Enlistment Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1832
Birth Place: Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Robeson County, North Carolina
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster in Date: 21 Apr 1862
Muster Regiment: Company F, 51st North Carolina Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Date of Death: 18 Jul 1863
Place of Death: Fort Wagner, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War? No
Height: 5 ft., 9 inches
Occupation Farmer
This is a memorial marker. Researching official confederate records and accounts of the battle, confederates killed on 18 July 1863 were interred in graves behind the fort (or battery). Federals were mostly buried in mass graves in front of the fort. These burials took place the morning of 19 July 1863. The site of the battle and the fort are now under water.
Enlistment Age: 30
Birth Date: abt 1832
Birth Place: Wake County, North Carolina, USA
Enlistment Date: 10 Mar 1862
Enlistment Place: Robeson County, North Carolina
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster in Date: 21 Apr 1862
Muster Regiment: Company F, 51st North Carolina Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Date of Death: 18 Jul 1863
Place of Death: Fort Wagner, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Side of War: Confederacy
Survived War? No
Height: 5 ft., 9 inches
Occupation Farmer
This is a memorial marker. Researching official confederate records and accounts of the battle, confederates killed on 18 July 1863 were interred in graves behind the fort (or battery). Federals were mostly buried in mass graves in front of the fort. These burials took place the morning of 19 July 1863. The site of the battle and the fort are now under water.
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In Memory Of
Samuel Clemons
Born 1832, Wake County, NC
Killed 18 July 1863
The Battle of Battery Wagner
Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, SC
51st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
1st Husband of Grizie Ann Daniel
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