Record #:

15985

Author(s):

Thomas, Theresa Meroney

Abstract:

J. Rowan Davis of Salisbury was the youngest person to serve in North Carolina's Civil War regiments. At the age of twelve years, he was a core maker in a Confederate arsenal; at fourteen he was a member of Johnston's Field Artillery; and at sixteen in 1865, he was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase near Columbus, Ohio. He is 87 years old.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 4 Issue 8, July 1936, p13, 22, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Soldiers; Davis, J. Rowan, 1849-1944