WALSTON, RUFUS, Private, Company G, 13th North Carolina Infantry. Born in Edgecombe County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Edgecombe County at age 17, May 8, 1861. Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at Williamsburg, Virginia, May 5, 1862. Hospitalized at Washington, D.C., where he died June 10, 1862, of wounds. [NCT 5:354]
WALSTON, RUFUS
G 13 NC INF
DATE OF DEATH: 06/10/1862
BURIED AT: SECTION CONF SITE 83
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