Gwinnett County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Tombstone of James Freeman Located in Salisbury, N.C. May 1996
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Source: Old Luthern Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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James Freeman fought in the civil war for the south.  He died as a result of 
wounds incurred at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina.  James enlisted 
5/12 /1861.  He was assigned to 42nd regiment, Company B Independent Rebels, 
Gwinnett County, GA.  Captured in Vicksburg on 7/4/1863 and paroled 7/6/1863.  
He was wounded at Bentonville, North Carolina on 3/19/1865 and sent to General 
Hospital #10 Salisbury, North Carolina  where he died from a wound to the 
right breast on 4/19/1865(-taken from the Confederate Muster Roll, Gwinnett 
Co., GA.)   Up until May, 1996, James has rested in an unmarked grave at the 
old Luthern Cemetary in Salisbury but in May 1996,  a marker was finally put 
on his resting place by the Daughters of the Confederacy.

He was the husband of Elizabeth F. (Knight) Freeman who was the daughter of 
Isaiah and Ruth Knight of Gwinnett County. James is the son of John and Mimmy 
(Jones) Freeman of Gwinnett County. The Freemans lost 4 of their 8 sons to the 
Civil War.

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