Wake-Wilson-Durham County NcArchives Biographies.....Hart, William 1840 - February 14, 1885 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandra Stallings countrycatsx4@aol.com September 19, 2015, 5:48 am Source: Military Records Author: Mabel O'Briant Stallings & Ida Faye Bottoms This information was passed down to me (Sandra Stallings) by Mabel O'Briant Stallings. It was typed up for a Hart Family Reunion in the Fall of 1977. This portion of the pages are about the Military Records of William Columbus Hart of North Carolina (Wake Co. Wilson Co) I typed it as it was written. The General Services Administration (National) Archives, Washington, DC 20408 gives the following service record: W.C. Hart, Private, Company E, 5th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (Volunteers) appears on the Co. Muster Roll for June 12, 1861 when mustered in at Garysburg, NC, to June 30, 1861. He enlisted on May 16, 1861 at Franklinton, NC under Capt. Willie Perry, Jr. The enlistment was for a period of 12 mos. W.S. Eastherly, Copyist. The 5th Reg was organized in June, 1861, with 12 companies, A to M. Its designation was changed to the 15th Reg. North Carolina Infantry (State Troops) by S.O. No. 222, A and I.G.O., dated Nov 14, 1861. Companies L and M were transferred to the 32d Reg., dated July 4, 1862, becoming (2d) Company K and (2d) Company I, respectively, of that Reg. J.W. Wilkinson, Copyist. William C. Hart appears on a Roll of Honor dated May 16, 1861, a volunteer of age 20, Franklin Co. (office of the Adjutant General of the State of NC. ). Re-Enlistment Furlough To Whom It May Concern: The bearer hereof, W.C. Hart, a private of Captain W. Perry's Company E 15 Regiment of NC Troops, age 20 years, 5 feet 7 inches high, Red complexion, Gray eyes, light hair, and by profession a farmer, born in the County of Wake, NC. (but we have Wilson) and enlisted at ..(illegible), in the State of Virginia on the 8th day of February eighteen hundred and sixty 2 in Captain W. Perry Company pf NC to serve for the period of 2 years, is hereby permitted to go to ... in the county of ...State of ...(presumably Franklin Co. NC, but not filled in), he having received a furlough, from the 11 day of Feb. to the 20 day of March, etc. (the furlough permit was not completely filled out). The records next show that W.C. Hart had been promoted to 1st Corporal by November of 1862, possibly before this, when he returned from his furlough. He was still under Capt. Perry on Dec 11, 1863, Hart was promoted to 4th Sargent in Company E. W.C. Hart, Captain Co. E Reg NC appears on a Roll of Prisoners of War sent for exchange from Fort Delaware, Delaware to Aikens Landing, Virginia, October 2, 1862. Declared exchanged Nov 10, 1862 at Aikens Landing, Virginia. The Roll was not dated, except that it states he was taken on September 14, at South Mountain. Roll 138 page 31. W.C. Hart was admitted to the C.S.A. General Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia on May 10, 1864 but he returned to duty the following day. The reason given was illegible on the report, it resembled "disease: Primary Vulu. Sclobreast " (see Confederate Archives, Chap 6, File No. 215 page 314). At the time, he was a sergeant under Capt. Ballard. The next item indicates that "William C. Hart, Sgt. Co. E, 15 Reg. NC Troops, appears on a list of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, who have been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. commanding said Army, to Lieutenant General U>S> Grant, commanding Armies of the U>S> Paroled at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. List dated (Hd.Crs ?). 15 Reg. NC Troops, April 9, 1865. Roll 187. We have photo static copies of the records. (Don't know which one or if all of them recall hearing this story - since they refer to him as My Grandfather Hart) Hart is said to have in compassion, cut the ropes to free a Yankee who had been hanged by his thumbs during the Civil War. He was also commended for his bravery one time when it was necessary to get a message across a river to some of the men in his company. A call for volunteers to take the message across the river was made. William C. hart was the only volunteer. He delivered the message by swimming across the river, under fire. William C. Hart and Annie Bennett (Hill) Hart are buried in Flat Rock Cemetery, NC. Additional Comments: I have more records from this family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wake/bios/hart216bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb