1st Liuetenant Co I 33rd N.C Regiment 1861 - 1865

John Nathaniel Anderson, of Rural Hall, Forsyth county, a veteran of the Thirty-third regiment, North Carolina troops, was in Confederate service throughout the war, but though in several great battles was so unfortunate as to be a large part of the time an inmate of Northern prison camps. He was born September 16, 1837, in Forsyth county, and in the spring of 1861 enlisted in Company I of the Thirty-third regiment, of which he was elected second lieutenant, and a year later promoted to first lieutenant. His first battle was under General Branch at New Bern, in March, 1862, and being captured there he was conveyed to Governor's island, N. Y., and thence transferred to Johnson's island, Lake Erie. Finally, being exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss., he was able to regain his command in time to participate in the battle of Fredericksburg. In his next battle, Chancellorsville, he was crippled by a wound in the knee, and was sent to Richmond, whence upon recovery he started to join his regiment in the Pennsylvania campaign and met the army at Hagerstown on the retreat. He was in the fight on the Potomac in which General Pettigrew was killed, and in the following May fought in the Wilderness battles until shot through the thigh. Upon recovery he took part in the battles before Petersburg and was again captured, and taken to Johnson's island, where he was held until after the close of hostilities. Since then he has been an influential citizen to his native country, serving fourteen years as member of the board of education. By his marriage in 1871 to Miss F. J. Kiser he has four children living: Marietta, Lelia Roberta, Charles Wesley and James Kiser.

Source: Confederate Military History Vol. V

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