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Moses Michael McCoy 15th Regiment, Company B, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate Soldier's Rank In: Private Soldier's Rank Out: Private Film Number: M230 roll 25 Moses M. McCoy enlisted as a Private into Company B, 15th Regiment, (Monroe Light Infantry) at 18 years old on May 3, 1861 in Union County, N.C. Garrisoned at Yorktown, Va., 1861; Seven Days Battles, 1862; Savage Station, 1862; Malvern Hill, 1862; Maryland Campaign, 1862, Harper’s Ferry, 1862, Antietam (Sharpsburg), 1862; Fredericksburg, 1862; Wilderness Campaign, 1864; Spotsylvania Court House, 1864; Cold Harbor, 1864; Petersburg, 1864. Moses McCoy was captured by the Yankees at Hatch Run on April 2, 1865. He was sent from City Point, VA to Hart's Island, New York Harbor, on April 7, 1865. He was a Prisoner of War. He was released by the Yankess on June 18, 1865. See #15 on his record. Moses M. McCoy was Court-martialed on January 1864 (title of record G.O. #1-1), charges not stated, but he was returned to duty. He was captured at hatcher’s Run during the Battle at Petersburg, Va., and was a P.O.W. incarcerated at The Prisoner of War Camp at Hart’s Island, New York. He was released June 18, 1865 after taking The oath of Allegiance. His description was given as follows – complexion: fair, hair: dark, eyes: blue, height: 5 ft. 6 in, place of residence: Union County, North Carolina. Confederate Veteran Monroe Light Infantry. 15th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry: 15th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 5th Volunteers, was organized at Garysburg, North Carolina, in June, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Northampton, Union, Cleveland, Franklin, Harnett, Alamance, and Edgecombe. With about 800 officers and men, the unit was ordered to Yorktown, Virginia. In April, 1862, it had 532 effectives and during the war served under Generals H. Cobb and Cooke. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles, the Maryland Campaign, and at Fredericksburg. In January, 1863, the regiment moved to Charleston and Savannah, then returned to Virginia. After serving in the Richmond area during the Pennsylvania Campaign it was active in numerous conflicts from Bristoe to Cold Harbor. Later it saw action in the Petersburg trenches south of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. The unit reported 21 killed and 110 wounded at Malvern Hill; 11 killed, 48 wounded, and 124 missing of the 402 engaged at Crampton's Gap; and 3 killed, 52 wounded, and 8 missing of the 133 at Sharpsburg. It sustained 121 casualties at Fredericksburg, 101 at Bristoe, and 113 from May 1 to June 21, 1864. The records show 16 officers and 122 men were present on April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Henry A. Dowd, William McRae, Robert M. McKinney, and William H. Yarborough; Lieutenant Colonels Gray W. Hammond and Ross R. Ihrie; and Majors William F. Green and Robert P. Jerome.
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