Information Provided By Charles Purser: April 2007
Jesse E. Marshall, Private, Co. G, 13th NC Inf, born in Edgecombe Co., NC where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Edgecombe Co. at age 17, May 8th, 1861. Present and accounted for until wounded and captured at Williamsburg, Va May 5th, 1862. Hospitalized at Washington, DC, where he died June 12th, 1862, of wounds.
Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn, April 2007:
MARSHALL, J. E., Private, Company K, 12th Regiment, North Carolinas Troops. Resided in Warren County and enlisted at age 29, February 12, 1862, for the war. Died at Camp Arrington, Virginia, on or about April 28, 1862, of disease. [NCT 5:230] NOTE: Camp Arrington, Virginia is near Lynchburg, Va., some distance from Washington, DC. Whether this is the same J.E. Marshall who was buried in the Confederate Section of Arlington National Cemetery has not been substantiated by me. -DSH.
MARSHALL, J E
13 NC INF
- DATE OF DEATH: 06/12/1862
- BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 128
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