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Project Goals
287 names of UNC alumni who died in the US Civil War; these men are commemorated by the controversial "Silent Sam" monument and engraved plates in Memorial Hall. This page exists to collect their names, genealogical history, and documentation in one location. As Wikitree profiles are created for these men, their families, and the enslaved people held by them, they will be included in categories as well.
An activist research project known as "Sam's Reckoning" has been working on Twitter since 2019 to document connections to enslavement and human trafficking among these memorialized Confederates. This Wikitree project is not directly affiliated with Sam's Reckoning but connects their research findings to the genealogical context.
Table of Names
| Surname | First/Middle Names | Class Year | Slave Owner | Slave-Owning Family | Notes | "Sam's Reckoning" Research |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | Joseph Henry | 1864 | yes | Joseph Henry Adams twitter thread | ||
| Adams | William | 1858 | yes | William P. Adams Twitter thread | ||
| Alexander | William Lee | 1854 | yes | Survived the war. | William Lee Alexander Twitter thread | |
| Allen | Robert L | 1858 | yes | yes | Robert L. Allen Twitter thread | |
| Alston | Solomon Williams | 1859 | yes | yes | Cousin to Richard Glaze. | Solomon Alston twitter thread |
| Anderson | George Burgwyn | 1852 | yes | George Burgwin Anderson Twitter thread | ||
| Anderson | Lawrence M. | 1860 | yes | Laurie M. Anderson Twitter thread | ||
| Anderson | Robert Walker | 1858 | yes | Walker Anderson Twitter thread | ||
| Andrews | Clinton Milton | 1854 | yes | Brother of John Barr Andrews | Andrews brothers Twitter thread | |
| Andrews | John Barr | 1854 | yes | Brother of Clinton Milton Andrews | Andrews brothers Twitter thread | |
| Anthony | John Hill | 1857 | yes | yes | John Hill Anthony Twitter thread | |
| Armstrong | Edward H. | 1862 | ||||
| Arrington | Archibald H. | 1862 | yes | first Tweet; remainder of Twitter thread | ||
| Atkinson | Edward Ruffin | 1864 | ||||
| Attmore | Isaac Taylor | 1860 | yes | yes | Isaac Taylor Attmore Twitter thread | |
| Austin | William Henry | 1861 | yes | yes | William Henry Austin Twitter thread | |
| Averitt | Jesse | 1855 | yes | Jesse Averitt Jr. tweet | ||
| Avery | Clarke Moulton | 1839 | yes | yes | Brothers Isaac and William | Avery brothers Twitter thread |
| Avery | Isaac Erwin | 1851 | yes | yes | Brothers Clarke and William | Avery brothers Twitter thread |
| Avery | William Waightstill | 1837 | yes | yes | Brothers Clarke and Isaac | Avery brothers Twitter thread |
| Avirett | John A. | 1851 | yes | yes | John Alfred Avirett, Jr. Twitter thread | |
| Bailey | William | 1855 | yes | yes | Fought in Florida regiment, not NC | William Bailey Twitter thread |
| Ballard | John William | 1859 | ||||
| Barnes | Jesse Sharpe | 1858 | yes | yes | Jesse Sharpe Barnes Twitter thread | |
| Bartlette | Leonard White | 1862 | yes | Leonard White Bartlette Twitter thread | ||
| Baskerville | George Thomas | 1848 | yes | yes | George Thomas Baskerville Twitter thread | |
| Bason | Joseph Trolinger | 1862 | ||||
| Bass | Edward F. | 1863 | ||||
| Battle | Henry Lawrence | 1855 | yes | yes | ||
| Battle | Junius Cullen | 1860 | yes | Brother Wesley. Other brother Kemp was president of UNC | Battle brothers Twitter thread | |
| Battle | Wesley Lewis | 1863 | yes | Brother Junius. Other brother Kemp was president of UNC. | Battle brothers Twitter thread | |
| Baxter | George A. | 1854 | ||||
| Bell | James Franklin | 1852 | ||||
| Bell | Luther Rice | 1861 | ||||
| Bellamy | Charles Edward | 1851 | yes | yes | Charles Edward Bellamy Twitter thread | |
| Benbury | John Avery | 1847 | yes | yes | John Avery Benbury Twitter thread | |
| Blake | Joel Clifton | 1850 | yes | yes | Joel Clifton Blake Twitter thread | |
| Blanchard | James D. | 1863 | yes | James D. Blanchard Twitter thread | ||
| Blount | Benjamin J. | 1859 | yes | Benjamin Blount Twitter thread | ||
| Bradford | John H. | 1861 | ||||
| Bradford | Richard H. | 1854 | yes | Richard Bradford Twitter thread | ||
| Branch | Joseph Henry | 1865 | yes | yes | Joseph Branch Twitter thread | |
| Branch | Lawrence O'Bryan | 1838 | yes | yes | Lawrence Branch Twitter thread | |
| Brown | Hugh Thomas | 1858 | yes | Hugh Thomas Brown Twitter thread | ||
| Brown | Owen N. | 1856 | ||||
| Bruce | Charles | 1860 | ||||
| Bryan | George Pettigrew | 1860 | yes | George Pettigrew Bryan tweet, 2019 | ||
| Buck | DeWitt Clinton | 1861 | yes | DeWitt Clinton Buck Twitter thread, 2019 | ||
| Bunn | Elias | 1863 | yes | Brother of William Henry Bunn. | Elias Bunn Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Bunn | William Henry | 1854 | yes | Brother of Elias. Court-martialed and removed from service, but appears to have somehow rejoined before 1864 death. | William H Bunn Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Burgwyn | Henry King | 1859 | yes | Henry King Burgwyn Jr. Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Bustin | James Grant | 1859 | yes | James G. Bustin Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Butts | James Eldridge | 1861 | yes | Surname likely "Butt" with no S. | James Eldridge Butt Twitter thread 2020 | |
| Carrigan | William Michael | 1852 | yes | yes | ||
| Chalmers | James | 1851 | ||||
| Chambers | John Samuel | 1854 | ||||
| Cherry | James J. | 1862 | yes | yes | Likely cousin of Joseph Cherry | James J Cherry Twitter thread 2021 |
| Cherry | Joseph D. | 1862 | yes | Middle initial correctly 'O.' Likely cousin of James Cherry. Survived the war. | Joseph O. Cherry Twitter thread 2021 | |
| Chilton | Edward J. | 1862 | ||||
| Chisolm | Seaborn Whateley | 1863 | ||||
| Claiborne | Thomas D. | 1859 | ||||
| Clark | George McIntosh | 1863 | yes | George McIntosh Clark Twitter thread 2020 | ||
| Clegg | Montraville D. | 1864 | yes | yes | Montraville Clegg Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Closs | Thomas Oliver | 1863 | yes | Thomas Oliver Closs Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Coggin | Joseph B. | 1863 | ||||
| Cook | John Thomas | 1859 | yes | John T. Cook Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Cooper | Thomas Watson | 1860 | yes | Thomas W. Cooper Twitter thread 2022 | ||
| Copeland | Virginius | 1863 | ||||
| Cowan | Thomas | 1861 | yes | yes | Memorial likely conflates w/ non-UNC Thomas Cowan; this Thomas, a medical student, died before enlisting. | Thomas Cowan Twitter thread 2022 |
| Cowan | Thomas Jr. | 1858 | yes | Thomas Cowan Jr. TWitter thread 2022 | ||
| Crumpler | Thomas Newton | 1854 | yes | Thomas Newton Crumper Jr. tweet, 2019 | ||
| Daniel | Henry Rives | 1859 | yes | yes | Henry Rives Daniel Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Davidson | Thomas Benjamin | 1861 | ||||
| Davis | Weldon Edwards | 1861 | yes | Weldon Edward Davis Twitter thread | ||
| DeJarnette | Reuben R. | 1863 | yes | |||
| Dobbin | John Holmes | 1861 | yes | John Holmes Dobbin thread 2019 | ||
| Dunn | William A. | 1861 | ||||
| Dusenberry | Edwin Lafayette | 1845 | yes | yes | Edwin Dusenberry Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Evans | Peter G. | 1847 | ||||
| Fain | John H. Daniel | 1860 | yes | yes | John H. D. Fain Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Ferebee | James W. | 1861 | yes | Cousin of James C. Moore. Descendant Nelson Ferebee Taylor became UNC chancellor. | James W. Ferebee Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Fitts | James Henry | 1855 | yes | yes | James Henry Fitts Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Flanner | Andrew Jackson | 1857 | yes | Andrew Jackson Flanner Twitter thread | ||
| Footman | Richard M. | 1864 | yes | Richard Footman Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Foster | Jacob Flavel | 1861 | yes | Jacob Flavel Foster Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Foxhall | Francis D. | 1856 | ||||
| Foy | David Hiram | 1861 | yes | David Foy Twitter thread 2019 | ||
| Fuller | John L. | 1858 | yes | yes | John L. Fuller Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Fulton | Robert F. | 1862 | ||||
| Gaines | John Charles | 1862 | yes | yes | John Charles Gaines Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Garlington | John | 1864 | yes | yes | John Garlington Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Garrett | Thomas Miles | 1851 | ||||
| Garrott | Isham Warren | 1841 | ||||
| Gibson | William Henry | 1858 | ||||
| Gill | Benjamin Llewellyn | 1859 | yes | Cousin to William P. Gill. | Benjamin Llewellyn Gill Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Gill | William P. | 1863 | yes | yes | Cousin to Benjamin Llewellyn Gill. | William P. Gill Twitter thread 2021 |
| Glaze | Richard Henry | 1855 | yes | Cousin to Solomon Alston. | Richard Henry Glaze Twitter thread 2020 | |
| Gray | Samuel Wiley | 1864 | yes | Grand-nephew was 2nd UNC president. | Samuel Wiley Gray Twitter thread 2021 | |
| Green | John A. | 1864 | ||||
| Grigsby | Rhydon | 1859 | yes | yes | Rhydon Grigsby Twitter thread 2019 | |
| Gunnels | William Martin | 1864 | yes | Survived the war but died in 1866. | William Martin Gunnels Twitter thread | |
| Hargrove | William T. | 1864 | yes | William Triplett Hargrove Twitter thread | ||
| Harris | John Williams | 1861 | ||||
| Hartsfield | Alva Curtis | 1865 | ||||
| Harvey | Addison | 1858 | ||||
| Haughton | John Laurence | 1861 | yes | yes | First cousin of John Robert Haughton. | Haughton cousins Twitter thread |
| Haughton | John Robert | 1865 | yes | yes | First cousin of John Lawrence Haughton. | Haughton cousins Twitter thread |
| Hay | Philip Thornhill | 1858 | ||||
| Hemken | Bernard B. | 1858 | yes | yes | Barnard Bollenhagen Hemken Twitter thread | |
| Henderson | Leonard Alexander | 1863 | ||||
| Hill | Thomas Stafford | 1859 | ||||
| Hines | Elias Carr | 1847 | ||||
| Hodges | Joseph J. Durham | 1863 | ||||
| Hodges | Thomas P. | 1863 | ||||
| Holliday | Thomas C. | 1860 | ||||
| Holmes | Theophilus H. | 1864 | ||||
| Holt | William Michael | 1858 | ||||
| Horne | James W. | 1857 | ||||
| Hughes | N. Collin | 1859 | ||||
| Hunt | James Davis | 1858 | ||||
| Huske | Benjamin Robinson | 1850 | ||||
| Husted | Delano Whiting | 1854 | ||||
| Iredell | James Johnstone | 1848 | ||||
| James | Robert Ervin | 1855 | ||||
| Jeffreys | J. Glenn | 1854 | ||||
| Jenkins | Frederick H. | 1858 | ||||
| Jenkins | James Perry | 1861 | ||||
| Jenkins | Joseph Van Buren | 1861 | ||||
| Johnson | Daniel White | 1856 | ||||
| Johnson | Lucius Junius | 1840 | ||||
| Johnston | George Burgwyn | 1859 | ||||
| Jones | Aurelius C. | 1862 | ||||
| Jones | Henry Francis | 1860 | ||||
| Jones | John Thomas | 1860 | ||||
| Jones | Robin Ap Cadwallader | 1844 | ||||
| Kelly | John McDonald | 1863 | ||||
| Kelly | Neill R. | 1863 | ||||
| Knight | James Smith | 1861 | ||||
| Land | John McDonald | 1861 | ||||
| Lane | Thomas Hill | 1842 | ||||
| Lastrapes | Adolphe | 1862 | ||||
| Lightfoot | John F. | 1861 | ||||
| Lindsay | Robert Henry | 1860 | ||||
| Lord | William Campbell | 1858 | ||||
| Lutterloh | Jarvis Buxton | 1860 | ||||
| Lyon | Harrison Pittman | 1862 | ||||
| Mallett | Edward | 1849 | ||||
| Mallett | Richardson | 1862 | ||||
| Maner | Neverson C. | 1864 | ||||
| Mangum | W. Preston | 1859 | ||||
| Martin | Clarence Dudley | 1864 | ||||
| Martin | George Saunders | 1860 | ||||
| Martin | William Whitmell | 1857 | ||||
| Mason | John R. | 1866 | ||||
| Mayfield | John W. | 1857 | ||||
| McCallum | James Baxter | 1860 | ||||
| McCaskill | Neill E. | 1861 | ||||
| McClelland | James C. | 1860 | ||||
| McClenahan | James T. | 1853 | ||||
| McCormick | James L. | 1859 | ||||
| McDade | John Henderson | 1852 | ||||
| McDermott | Joseph Alexander | 1863 | ||||
| McDougald | Daniel | 1855 | ||||
| McEachern | Robert James | 1860 | ||||
| McKethan | William R. | 1864 | ||||
| McKinnon | William Bethune | 1858 | ||||
| McMillan | George W. | 1861 | ||||
| McNabb | James Graham | 1858 | ||||
| McNair | Duncan Elizabeth | 1855 | ||||
| McNeill | James H. | 1844 | ||||
| McRae | Duncan Granger | 1860 | ||||
| McRae | Montford Stokes | 1856 | ||||
| McRee | Robert Cowan | 1864 | ||||
| Meares | Gaston | 1842 | ||||
| Mebane | John Wood | 1860 | ||||
| Merritt | Leonidas John | 1854 | ||||
| Mickle | John M. | 1855 | ||||
| Miller | Henry C. | 1865 | ||||
| Mills | William H.H. | 1862 | ||||
| Mitchell | Randolph | 1863 | ||||
| Montague | Walter Henry | 1862 | ||||
| Moore | Albert Gallatin | 1862 | ||||
| Moore | James Cameron | 1854 | ||||
| Morehead | John Henry | 1852 | ||||
| Morgan | George Thomas | 1856 | ||||
| Morrow | Elijah Graham | 1856 | ||||
| Mullins | Henry | 1857 | ||||
| Murphy | Charles B. | 1859 | ||||
| Nash | Frederick | 1866 | ||||
| Nelms | Charles G. | 1836 | ||||
| Nicholson | Edward A.T. | 1864 | ||||
| Nicholson | William T. | 1860 | ||||
| Nuckolls | William Thompson | 1861 | ||||
| Ogilby | Nathaniel A. | 1863 | ||||
| Owens | Napoleon B. | 1865 | ||||
| Owens | William Allison | 1856 | ||||
| Parker | Augustus Moore | 1862 | ||||
| Parker | Walter C.Y. | 1860 | ||||
| Parks | Oliver Tyrrell | 1861 | ||||
| Pearce | Lucius R.A. | 1861 | ||||
| Person | Jesse H. | 1863 | ||||
| Pettigrew | James Johnston | 1849 | ||||
| Phillips | James | 1830 | ||||
| Polk | Leonidas | 1825 | ||||
| Prince | Oliver Hillhouse | 1840 | ||||
| Prudhomme | Mitchell S. | 1857 | ||||
| Purcell | John G. | 1859 | ||||
| Quarles | George McDuffie | 1860 | ||||
| Rankin | John Davidson McLean | 1855 | ||||
| Rhodes | William James | 1862 | ||||
| Richardson | Edward L. | 1865 | ||||
| Richmond | Stephen Dobson | 1859 | ||||
| Riddick | Charles E.C. | 1862 | ||||
| Riddick | Edward Livingston | 1859 | ||||
| Robbins | James LaFayette | 1859 | ||||
| Robbins | Julius Alexander | 1857 | ||||
| Ross | Jesse Goodwin | 1861 | ||||
| Royster | Iowa Michigan | 1860 | ||||
| Ruffin | Lemon | 1853 | ||||
| Ruffin | Thomas | 1841 | ||||
| Sanders | Edwin Smith | 1857 | ||||
| Satterfield | E. Fletcher | 1859 | ||||
| Scales | Peter Perkins | 1855 | ||||
| Scott | Edward M. | 1848 | ||||
| Sharp | Thomas I. | 1847 | ||||
| Siler | Jesse W. | 1858 | ||||
| Siler | Rufus S. | 1858 | ||||
| Sillers | William Walter | 1859 | ||||
| Simmons | David Ward | 1861 | ||||
| Skinner | Tristram Lowther | 1840 | ||||
| Slade | Thomas Turner | 1845 | ||||
| Smith | James M. | 1862 | ||||
| Smith | Maurice Thompson | 1851 | ||||
| Smith | Thomas Lucius | 1860 | ||||
| Smith | Thomas McGee (McGehee) | 1851 | ||||
| Snead | Nathan I. | 1865 | ||||
| Snow | Samuel T. | 1862 | ||||
| Speight | Seth B. | 1864 | ||||
| Spruill | Peter Evans | 1855 | ||||
| Stancill | Reuel Anderson | 1862 | ||||
| Staton | Archibald Trenton | 1862 | ||||
| Sterling | Edward G. | 1860 | ||||
| Stewart | Daniel | 1858 | ||||
| Stone | John H. | 1846 | ||||
| Sullivan | Milton Arnold | 1848 | ||||
| Sutton | Stark Armistead | 1855 | ||||
| Sykes | Lawson White | 1862 | ||||
| Tankersley | Felix | 1863 | ||||
| Tatum | John Dudley | 1858 | ||||
| Taylor | James H. | 1860 | ||||
| Taylor | John Tillinghast | 1853 | ||||
| Taylor | Massillon Field | 1861 | ||||
| Taylor | Simon Henderson | 1861 | ||||
| Thompson | James Nicholas | 1861 | ||||
| Thompson | John Frederick | 1856 | ||||
| Tomlinson | James Milton | 1857 | ||||
| Turner | James Neill | 1855 | ||||
| Vines | Charles | 1864 | ||||
| Waddell | Owen Alfred | 1855 | ||||
| Waddill | John Robert | 1851 | ||||
| Walker | William Meares | 1852 | ||||
| Ware | James N. | 1861 | ||||
| Ware | William H. | 1859 | ||||
| Washington | Augustine Burkette | 1858 | ||||
| Watson | Thomas Lowe | 1859 | ||||
| Webb | William Henry Graham | 1864 | ||||
| Weir | Samuel Park | 1860 | ||||
| Wheat | John Thomas Jr. | 1851 | ||||
| Whitaker | David C. | 1858 | ||||
| Whitaker | John Henry | 1847 | ||||
| Whitaker | William H. | 1858 | ||||
| Whitaker | Cary W. Jr. | 1853 | ||||
| Whitfield | Bryan | 1854 | ||||
| Whitfield | John Alexander | 1849 | ||||
| Whitfield | Nathan Bryan | 1861 | ||||
| Whitfield | William Blackledge | 1862 | ||||
| Williams | Henry Gaston | 1861 | ||||
| Williams | Joseph Adrian | 1859 | ||||
| Wilson | John W. | 1861 | ||||
| Wilson | William Edward | 1857 | ||||
| Wooster | William Augustus | 1860 | ||||
| Worth | Shubal Gardner | 1856 | ||||
| Wright | Clement Gillespie | 1843 | ||||
| Wright | Elisha Eldridge | 1861 | ||||
| Wright | James Allen | 1854 | ||||
| Young | David Jones | 1858 |
Sources
- Carolina's Memorial to Alumni War Dead
- https://unchistory.web.unc.edu/building-narratives/memorial-hall/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Sam
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