisted he was 22 years of age.
The following information came from muster rolls from the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
July/August 1862 - reported absent -in the hospital, Wilson, North Carolina.
September/October 1862 - present
November/December 1862 - present
January/February 1863 - present
July/August 1863 - absent - absent sick
Individual Hospital Muster Roll shows Thomas as being hospitalized at Henningsen Hospital, Richmond, Virginia from August 31, 1863 to September 7, 1863.
September/October 1863 - present
November/December 1863 - present
January/February 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
April 30/August 31 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
September/October 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
November/December 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
January/February 1865-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
Appears on a List of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Confederate States, who have this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., commanding said Army, to Lieut. General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U.S.
Was Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia on 15 April 1865
Prisoner List dated Lynchburg, Virginia 13 April 1865. (Have no idea how long he was held as Prisoner of War.
Received the Roll of Honor. The Roll of Honor was awarded by the Office of the Adjunct General of State of North Carolina; ratied 20 December 1862. ms 143147.
This is my mothers grandfather (Laura Ann Ashley's father) and it is so ironic that my mothers grandfather (Frank Miles Cardwell's father) was also with the same company (Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry). They both were captured and were Prisoners of War and both received the Roll of Honor.
The photo of the marriage certificate is for him and his first wife Caroline OWENS.
by Barbara Spears Pipek
The following information came from muster rolls from the National Archives in Washington, D. C.
July/August 1862 - reported absent -in the hospital, Wilson, North Carolina.
September/October 1862 - present
November/December 1862 - present
January/February 1863 - present
July/August 1863 - absent - absent sick
Individual Hospital Muster Roll shows Thomas as being hospitalized at Henningsen Hospital, Richmond, Virginia from August 31, 1863 to September 7, 1863.
September/October 1863 - present
November/December 1863 - present
January/February 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
April 30/August 31 1864-present-On guard at Reserve Ordinance Train
September/October 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
November/December 1864-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
January/February 1865-present-on guard with Ordinance Team as Teamsters
Appears on a List of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Confederate States, who have this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., commanding said Army, to Lieut. General U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the U.S.
Was Paroled at Lynchburg, Virginia on 15 April 1865
Prisoner List dated Lynchburg, Virginia 13 April 1865. (Have no idea how long he was held as Prisoner of War.
Received the Roll of Honor. The Roll of Honor was awarded by the Office of the Adjunct General of State of North Carolina; ratied 20 December 1862. ms 143147.
This is my mothers grandfather (Laura Ann Ashley's father) and it is so ironic that my mothers grandfather (Frank Miles Cardwell's father) was also with the same company (Company K, 53rd North Carolina Infantry). They both were captured and were Prisoners of War and both received the Roll of Honor.
The photo of the marriage certificate is for him and his first wife Caroline OWENS.
by Barbara Spears Pipek
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