When we read about the "War Between The States", we can always find interesting information on this General and that General. What about the rest of the men who served? Who's going to tell us about them? The answer my friends is you. This site was created for the sole purpose of sharing information. If you want your ancestor to be more than just a name on a roster, then this is your chance to share what has been handed down to you with others.
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EXAMPLE:
Name: Thomas W. Sutton, Jr.
Email: tarheelsutton@webtv.net
Ancestor: Pvt. Richard W. Sutton, Sr.
Units: 13th and 66th
Comments: My GGGrandfather survived the war, return to Lenoir County and farmed untill he died at the age of 92.

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Name: William S. (Chip) Pate, Jr.
Email: chip@pateandassociates.com
Ancestors: Pvt. Owen William (O.W.) Sylivant and Pvt. John Sylivant
Unit: 66th
Comments: My gg grandfather, Owen William Sylivant was born on the Sylivant farm near Maury, Greene County, North Carolina, in 1842 and moved to Snow Hill a few years after his marriage to Celia Elizabeth Hart in 1869. There, he lived the remainder of his life. He operated a sawmill as his main occupation, but supplemented his income by doing construction work. He was an excellent carpenter; our family owns a dresser he built. O.W. Sylivant survived the war, living until 1907. I know little about his brother, John, other than he was born about 1834 and was one of at least six children of William (Bill) Starling Sylivant and Gatsy Corey.

Name: Robert L Riley (Bob)
Email: bankerbo@mail.icongrp.com
Ancestor: William Lytle Riley (W.L. Riley)
Units: Co. A, 13th Infantry Battalion   (as William Riley)
Co. A, 66th NC Infantry Regiment (as William L Riley)
Co. E, 66th NC Infantry Regiment (as W.L. Riley)
Comments: My Gr. Grandfather, son of William & Susan Hall, was Scotch/Irish and born on the 4th of July, 1845. He falsified his age by stating he was born in 1844 but actually enlisted in Co. A on 20 Nov. 1861 at the age of 16. He was transferred to Co. E on 31 Oct. 1863. On 18 June 1864 he was wounded & admitted to General Hospital in Petersburg, VA. He also was a POW at Point Lookout, Md. from 10 March 1865 untill his released on 17 June 1865. He said he was with General Lee at Gettsburg and seven Pines? He married Emma Josephine Jackson in Hillsborough, (Orange Co.), N.C. on 17 Dec 1867 and shortly thereafter moved with her and her parents, Clemuel & Rachel Jackson, to Spring Grove, a small community a few miles outside of Morganfield, KY. They rented a farm, raised 10 children, (including my Grandfather Walter M. Riley who's father-in-law was a Yankee from Southern IN). In Jan. of 1925, at the age of 81, he was laid to rest in the Spring Grove, KY-Woodland Baptist Church Cemetery.

Name: Kevin H. Seymour
Email: seymour.kevin@esc.state.nc.us
Ancestor: Pvt. John C. Seymour
Unit: 27th
Comments: My GG grandfather left his home on what is now Eason Road near LaGrange, N.C. and went to fight for his home land. He died on a bloody September day at Sharpsburg, MD in 1862. He was among those in the corn field near the Dunker Church. They were caught in a crossfire after advancing too far. Or in other words, for kicking too much tail. Fortunately for me, he left behind a son. I hear there are photos of some of the 27th., Does Anyone have any information on that?

Name: Ray Hyman Sutton
Email: CBLAHO1@aol.com
Ancestor: Pvt.John Thomas Sutton
Units: 13th and 66th
Comments: Borned on the 27th of March 1831. Younger brother of my GGGrandfather, Richard W. Sutton,Sr. He Enlisted on 1/28/62 in Lenoir County, N.C. as a Private. On 1/28/62 he mustered into "C" Co. NC 13th Battalion. On 10/2/63 he transferred into "E" Co. NC 66th Infantry. On or around the 4th of July 1864 he was wounded and lost his foot. (date and method of discharge not given) Sources: - North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
He survived the war and died on the 14th of June 1874.

Name: Metts, Joseph Kevin
Email: Metts@Coastalnet.com
Ancestors: Job Metts, James Metts and William Metts
Units: 8th Battalion NC Partisan Rangers; Company F, 66th Regiment
Comments: Job Metts enlisted in Jones County on January 21,1863 and served in Company A, 8th Battalion NC partisan rangers. The 66th Regiment was organized in August of '63, consisting of combined companies of the 8th and 4th rangers. Job was transferred to the 66th Regiment in October of that year. Job survived the war and received a parcel of land (acreage unknown) on the Trent River in Lenoir county NC from Emery Metts on Oct 22, 1866.
My g'father told me that Job also served for the Union for a couple of years. He was wanting to come home, but they were hanging people in Kinston, NC who had joined the Union.
James Metts enlisted on June 27th, 1862 as did William Metts. Both were assigned or volunteered to be in the 8th Battalion NC partisan Rangers. Both were transferred on Oct 2, 1863 to the 66th Regiment. I am not sure of the relations between James and William: however, I do know that James and Job were brothers.
James was killed near Petersburg Va. on or about July 6th 1864. In a letter to (James' father) Emery Metts, Major J.E. Nethercutt states that James was killed by a mortar blast. Major Nethercutt goes on to say that the men are having a hard time but stand it well.
William Metts was captured on January 28th, 1863 and paroled on February 5th, 1863. (I do not know where.)
If anyone is interested, I have a digital copy of the letter from Major Nethercutt to Mr. Emery Metts. Just E-mail me and I will send it to ya. Also any other info concerning the 66th will be welcomed.

Name:Andy Allen
Email: allen@goldsboro.net
Ancestor: Pt. Rufus D. Woodard
Unit: 13th Battalion N.C.Infantry.
Comments: (We got this information over Christmas when myself and the boys went to Chickamauga Battle Field, from their records.)
My Great, Great, Grandfather served on the Wilmington\Weldon Railroad Guard. He enlisted in Wayne County on July 5, 1862, for the war. Present or accounted for until he died at Goldsboro on May 29,1863, of pneumonia.

Name: Thomas McNeill Rose III
Email: hampton@rocsoft.net
Ancestor: George McNeill Rose, Adj., of the 66th.
Unit: 66th N.C. Inf.
Comments:  George is my great-great-great grand-uncle and our Rose family from NC & SC still stay very close. In fact George's home in Fayetteville is still the family seat.
     As a young man, George attended the Virginia Military Institute up to late 1863.  He marched with Co. C, Corps of Cadets, at the Battle of New Market and survived his first test of fire unscathed.  His name is inscribed on the monument to the cadets on the parade grounds at VMI.  Obviously George had a firm military bearing and devotion to duty because he left VMI and enlisted in the army in 1864 as 1st LT, Adj, of the 66th (as you already know).  What is so unique ,though, is George was only 18 years old at the time.  By our family research, he was one of the youngest officers in the Confederate Army.
     As his regimental history indicates, George survived the war and went on to become a prominent citizen and lawyer.  He graduated with a degree in law from USC and entered politics later in life.  George served his state well in peace as in war becoming Speaker of the House of NC during the 1890s.  George was fond of veterans reunions and lived to produce several equally successful children.
       The family still retains the daggueratype photograph of George in his "VMI uniform" C. 1863.  While numerous family members have told me this, the picture shows George as a 1st LT in a double breased frock with kepi & infantry horn insignia.  For me,  I am convinced this is his CS portrait taken sometime in 1864.
     If anyone is interested, I will have a cohort scan the image and forward it to you via the net.  Or, I could mail you a copy for better clarity.  Please forward your mailing address. Anyway, just wanted to share some info.  Best wishes!

Name: William (Chip) Pate,Jr.,Ph.D.
Email: chippate@pateandassociates.com
Ancestor: Private Owen William Sylivant
Units: Co. A, 8th Battalion, North Carolina Partisan Rangers, North Carolina Infantry Co. F, 66th Regiment (Infantry) North Carolina Troops (Capt. John H. Nethercutt's Co.)
Comments: Private Owen William Sylivant, enlisted in Co. A, 8th Battalion, North Carolina Partisan Rangers, North Carolina Infantry in Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina, on July 1, 1862, at age 19.
The battalion was organized in August, 1862, with six companies under the command of Maj. John H. Nethercutt. The 8th Battalion was later consolidated with the 13th Battalion Infantry to form the 66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.
Family history notes that Owen was captured at Fort Fisher.
Note: Listed as Owen "Sullivan" in some documents due to a transcription error. (See Moore's Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States.)
He is buried in the Hart Family Cemetery on S.R.1430 southeast of Hookerton in Greene County.   (From United States Archives records on microfilm. and Guide to Military Organizations and Installations, North Carolina, 1861-1865 from the North Carolina State Archives.)
Ancestor: Private John Sylivant
Units: Co. A, 8th Battalion, North Carolina Partisan Rangers, North Carolina Infantry Co. F, 66th Regiment (Infantry), North Carolina Troops (Capt. John H. Nethercutt's Co.)
Comments: Private Owen William Sylivant, enlisted in Co. A, 8th Battalion, North Carolina Partisan Rangers, North Carolina Infantry in Snow Hill, Greene County, North Carolina, on July 1,1862. The battalion was organized in August, 1862, with six companies under the command of Maj. John H. Nethercutt. The 8th Battalion was later consolidated with the 13th Battalion Infantry to form the 66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry. Family history notes that John was captured at Fort Fisher. Note: Listed as John "Sullivan" in some documents due to a transcription error. (See Moore's Roster of North Carolina Troops in the War Between the States.) (From United States Archives records on microfilm. and Guide to Military Organizations and Installations, North Carolina, 1861-1865 from the North Carolina State Archives.)

Name: D. Bruce Henderson
Email: bhenders@landrover.com
Name: W. Bryant Henderson
Email: wbhenderson@duplinnet.com
Ancestor: David J. Knowles
Unit: Co. D, 13th Batt & Co. K, 66th Reg.
Comments: David J. Knowles joined "Wilmington-Weldon Railroad Guards", Co. D, 13th NC Battalion in July, 1862 at age 31. At the time, he had four sons and a fifth "on the way".
He was transferred to Co. K, 66th N. C. Regiment when the regiment was formed and elected 2nd Lieutenant.
  There is no record in the "Consolidated Records" that he was ever absent sick or wounded (but he was detached to attend a Court Martial in Wilmington in late 1863).
He signs a letter after Bentonville "2nd Lt. David J. Knowles, Commanding, Co. K, 66th N. C. Rgmt."
He returned to his home in the "Six Runs" area of south eastern Sampson Co. (near present-day Union High School) after the war, where he and his wife had ten more children. He died a few months after his 50th wedding anniversary in 1907 and is buried on the old home place, just across US 421 from Red Hill Universalist Church.
(We also have ancestors in 10th NC [Artillery], 67th NC [Infantry], and Dearing's 8th Conf./24th Virginia Cavalry -- all from North Carolina and all of whom survived the war.)
Other: I have just returned from a week in North Carolina. While I was down there, I took a trip to Fort Fisher on what was the 134th anniversary of the first bombardment. If you can get a chance, you should go. It was really eerie -- it was cold and the wind was blowing a gale and the skies were grey (just the kind of weather that delayed the first landing long enough to allow Hoke's troops -- including the 66th to arrive). You can walk along and kick the sand anywhere and you will almost always turn up little corroded chunks of metal about the size of a quarter or half-dollar. There is a museum that is very well worth seeing.
  While I was there, I also ran across some history of Company G of the 66th (Capt. Blackmer's company). The history of the 66th tells us that the 66th was formed by combining the four companies of the railroad guard battalion with the six companies of Nethercutt's ranger battalion -- but it is not that simple.
  There was a company formed by Captain Woods in Salisbury (Rowan County) when the Confederate prison at Salisbury was established. This company was to act as provost for the area, guard the prison camp, and provide for local defense and was called Company A, Salisbury Prison Guards and Local Defense Troops. As the prison camp grew, the Confederate authorities sent some less-severely wounded men from the Invalid Corps to expand the prison guard. Apparently, in mid-1863, a group of able bodied men from the original company voted to form a company and tender themselves to the North Carolina government for active duty. Captain Woods had responsibility for the prison and could not leave, so this company elected Captain Blackmer as their captain. This company was ordered to move from Salisbury to Goldsboro and join the 66th and was made Company G of the 66th. Also, one company of Nethercutt's Rangers was NOT combined with the 66th. This was Captain Bass's company. Apparently, this company was from the far northern area (out east of Halifax) and I get the idea that it never was strongly assosciated with Nethercutt's activities in the Jones/Lenoir/Craven area and may have been annexed purely as an administrative move. Anyway, when the 66th was formed, Captain Bass's company was detached from Nethercutt's rangers and began to act independently. Soon after the founding of the 66th, Bass's company was ordered to Wilmington to act as part of the provost guard for the city. Apparently, it remained there for at least a year (and maybe even until Wilmington fell in February, 1865) and was then attached to Hinton's 68th North Carolina Regiment -- which is appropriate, bacause Hinton's regiment was formed from men from that north-east corner of the state. But for many months, Captain Bass signed orders and reports "Capt. Bass, commanding detached Company, 66th NC Troops" so there are a number of sources that reflect this, but I think that this is wrong and it would be incorrect to state that this company was part of the 66th, even though it certainly was closely related.
  So, all this is why I say, the formation of the 66th was not that simple!
          Yours in Southern Pride, Bruce

(From the editor: Bruce is one of my main sources when it comes to information in regards to the 66th and 67th. I have forward alot of reguest for information to him and he has always been most helpful.)

Name: Bonnie P. Miller
Email: bpmiller@i-ameri ca.net
Name: Brent Sutton
Email: brentsutton@mindspring.com
Ancestor: Sgt. Thomas Sutton
Unit: N.C. 66th, Company D
Comments: My Great Grandfather, was from Bucklesberry (Seven Springs area). He was captured at Mosely Hall (LaGrange, NC) and sent to Hart's Island Prison in New York city. It appears from records that some of the captured signed an oath of allegiance and were not sent to prison but that he and 750 plus others refused to sign and were put on a ship at New Bern and sent to Hart's Island prison in New York.
If anyone has more information regarding this we would be most appreciateive if you would share it. Thank-you.

Name: Jim Shelton
E-mail:  jwshelton@simflex.com or crux56@yahoo.com
Ancestor: Thomas Warren Ellis, Corporal
Units: Company D, 13th Battalion N.C. Infantry; transferred to Company K, 66th Regiment N.C. Troops
Comments:  Born in Wilson County  (originally Edgecobme  County)  and was a teacher before enlisting at age 22  on  January 9, 1862.  Mustered in as a private and promoted to Corporal in June 1862.  Transferred from Company D,  13th Battalion N.C. Infantry to Company K,  66th Regiment N.C. Troops on October 2,  1863.
Additional Comments:  I currently am a member of Company C, 66th North Carolina Regiment N-SSA and a member of Capt.Jessee S. Barnes Camp #771, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
    I would appreciate trading or sharing any information on the 13th, 66th and these units; Co. C,  43rd Reg. N.C.T.; Co. I, 35th Reg. N.C.T.; Co. H, 2nd N.C. Jr. Reserves.

Name: Charles W. Darden (formerly of Goldsboro,NC)
E-mail: darheel56@mindspring.com
Ancestor: Sgt. William DARDEN
Units: Company K, 27 th NC Infantry, CSA (info from headstone)
Comments: Several years ago, a relative took me to a solitary headstone in the middle of a corn field(near Eureka, Wayne Co., NC) and indicated that she thought this was my great-grandfather. The stone was like the ones you see in Civil War cemeteries, so I have assumed that it was furnished by the government. With the four-sided insignia in a circle at the top, the inscription read:

Name: Ken Jones
Email: kjones@joemc.com
Ancestors: My great-great grandfather, Riley Jones of Duplin Co.
My great-grandfather, Issac Jones who was the son of Riley
Unit:Company L of the 67th
Comments: Apparently, Company L was later attached to the 67th. I have found several souces which said this happened from time to time and there would be companies beyond the normal company number of K. My great-grandfather was a primitive baptist preacher of some renown and in two different sources about his life, it is stated that he served with company L. If anyone has any information which could help me verify this, it would be very much appreciated. It was passed down through the family that father and son met on a battlefield near Kinston and the father tried to get the young boy sent home. Thank you for your help. It was exciting to see the 67th mentioned on Tom's page! Long live their memory!

Name: T.R. Green
Email: csareb@bellsouth.net
Ancestor: Cicero Fidello Turner
Unit: Company D, 66th N.C.Inf.
Comments: Please add to your roster for the 66th N.C.T. my great, great uncle, Cicero Fidello Turner. Born in 1845, Cicero enlisted in Granville County, North Carolina, for the duration of the War, on September 20, 1863, as a private in Company D of the 66th North Carolina Infantry. Cicero was listed absent without leave on the company muster roll for September and October 1863. On September 30, 1864 he received a sick furlough at the General Hospital in Camp Winder, Richmond Virginia; his destination was listed as Kittrells, North Carolina. Captured by the Union near Kinston, North Carolina on March 10, 1865, he arrived in New Berne on March 16, 1865, prior to transfer to Point Lookout, Maryland. Cicero was released at Point Lookout on June 21, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance.
Respectfully Yours, T.R. Green

Name: Mike Morris
Email: jmmorris@tcp1.com
Ancestor: Pvt. Robert Shepard Quinn
Unit: 13th Batt. and 66th NCST
Comments: Robert survived the war. Went back to his home just outside Newport,NC ( then called Shepardstown). He married in the fall of 1865. He is my gggrandfather. He is buried where his farm was located outside Newport.

Name:Martha Marble
Email: mmarble@erols.com
Ancestor:Levi Alexander Mewborn
Units and History: Levi Alexander Mewborn, son of Lemuel Hardy and Louisa Kilpatrick Mewborn. Born 23 October 1829, Greene County, NC. died 17 August 1903 in Kinston, NC. Md first, Mary Elizabeth Kilpatrick - no issue. md 2nd Adelaide Sarah Albritton.
Levi served as a 2nd Jr. Lt. in Capt. Rountree's Company, Clark's Special Battn. where he appears on a Receipt Roll for pay from Jan 21 Feb 19 1862. Records at the U.S. Archives show he served the following dates: 1 July - 23 Sept 1862; Jan and Feb 1863; July and Aug 1863; May and June 1863; and Sept Dec 1863. In May and June he was detailed to carry off horses. In Nov and Dec of 1863 he was detailed to the Orange County Courthouse in Virginia. He was admitted to the General C.S.A. Hospital in Charlottesville, Va on 25 Dec 1863 and returned to duty on 30 Dec. His admissions card said he was admitted for Iwf. Fev. Quo. He appeared on a receipt roll 2 Nov 1864 for clothing. He was promoted to Corporal 23 July 1864. During the rest of the Civil War he served with Capt. Stephen B. Evans' Company of the Partisan Rangers, N.C. Volunteers also known as Co. B 5th N.C. Calvery. Information from another Muster Roll reveals he was 6'1" and was born in Lenoir County and was aged 33 on 1 July 1867. According to some of the records in the Archives, Levi was in two places at once.
      One story has come down the family regarding this couple during the Civil War. It seems Levi was home on leave when Union Soldiers arrived at his home and requested to come in. Levi had hidden in the attic and Adelaide met them at the door with a gun. When they demanded to go into the house she threatened to shoot them. They must have believed her as they left without causing any problems.