North Carolina 5th Cavalry, Company H (Confederate)

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Company mustered in on November 29th, 1861.

Company was also known as:

• Company H, 63rd Infantry Volunteers

Notable Battles:

• Middleburg fought on June 19th, 1863 near Middleburg, Virginia (2 wounded, 0 died, 2 imprisoned)
• Upperville fought on June 21st, 1863 near Upperville, Virginia (10 wounded, 3 died, 9 imprisoned)
• Williamsport fought on July 10th, 1863 near Hagerstown, Maryland (3 wounded, 0 died, 15 imprisoned)

Facts about this Company:

• Number of Soldiers: 159
• First Enlistment Date: 1861-11-29 (1 soldier)
• Most Common Enlistment Place: Davie County, North Carolina (94 soldiers)
• Most Common Enlistment Date: 1862-07-15 (33 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1862: Davie County, North Carolina (124 soldiers)
• Most Common Residence for 1863: Davie County, North Carolina (15 soldiers)
• Youngest Soldier at Enlistment: 16 -- Shores, Enoch
• Oldest Soldier at Enlistment: 40 -- Lewis, William M
• Average Age at Enlistment: 24.7 years old
• Median Age at Enlistment: 24.0 years old
• Wounded In Regiment: 23 (14%)
• Prisoner Of War While In Regiment: 48 (30%)
• Soldiers That Died While In Regiment: 22 (13%)
• Soldiers That Died While In War: 25 (15%)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Albea, William A (Sergeant, November 1862 - ?)
• Allen, B R (Corporal, July 1862 - ?)
• Arnold, Thomas L. (Bugler, November 1863 - ?)
• Baity, F A (#^Corporal, July 1862 - ?)
• Boone, William R. (Captain, June 1862 - June 1862)
• Campbell, Arthur N (Sergeant, July 1862 - November 1862; Sergeant, May 1863 - July 1863; First Sergeant, July 1863 - February 1865; Third Lieutenant/First Sergeant, February 1865 - ?)
• Cuthrell, George W (First Sergeant, July 1862 - ?)
• Ferebee, W H (#Corporal, July 1862 - ?)
• Fleming, S F (#^Sergeant, July 1862 - ?)
• Hines, John P (#Second Lieutenant, May 1863 - May 1863; Second Lieutenant, May 1863 - ?)
• Hobson, W Henry (#^Sergeant, August 1863 - ?)
• Howell, John C. (Second Lieutenant, July 1862 - December 1862)
• Howell, Joseph H (#Sergeant, July 1862 - November 1862; First Sergeant, November 1862 - March 1863; Second Lieutenant, March 1863 - November 1864)
• Lassiter, William Jason (Corporal, July 1862 - ?)
• Marley, William A (Second Lieutenant, April 1863 - May 1863; First Sergeant/Second Lieutenant, May 1863 - June 1863)
• Martin, John E. (#Captain, July 1862 - ?)
• Naylor, S T (Sergeant, July 1862 - ?)
• Pearson, Charles William (Third Lieutenant, March 1863 - September 1863; Second Lieutenant, September 1863 - July 1864; Captain, July 1864 - ?)
• Pearson, Charles William (Third Lieutenant, March 1863 - September 1863; Second Lieutenant, September 1863 - July 1864; Captain, July 1864 - ?)
• Shores, J W (#Corporal, July 1862 - ?)
• Smoot, W Scott (Third Lieutenant, February 1865 - ?)
• Ward, B F (^Third Lieutenant, July 1862 - December 1862; Second Lieutenant, December 1862 - February 1863; First Lieutenant, February 1863 - September 1864)
• Williams, William B (First Lieutenant, September 1862 - February 1863)
• Wilson, James W (#^Corporal, July 1862 - September 1862)
• Zimmerman, G W (Corporal, July 1862 - August 1863; Sergeant, August 1863 - ?)

Soldier List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• (#^)
• Allen, A C (%)
• Austin, R M
• Bailey, George A (#)
• Bailey, L J
• Bailey, Lemuel Johnston (#%)
• Bailey, Thomas
• Barnhart, George E
• Beeman, T A
• Beeman, T A
• Biley, Elmer
• Booe, G W (#)
• Boone, William (#)
• Boone, William R
• Bowden, S W (#)
• Bracken, John
• Brandon, J C (#)
• Brandon, Joshua N
• Brandon, W A (#)
• Brinegar, M H (#%)
• Brock, L E (#^)
• Brown, T Frank (#)
• Byerly, Elansum
• Cain, John L
• Carter, J H
• Chaplain, Jesse (#%)
• Clanen, J W
• Clannen, W H
• Clark, L. (#^)
• Click, W H (#)
• Conrad, Philip J (%)
• Davis, A T
• Deadman, W A
• Dedman, D M (%)
• Dwiggens, D H
• Dwiggens, James Patterson
• Eaton, B.F. (^)
• Eaton, J C (#%)
• Eaton, J C (#%)
• Ellis, E.F. (%)
• Etcherson, Edmund
• Faircloth, Jacob
• Ferebee, S. (^%)
• Foard, John B
• Foster, H W
• Foster, Kerr R
• Foster, William M.
• Frost, J F
• Fry, George W (#^)
• Glasscock, Abner
• Gough, John (#)
• Hager, George W. (#)
• Harman, Jacob (#%)
• Hartman, George A
• Hendrix, C.
• Hendrix, F M (#)
• Hightower, A E
• Hightower, Anderson E.
• Hill, B.
• Hodges, John D. (#)
• Horn, Thomas
• Howard, Joseph Bryant (^)
• Howard, Samuel B
• Ijames, B G
• Ijames, B R
• Jackson, Daniel H
• James, Julius
• Jones, Henry T (%)
• Kees, John (%)
• Kerfuse, J R (#)
• Lakey, Ellis (^)
• Lamb, L.
• Langley, C A (#)
• Lewis, William M (#^)
• Lunn, John T (#%)
• Madison, Harrison
• Manes, H H
• Martin, J W
• Mathews, James
• May, F L (#)
• McClamroch, M
• McClamroch, Reese
• McClannan, J W
• McClannon, W H
• McMahan, W F
• Miller, Henry (#^)
• Miner, C (#)
• Miner, Madison (#%)
• Minor, Henry (%)
• Minor, Zerel (#)
• Naylor, J O
• Newnam, T L
• Newnam, W F (%)
• Newnan, H L (%)
• Penny, Joel
• Perry, John J.
• Pipkin, George H
• Powell, William Hay
• Prewet, N.
• Pruett, Anderson
• Reese, Joseph M (#)
• Rich, Nathaniel Greene (^)
• Rich, W G
• Russell, Gideon F
• Sawyer, Isaac L
• Seaford, J D
• Shackleford, J. (%)
• Shamel, S N
• Shores, Enoch
• Shores, H. (#)
• Shores, S O
• Shores, Wiley
• Smith, S L (#)
• Smith, Samuel A (^%)
• Smith, Sanford A (^)
• Smith, William D.
• Sparks, C M (#)
• Speas, W H (^%)
• Spellman, Newton
• Spelman, J
• Steelman, George (%)
• Steelman, J W (^)
• Steelman, Jackson (#)
• Swearingen, Samuel T
• Tacket, John G (#%)
• Taylor, Walter
• Todd, David (^)
• Todd, William
• Warren, William C (%)
• Williams, F.
• Williams, James (^)
• Williams, James A
• Winn, C H (#^)
• Wood, Henry J. (#%)