Greene County NcArchives Military Records.....Forrest Petition, Calvin 1864
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Petition to Pardon Calvin Forrest for Desertion

Transcribers Note:
Calvin Forrest enlisted Aug. 20, 1861 in Co. G, 8th NC Regt. at the age of 16. 
Taken prisoner of war at Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862, he was paroled. He 
deserted Nov. 1862 but returned to the regiment by July 1863. He deserted 
again in Dec. 1863, at Weldon, NC. and was court-martialed and sentenced to be 
shot. Apparently pardoned by Pres. Jefferson Davis, he returned to duty and 
was shot in the temple destroying both eyes at Cold Harbor, Va. June 1, 1864.

Following is the petition sent to Pres. Jefferson Davis by Greene County 
citizens asking that Calvin Forrest be pardoned.

To, His Excellency Jefferson Davis
President, Confederate States of America

The petition of the subscribers respectfully showith that Calvin Forrest a 
private of Co. G, 8th Regiment No C Troops commanded by Capt. Amos Hines 
having been condemned to be shot for desertion. That the said Forrest 
volunteered in June 1861, at the age of sixteen years, and that the crime for 
which he is about to suffer from the best information we can get was at the 
instigation of injudicious friends. We would also state to your Excellency 
that his father is in the service and has performed his duty faithfully and is 
now a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. The family of this young man's 
father consists of seven small children who are still with this mother and are 
very poor they having to be supported by the Indigent Soldier's fund of the 
county. We therefore at the solicitation of his afflicted mother pray your 
Excellency to interpose your power to pardon the offense of this poor young 
man. And your petitioners will ever pray so.

[Signed]
Abner Rouse, J.P.                     Thomas Moore, Minister
W.P. Grimsley                         J.F. Jones, J.P.
Jake Hardy                            G.F.M. Dail, Trustee
W.J. Jones, M.D.                      W.H.B. Taylor
Arvel Sugg, J.P.                      O.J. Pate, Lt. N.C. Troops
D.G.W. Ward, J.P.                     J.W. Dixon, Sheriff
D.A. Spivey, Cons. of Greene Co.      Jerimiah Fields, C.S.
John Harvey, M.D.                     W.D. Warren
B.S. Hardy, M.C.                      Wm. White, Lt.& E.O. for Greene Co.
Edward Patrick, Senator               Will Dixon
D.A. Sugg, Assessor                   R.J. Williams, J.P.
Benj. M. Dixon S.C.C.                 L.E. Hardy, Greene Co., N.C.

State of North Carolina
County of Greene
I, William E. Best Clerk of Greene County Court do hereby certify that I am 
well acquainted with the gentlemen whose names appear to the foregoing 
petition and know them to be men of tenacity and of high standing in the 
County, and Given under my hand and seal of office in Snow Hill the 26th day 
of March A.D. 1864 
[Signed] 
W.E. Best C.C. Clerk, R.W. Best, Deputy

Source: Calvin Forrest, Co. G, 8th Regiment, Confederate Service Record


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