Abel Hoyle Gantt (1836 - 1862)

Born 27 Jan 1836 in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Jun 1862 at age 26 in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Cpl Abel Gantt served in the United States Civil War.
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 34th North Carolina

34th NC Co F (Floyd Rifles) prompted to Corporal 4/18/1862

Abel was born in 1836. He was the son of Tyre Gantt and Rhoda Hoyle. He died on 29 June 1862 of wound received at Gaines Mills. ^[1] His brother, Marcus who enlisted on the same day would die not quite a year later at the Battle of Chancellorsville.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6D-WWJ : 7 December 2014), Abel H Gantt, 1861; 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 Thirty-fourth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 388.
2. ↑ Roster of the 34th NC Infantry Regiment

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 February 2021), memorial page for Abel Hoyle Gantt (27 Jan 1836–29 Jun 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #37723974, citing Kadesh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawndale, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by David Matthews (contributor 48667174) .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-15X : 23 December 2020), Abel H Gant in household of Lisa Gant, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD67-7WF : 11 November 2020), Abel Gant in entry for Sera Gant, 1860.