Wayne County, NC - Military - Captain David Edward McKinne

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Source:
North Carolina Troops
1861-1865
A Roster
by Matthew M. Brown & Michael W. Coffey

Company A, 2nd Regiment NC Junior Reserves

Captain David Edward McKinne - Born in Wayne County in March, 1847.
Resided in Wayne County and was by occupation a farmer prior to
enlisting in Wayne County at age 17. Appointed or elected 2nd 
Lieutenant on April 12, 1864. Reported on a special requisition
dated July 6, 1864, to be Acting Adjutant of the 1st Regiment NC
Junior Reserves. However, that regiment had not been formed as of
that date. In his history of this regiment, published in Clark's
"Regiments", 4:26, he states that he was "assigned to duty as 
Adjutant of the post of Weldon" in August, 1864, and was ordered
to serve as Acting Adjutant General for Maj. Walter Clark as the
latter took "command of the scattered companies" in the sub-
department in September, 1864. Reported present with this company
on August 31, 1864. Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on September 8,
1864. Signed muster roll for September-October, 1864, as commanding
the company. Hospitalized at Goldsboro on January 1, 1865, with
tonsilitis. Returned to duty on March 6, 1865. 

Although there are no surviving company records listing him as
Captain, Confederate gravestone records indicate that he held the
rank of Captain at his discharge, and he styled himself Captain in
his history of the 2nd Regiment NC Junior Reserves in Clark's
"Regiments." Was probably promoted to Captain subsequent to March 6,
1865.