Advertisement

Col William Morgan Barber

Advertisement

Col William Morgan Barber Veteran

Birth
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Oct 1864 (aged 30)
Petersburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1491438, Longitude: -81.1552089
Plot
GPS: 36.14916 - 81.15529
Memorial ID
View Source
A Confederate Veteran: A member of 37th Regiment, North Carolina Troops who was killed from a round received in battle on the 30th of September, near Petersburg, Virginia.

Inscription: An affectionate husband, a kind and indulgent father, and energetic and useful citizen. Found at his end an honored grave.

Graduate at Saint James College in Maryland.
Wilkesboro lawyer.
Married: Ada Alexander.
Captain Co F 37th North Carolina, September 24, 1861.
Lt Colonel November 20, 1861.
Colonel July 01, 1862.
Wounded in Action ( WIA ) Fredericksburg ( neck, ) Chancellorsville ( arm. )
Prisoner of War ( POW ) Spotsylvania.
Exchange August 03, 1864.
Wounded in Action ( WIA ) 2d Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864 ( Leg. )
Mortally Wounded in Action ( MWIA ) Jones Farm, September 30, 1864.
Died: October 03, 1864, in a Petersburg Hospital.
BURIED: Petersburg.
REBURIED: Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Wilkesboro. His Stone at Saint Paul's gives his last name as
" Barber, " which appears to be the way he spelled it until midway through the war.



Memorial Grave Marker Courtesy of Barbara Spears Pipek. Thank you for your time, effort and kindness.


A Confederate Veteran: A member of 37th Regiment, North Carolina Troops who was killed from a round received in battle on the 30th of September, near Petersburg, Virginia.

Inscription: An affectionate husband, a kind and indulgent father, and energetic and useful citizen. Found at his end an honored grave.

Graduate at Saint James College in Maryland.
Wilkesboro lawyer.
Married: Ada Alexander.
Captain Co F 37th North Carolina, September 24, 1861.
Lt Colonel November 20, 1861.
Colonel July 01, 1862.
Wounded in Action ( WIA ) Fredericksburg ( neck, ) Chancellorsville ( arm. )
Prisoner of War ( POW ) Spotsylvania.
Exchange August 03, 1864.
Wounded in Action ( WIA ) 2d Deep Bottom, August 16, 1864 ( Leg. )
Mortally Wounded in Action ( MWIA ) Jones Farm, September 30, 1864.
Died: October 03, 1864, in a Petersburg Hospital.
BURIED: Petersburg.
REBURIED: Saint Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Wilkesboro. His Stone at Saint Paul's gives his last name as
" Barber, " which appears to be the way he spelled it until midway through the war.



Memorial Grave Marker Courtesy of Barbara Spears Pipek. Thank you for your time, effort and kindness.




Advertisement