Evin Smith

First Name: Evin
Last Name: Smith
Unit: 
Co. K, 28th North Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Stanly County, NC
Biography: 

Evin Smith (b. ca. 1843) was a farmer from Stanley County, North Carolina. He enlisted as a private in Co. K, 28th North Carolina Infantry on September 7, 1861. Sometime between the Census of 1860 and January 1862, Smith married Lucy Page (b. ca 1842). Evin Smith was captured on May 27, 1862 and exchanged the following August. He was captured again at Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864 and died at Elmira prison camp on April 2, 1865.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
9843 Smith1 January 12, 1862 Evin Smith Lucy Page Smith Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC Stanly County, NC
9844 Smith2 February 17, 1862 Evin Smith Lucy Page Smith Wilmington, NC Stanly County, NC
9845 Smith3 January 16, 1863 Evin Smith Lucy Page Smith VA Stanly County, NC
9846 Smith4 March 17, 1863 Evin Smith Lucy Page Smith Fredericksburg, VA Stanly County, NC

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