Wake County NcArchives Military Records.....Gaston, Hugh Jones , Adjutant October 15, 1862
Civilwar Company S, 48th N. C. Regiment
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Death Of Hugh Jones Gaston
Standard of Raleigh, Dec. 3, 1862
                         DEATH OF HUGH JONES GASTON
   We record with much regret the death of HUGH JONES GASTON, Adjutant, of the 
48th Regiment, N. C. Troops. He was wounded in the battle of Sharpsburg, in 
his shoulder and face, and died at a farmhouse near that place about the 
second week of October last. [15 Oct. 1862]
   ADJUTANT GASTON was the youngest son of ALEXANDER GASTON ESQ., who was the 
only son of the HON. WILLIAM GASTON. His  only brother, WILLIAM GASTON, was 
killed by the Indians, near Fort Walla Walla, some four or fives years since, 
in his first engagement; and HUGH received his death wound in his first 
engagement at Sharpsburg. HUGH JONES GASTON was the last male of the name. His 
great grandfather, the father of the HON. WILLIAM GASTON, fell in the 
Revolutionary War, having been "inhumanly murdered by the Tories," in the 
words of MR. MACON, and "baptizing, as it were, his son in blood," as he fell.
   ADJUTANT GASTON was physically exempt from military duty, but at the 
beginning of hostilities he volunteered as a private in an artillery company 
at Memphis, and remained there until his native State was threatened, when he 
returned and offered his services to her. He was a young gentleman of fine 
education, modest, intelligent and brave. His death adds another to the long 
catalogue of our bravest and best young men, who have been cut off by this 
war. 

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