Elender Gibson

First Name: Elender
Last Name: Gibson
Name Variant: 
"Nelly"
Residence (County): 
Caldwell County, NC
Biography: 

The Gibsons were a farm family from Caldwell County. Two of Elender “Nelly” Gibson’s sons, Harrison (b. ca. 1840) and Peyton (b. ca. 1840), enlisted as privates in Co. I, 26th NC Inf. Harrison was wounded at Malvern Hill on July 1, 1862 and again at Gettysburg, exactly one year later on July 1, 1863. Exactly one year later, July 1, 1864, Peyton was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
10435 Vance3 November 3, 1862 Elender Gibson Zebulon Baird Vance Caldwell County, NC Raleigh, NC

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