The Civil War Roster of Davie County, North Carolina : Biographies of 1,147 Men Before, During and After the Conflict

It could be said that Davie County, North Carolina, entered the Civil War only reluctantly.

As late as the winter of 1861, a statewide ballot calling for a convention on secession had been defeated by a relatively small margin of votes.

In Davie County, however, some 754 people voted against the convention while only 263 voted in favor of the convention. And yet despite the initial opposition, a staggering percentage of Davie County men served.

Out of a total population of 6,000, more than 1,200 men served in the Confederate service, three-fourths of whom joined as volunteers.

These men were members of several companies, from the Davie Greys to the Davie Sweepstakes, and participated in some of the fiercest and most important battles, including the Battles of Fort Fisher, Seven Pines, Second Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, and Fredericksburg.This book addresses two objectives.

First, it seeks to identify every man who either served in a Davie County company or who left Davie County to enlist in another county.

Second, it attempts to present as much information as possible concerning each man's military and genealogical history. In each entry, the soldier's name is listed as written in North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster, along with his rank, company, regiment, and military experiences (battles, injuries, etc.).

Each entry also includes nonmilitary biographical information, including date and place of birth, parents' dates and places of births, marriage dates, children and their years of birth, occupation, township, date of death, and burial location.

The book also includes a list of the Civil War soldiers honored on Mocksville's Court Square Memorial Monument, along with a list of men who died in battle but are not listed on the monument.