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72nd North Carolina Infantry
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May 7, 1846 - Mar 14, 1918. He was conscripted on June 21, 1864 at Camp Lamb near Wilmington, NC in the 7th Battalion North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C. Camp Lamb was near Wilmington in New Hanover County. The Confederate camp that provided housing for recruits and troops stationed in batteries and forts defending Wilmington, the Cape Fear River, and Fort Fisher. Named for Colonel William Lamb, commander of Fort Fisher. He spent July 3 to December 9, 1864 garrisoned in Smithfield (now Southport) until to Belfield Va. (now Emporia). They left for Tarboro / Hamilton NC to repel a Union raid form Washington NC. They spent a few days in Tarboro and then moved to Goldsboro to board trains back to the Sugar Loaf line in Wilmington NC. He saw action in the Belfield / Hicksford (now Emporia) Virginia December 10, 1864 defending the Weldon Rail Road. Sent to Tarboro NC to block a Union advance from Plymouth NC. First Battle of Fort Fisher December 24-27, 1864 while with the 7th Junior Reserves Company C. On January 3, 1865 he transferred to the 3rd Regiment North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company I. He saw action Second battle of Fort Fisher, Battle of Wilmington, Sugar Loaf Line (Carolina Beach), and Fort Anderson February 11 to 22, 1865. He was hospitalized at Court House Hospital in Goldsboro, NC prior to February 28, 1865 (No cause found. I believe it was pneumonia as a large part of his regiment was admitted during that time frame for pneumonia). He returned to Duty on May 2, 1865 and he was paroled under the terms of The Army of the Tennessee in Greensboro, NC. The 7th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves was consolidated with the 4th and 8th Infantry Battalions, Junior Reserves, and designated as the 72nd Infantry Regiment (3rd NC Junior Reserves) at Wilmington, NC on 3 January 1865. Parents: • Andrew Turner Melvin Born Mar 3, 1803 and died Sep 15, 1878. Farmer with 1000 acres. Son of John Thomas Melvin Sr., son of Daniel James Melvin Sr. • Nancy A. Tatum Born Jan 17, 1812 and died Jul 4, 1874.
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