Pasquotank County NcArchives Military Records.....Stokley, Charles Lockwood 
Civilwar - Enlistment 
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Name:    C L Stokely 
Distinguished Service:    DISTINGUISHED SERVICE  
Side Served:    Confederacy  
State Served:    North Carolina  
Unit Numbers:    127  
Service Record:    Enlisted as a Private
POW on 08 February 1862 at Roanoke Island, NC
Paroled on 21 February 1862 at Elizabeth City, NC
Exchanged on 15 August 1862 (Estimated day)
Discharged Company L, 17th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 04 March 1863 

Charles Lockwood Stokely and Henry C. Stokely were brothers who joined and 
fought in the same unit during the War Between the States. Charles was wounded 
and unfortunately his brother, Henry, did not survive the war. What follows is 
a brief account of their service to the Confederacy based on their Confederate 
Army records.

Charles Lockwood Stokely was born in Pasquotank County, NC in 1836 the son of 
Jeremiah Delamare Stokely and Mary Lockwood Stokely. By trade he was a farmer. 
On February 1, 1862, at the age of 26, he enlisted for the war in Company A, 
8th Regiment NC Troops (Infantry). He was mustered in as a Private and was 
promoted to Corporal on June 1, 1864. He was promoted to Sergeant sometime 
between November, 1864 and April, 1865. He was wounded in Johnston County, NC 
on April 17, 1865. According to his Confederate Army records, he appears on a 
roll of medical officers, attendants and patients at Court House Hospital in 
Greensboro, NC paroled in accordance with the terms of a Military Convention 
entered into 26 April 1865 between General Joseph E. Johnston, Commanding 
Confederate Army, and Major General William T. Sherman, Commanding United 
States Army in North Carolina. Sergeant Stokely was listed as an Acting Ward 
Master and was paroled on May 2, 1865. He returned to Pasquotank County after 
the war. On June 1, 1885  he applied for a pension based disabilities as a 
result of the wound he received during  his Confederate service. His death 
date is not known. 


Name:    Charles L Stokley ,   
Residence:    Pasquotank County, North Carolina  
Enlistment Date:    01 February 1862  
Distinguished Service:    DISTINGUISHED SERVICE  
Side Served:    Confederacy  
State Served:    North Carolina  
Unit Numbers:    119  
Service Record:    Enlisted as a Private on 01 February 1862 at the age of 26
Enlisted in Company A, 8th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 01 February 
1862.
Promoted to Full Corporal on 01 June 1864
Promoted to Full Sergeant on 30 November 1864 (Estimated day of Promo)
Wounded on 17 April 1865 at Johnston County, NC
Paroled on 02 May 1865 at Greensboro, NC 


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