Record #:

39031

Author(s):

Abstract:

John Calhoun Lamb , a native of Camden Co., NC, had a store and hotel in Williamston, NC before the Civil War. After the war started, Lamb helped organize the Roanoke Guards in Martin Co., NC. He was commissioned Captain and Lamb’s Company was captured in 1861 when Ft. Clark at Hatteras fell to Union forces. The regiment was imprisoned up north and were paroled and exchanged in February 1862. Lamb and members of his old regiment again rejoined the Confederacy, with Lamb being named Lt. Colonel. He was later in command of a force that took back Plymouth, NC and all the artillery at Newport Barracks near Morehead City, NC. In February 1864, Lamb was mortally wounded during an assault on Bermuda Hundred in Virginia.

Source:

Carolina Trees & Branches (NoCar F 262 A33 C37), Vol. 26 Issue No. 3, July 2017, p117-118 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Lamb. John Calhoun (1836-1864); Camden County--People