Courtesy of Derick S. Hartshorn: April 2007
COX, JOHN W., Private, Company G, 2nd Regiment, N.C. Troops. Resided in Jones County where he enlisted at age 20, May 24, 1861, for the war. Present or accounted for until wounded and captured at Kelly's Ford, Virginia, November 7, 1863. Admitted to hospital at Washington, D.C., November 9, 1863, and died of wound on December 28, 1863. [North Carolina Troops-A Roster 1861-1865, North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History, Vol. 3:443]
COX, J W
- 2D NC INF CSA CW
- DATE OF DEATH: 12/02/1863
- BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 122
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