Military Tuesday~Pvt. Elisha B. Privett

Elisha B. Privett

Company "K"

26th Regiment, NC Volunteers

Enlisted: 1 July 1861

Discharged: 20 November 1861

As a young lad of 16, Elisha B. Privett enlisted on 1 July 1861 into Company “K”, 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers. he served until November 1861 at which time  his superiors suggested that he be discharged as medically unfit. He was Muster Out of Service on 9 Dec 1861 with a disability discharge.

PRIVETT, ELISHA B. , Private
Born in Anson County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Anson County at age 16., July 1, 1861. Present or accounted for until discharged on December 9, 1861, by reason of disability. Later served in Company H, 145th Regiment N. C. Troops (4th Regiment N.C. Volunteers). [NC Troops 7:598].

Then something strange appeared in the records.

A young lad from Anson County, named E. B. Privett, age 18, appears in Raleigh, North Carolina and enlists with Company “H”, 14th NC Infantry on 24 July 1863. On 2 April 1865 he was captured and made a prisoners' of war at Point Lookout, Maryland. He signed an Oath of Allegiance and was released on 16 June 1865.

PRIVETT, E. B., Private
Resided in Anson County and enlisted in Wake County at age 18, July 24, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until released on June 16, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance.  [NC Troops 5:471]

No record has been found for Elisha B. Privett after his release on 16 June 1865, two months after the War has ended. If you know what happened to Elisha B. Privett, please contact me through this blog.

 Elisha B. Privett is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle. 

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[1] Co. K, 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers; https://www.fold3.com/image/271/44698294

[2] Co. "H", 14th Regiment, NC Infantry; https://www.fold3.com/image/33045683

[3] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) No EF, Page 178B, Line 35, Dwelling/Family 1230/1230, Household of William Privett; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 21 July 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
[4] 1860 U. S. Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, , Page: 168 (penciled)/304(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 1286, Family 1235, Household of William PRIVETT; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 887.
[5] Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 November 2020), entry for Elisha B. PRIVETT, Private; Company "K", 26th Regiment, NC Volunteers; Confederate.
[6] Louis H. Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, 2013), 7, 598, Elisha B. PRIVETT.
[7] Ancestry, Military Service Records, database entry for  E. B. PRIVETT, Private; Company "H", 14th Infantry; Confederate.
[8] Manarin, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, 5,  471, E. B. PRIVETT.

[9] two images in blog courtesy of Ancestry.com