John W. Whitfield

First Name: John
Middle Name(s): W.
Last Name: Whitfield
Unit: 
Co. I, 30th North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Nash County, NC
Biography: 

J. W. Whitfield was born in Nash County, North Carolina ca. 1834. At the time of the Federal Census of 1860, he was employed as an overseer in Warren County, NC, where he lived with his wife, Mary E. Whitfield (b. ca. 1837) and their 3-year-old son, William. Whitfield enlisted as a private in Co. I, 30th NC Inf. on May 1, 1862. His military records indicate that he was AWOL from September to December 1862. Whitfield was captured at Kelly’s Ford on November 7, 1863, confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, paroled on November 1, 1864 and exchanged on November 15, 1864.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10014 Whitfield1 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Wilmington, NC Nash County, NC
10015 Whitfield2 June 12, 1862 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Wilmington, NC Nash County, NC
10016 Whitfield3 June 13, 1862 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Wilmington, NC Nash County, NC
10017 Whitfield4 July 18, 1862 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Richmond, VA Nash County, NC
10019 Whitfield6 August 13, 1862 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Hanover County, VA Nash County, NC
10020 Whitfield7 August 18, 1862 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Richmond, VA Nash County, NC
10022 Whitfield9 May 4, 1863 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield Nash County, NC
10023 Whitfield10 November 17, 1863 John W. Whitfield Mary E. Whitfield MD Nash County, NC

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