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Thomas Monroe “T.M.” Woodburn

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Thomas Monroe “T.M.” Woodburn

Birth
Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
2 Oct 1908 (aged 67)
Burial
White Oak, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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"The Company designated as Company B 27th North Carolina Regiment was placed with 5 other companies on 6-2-1861 to for a battalion commanded by Colonel George B. Singletary and sent to Fort Macon in September of 1861. In February 1862 they were ordered to join their regiment on the Neuse River encampment below New Bern and participated in the battle there. From New Bern they proceeded to Kinston and from there they were sent to join the army of Northern Virginia and were engaged in many of the battled of the wars between the states. They were in the Memorable 7 days fight around Richmond the battle of Malvern Hill, the battle of Petersburg, Harper's Ferry and others.
Thomas Woodburn was wounded in the battle at Sharpsburg in September 1862 and captured at Bristow Station, Virginia and emprisoned in Old Capitol Prison at Washington D.C.. From there he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland where he was exchanged on October 30,1864. His name appears on a role of honor from Guilford County and also in Clark's N.C. Regiments as one of the officers in Co. B from Guilford County Senior Reserve which went into service during the latter part of 1864."

"bought land in 1889 and built the old Woodburn home place located near the family cemetery. The house, that was made from heart pine was never painted, and the walls and ceiling were paneled with lattice."
"The Company designated as Company B 27th North Carolina Regiment was placed with 5 other companies on 6-2-1861 to for a battalion commanded by Colonel George B. Singletary and sent to Fort Macon in September of 1861. In February 1862 they were ordered to join their regiment on the Neuse River encampment below New Bern and participated in the battle there. From New Bern they proceeded to Kinston and from there they were sent to join the army of Northern Virginia and were engaged in many of the battled of the wars between the states. They were in the Memorable 7 days fight around Richmond the battle of Malvern Hill, the battle of Petersburg, Harper's Ferry and others.
Thomas Woodburn was wounded in the battle at Sharpsburg in September 1862 and captured at Bristow Station, Virginia and emprisoned in Old Capitol Prison at Washington D.C.. From there he was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland where he was exchanged on October 30,1864. His name appears on a role of honor from Guilford County and also in Clark's N.C. Regiments as one of the officers in Co. B from Guilford County Senior Reserve which went into service during the latter part of 1864."

"bought land in 1889 and built the old Woodburn home place located near the family cemetery. The house, that was made from heart pine was never painted, and the walls and ceiling were paneled with lattice."


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