Robeson-Sampson-Cumberland County NcArchives Military Records.....Steadman, Private Robert Winship September 18, 1863
Civilwar - Enlistment 61st North Carolina Troops (Clingman's Brigade)
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Tim Bradshaw timbradsjr@yahoo.com November 24, 2010, 9:12 pm

Daring Of A North Carolina Soldier
Private Stedman previously served as a Private in 2nd Company B, 36th Regiment 
N.C. Troops (2nd Regiment N.C. Artillery). He had resided in Cumberland county 
at the time of his original enlsitment on March 1, 1862. Transfered to this 
company [Company D, 61st NCT]on November 29, 1862.  Reported present throught 
April 30, 1863.  Reported in hospital at Charleston, South Carolina, in May-
August 1863.  Appointed 3rd Lieutenant of Company A, 44th REgiment N.C. 
Troops.  December 1, 1863, and transferred.

He was cited for a very heroic deed during a bombardment of Battery Wagner at 
the end of July 1863.  He put his skills as an artilleryman to use firing a 
shot that hit one of the attacking Yankee gunboats.  He actually loaded, 
sighted and firest the 10" Columbiad all by himself!

Additional Comments:
I have submitted this because Robeson County men were serving in the same 
brigade under General Thomas L. Clingman during the war.  They shared many of 
the same experiences and in this case, while they were at Battery Wagner, I am 
sure they got news of this deed first hand and they must have all been proud of 
him.  Attached is a copy of a newspaper article featuring his brave deed. This 
one was published in teh Raleigh Weekly Standard (NC) August 18, 1863

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