Company A, 2nd Battalion, N.C. Infantry

This company, known as the "Brown Mountain Boys," was organized in Stokes County and enlisted there on May 04, 1861. It proceeded to Richmond, Virginia, where it joined General Henry A. Wise's Legion and was assigned to Colonel Green's independent regiment, Wise's Legion.

EAST, JOHN, Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 35
Died August 02, 1863 of “febris typhoides”
Petersburg, Virginia

FRANCE, ELISHA, Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 23
Died February 12-13, 1862
(exact date and cause not listed)
Roanoke Island, North Carolina

FRANCIS, PRESLEY, Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 22
Died September 27, 1864 of “chronic diarrhoea”
Elmira, New York

GUNTER, DAVID COLUMBUS, 2nd Lieutenant
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 21
Died February 9, 1862 of disease
High Point, NC

HOLE, ELI, Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 17
Died May 13, 1863 of “febris typhoides”
Wilson, North Carolina

MABE, ISAAC, Sergeant
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 18
Died August 27, 1864 of “chronic diarrhea”
Elmira, New York August 10, 1864

MABE, MOSES, Private
Enlisted December 01, 1862, Age 27
Died May 10-11, 1863 of disease
Raleigh, North Carolina
(exact date not given)

McHONE, ANDERSON, Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 25
Present on Muster Rolls through April 1864
NC pension records indicates KIA
(date & place not reported)

NELSON, SAMUEL, Private
Enlisted August 01, 1864, Age 35
Died December, 1864 of disease
(exact date, place and cause not reported)

NELSON, R. A., Private
Enlisted February 24, 1863, Age 23
Died May 4-15, 1863 of “febris typhoides”
Wilson, North Carolina
(exact date not given)

SANDS, ANDERSON, Private
Enlisted September 01, 1862, Age 20
Died June 04, 1864 of “vulnus sclopet”
Richmond, Virginia

SIMMONS, E. J., Private
Enlisted September 01, 1862, Age 27
Died October 02, 1864 of “chronic diarrhea”
Elmira, New York

SIMMONS, EPHRAIM B., Private
Enlisted September 01, 1862, Age 20
Died August 08, 1864
Point Lookout, Maryland

SIMMONS, GEORGE A., Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 17
Wounded July 01-03, 1863 (exact date not reported)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
DOW October 26, 1863

SIMMONS, JOHN F., Private
Enlisted February 24, 1863, Age 28
Died March 13, 1865 of “chronic diarrhea”
Elmira, New York

SIMMONS, PETER M., Private
Enlisted May 04, 1861, Age 23
Died September 29, 1864 of “chronic diarrhea”
Elmira, New York

SMITH, EDWIN, 3rd Lieutenant
Enlisted May 04, 1861, age 17
Wounded July 1-3, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Wounded again June 1864, location unknown
DOW June 07, 1864

SMITH, JOHN, Private
Enlisted March 14, 1863, Age 18
Died September 20, 1864
Admitted September 19, 1864, with statement “v.s.”
USA, Depot Field Hospital
Winchester, Virginia

THROWER, JAMES NEWBERN, Private
Enlisted February 24, 1863, Age 18
Died May 31, 1865 of “pneumonia”
Point Lookout, Maryland

TILLEY, AARON B., Private
Enlisted September 01, 1862, Age 17
DOW June 10, 1863
Goldsboro, North Carolina
(place & date of wounds not reported)
 

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