John Harvey DeHart Jr (1838 - 1864)

Born 10 Apr 1838 in Macon, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 21 Jun 1864 at age 26 in Kinston Township, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant John DeHart Jr served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jul 1862
Mustered out: 21 Jun 1864
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company C, 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company CG 6th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

John DeHart Jr was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.

John was born in 1838. He was the son of John Dehart and Jane Roberts. He passed away in 1864. John was killed in an ambush between New Berne and Kinston, NC, in June 1864.^[1]

Lt. John Harvey DeHart died in an ambush in Kinston, NC. One account reads: "Arriving at Kinston early in the Spring of 1864, the regiment began picketing the outposts in front of New Bern and other points on the coast of North Carolina covering a line about fifty (50) miles long. During the time we had various engagements with bodies of the enemy. One of these conflicts was at Heath's Mills [one source says Jackson's Mills, another source says Cobb's Mills], where we captured a number of the Federals. Col. George N. Folk was cut off from the command and captured in a night attack at this place. In this attack 1st Lt. William W. Kilpatrick and 3rd Lt. John H. DeHart were killed; two (2) brave officers falling at the post of duty. Col. Folk was released after a few months' confinement in several of the Northern prisons, and he rejoined his command at Kinston in late December of 1864."^[2] See also The Weekly Standard account of the ambush.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z5-QQHP?cc=2145147&wc=M61M-GTG%3A369449201 : 6 September 2019), Dav-Dev > image 1579 of 2788; Military Order of the Stars and Bars, Springfield, Tennessee.
2. ↑ Moore, Martin V., "Account of the 65 NC Regiment/6th Cavalry" extracted in North Carolina in the American Civil War,https://www.carolana.com/NC/Civil_War/65th_nc_regiment.html, accessed 5 April 2023.
3. ↑ "The Recent Raid on Kinston," The Weekly Standar, Raleigh, NC, 29 June 1864, p. 3.
4. ↑ FamilySearch: "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: XKXC-XW5 : 7 December 2014), John H Dehart, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Seventh Battalion, Cavalry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 43.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B8-4BX : 4 April 2020), John H Dehart in household of John Dehart, Macon county, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing family 476, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDDY-ML5 : 19 March 2020), John H Dehardt in entry for John Dehardt, 1860.
• "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKXC-XW5 : 7 December 2014), John H Dehart, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Seventh Battalion, Cavalry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 43.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSPB-13B : 4 December 2014), John H. DeHeart, Third Lieutenant, Company CG, 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 821,777.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSDG-KM3 : 4 December 2014), John H. DeHart, Second Lieutenant, Company C, 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 821,777.
• "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7QWX-LBZM : 6 September 2019), John H De Hart, 1861-1865.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSPB-16V : 4 December 2014), John H. D Hart, Third Lieutenant, Company C, 6th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 821,778.