John Bishop (1843 - 1865)

Born 1843 in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States

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John Bishop born 1843 in Cumberland County, North Carolina was the second to youngest son of John "Gunsmith" Bishop. He enlisted in the war on April 17, 1862. He did not survive the war.

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NAME: John Bishop RESIDENCE: Harnett County, North Carolina,North Carolina OCCUPATION: Farmer AGE AT ENLISTMENT: 19 ENLISTMENT DATE: 17 Apr 1862 RANK AT ENLISTMENT: Private ENLISTMENT PLACE: Harnett County, North Carolina STATE SERVED: North Carolina BIRTH DATE: 1843

John Bishop United States Census, 1860 Name John Bishop Event Type Census Event Date 1860 Event Place Moore, North Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 18 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1842 Birthplace North Carolina Page 10

John Bishop United States Census, 1850 Name John Bishop Event Type Census Event Year 1850 Event Place Cumberland county, part of, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States Gender Male Age 8 Race White Birth Year (Estimated) 1842 Birthplace North Carolina House Number 553

John W. Bishop United States Civil War Soldiers Index Name John W. Bishop Event Type Military Service Military Beginning Rank Private Military Final Rank Private Military Side Confederate State or Military Term North Carolina Military Unit 38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry Military Company A Affiliate Film Number 3

38th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in January, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the counties of Duplin, Tadkin, Sampson, Richmond, Catawba, Alexander, Randolph, Cleveland, and Cumberland. Ordered to Virginia, the unit was assigned to General Pender's and Scales' Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then took its place in the Petersburg trenches and saw action in the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment lost thirty-six percent of the 420 at Mechanicsville, had 2 killed and 22 wounded at Second Manassas, and had 14 wounded at Fredericksburg. Its casualties were 20 killed, 77 wounded, and 11 missing at Chancellorsville, and of the 216 engaged at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 21 officers and 110 men. The field officers were Colonels John Ashford and William J. Hoke, Lieutenant Colonels Robert F. Armfield, Oliver H. Dockery, and George W. Flowers; and Majors Lorenzo D. Andrews, M.M. McLauchlin, George W. Sharpe, and John T. Wilson.

Birth: unknown Death: Mar. 21, 1865 ( Killed in the battle of Bentonville?) Burial: Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Wake County North Carolina, USA Plot: 3, 131

Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs Record added: Mar 04, 2000 Find A Grave Memorial# 3272621