Cabarrus County, NC - Military - Robert S. Young

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Biography of Robert Simonton Young
 
Young was born in Concord, North Carolina on January 20, 1821. He was a farmer 
in Cabarrus County before the War.
 
Young joined the 7th North Carolina as captain of B company in May 1861. He rose 
to the rank of major on June 27, 1862. Young was captured at Frederick Maryland 
in September 1862 and exchanged in November. He resigned due to ill health on 
January 6, 1863, but returned to serve as an aide to General Hoke. While so serving, 
Young was killed at Petersburg on July 8, 1864. He was buried in the churchyard at 
Poplar Tent Presbyterian in Cabarrus County.

Information from the website at the following link:
http://www.aphillcsa.goellnitz.org/young.html