![]() Samuel J. Boyce Sergeant, Confederate States of America Army |
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Courtesy
of Derick S. Hartshorn: April
2007
BOYCE, SAMUEL J., Sergeant, Company K, 30th
Regiment, N.C. Troops. Resided in Mecklenburg County where he enlisted
at age 18, September 13, 1861. Mustered in as Private. Promoted to Corporal
in May-December, 1862. Promoted to Sergeant in January-June, 1863. Present
or accounted for until wounded in the right thigh and captured at Kelly's
Ford, Virginia, November 7, 1863. Right leg amputated above the knee. Hospitalized
at Washington, DC, where he died on November 11,
1863. "Noted for coolness and bravery in battle." [North Carolina
Troops-A Roster 1861-1865, North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History,
Vol. 8:414]
BOYCE, S J CO K) 30TH N.C. INF. DATE OF DEATH: 11/11/1863 BURIED AT: SECTION 16 SITE 81
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