33rd Regiment North Carolina Troops
Descendants Association
(At Petersburg - Hill's Third Corps, Heth's Division, Lane's Brigade)
Soldier's Notes
Private James C. Corzine, Company C, from Concord, North Carolina, surrendered and paroled at Appomattox. Buried at Cold Water Baptist Church, Concord, North Carolina. Cousin of Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (Mrs. Stonewall Jackson).
Captain David M. Corzine, Company C, from Concord, North Carolina, killed at Gravel HiIl, Virginia. Brother of Pvt. James C. Corzine. Grave location unknown. Cousin of Mary Anna Morrison Jackson (Mrs. Stonewall Jackson).
Private Jesse Lee Forcum, Pvt, Company A, 33rd Regiment of North Carolina Troops, enlisted March 5, l862 Iredell County, North Carolina. Twin brother of Thomas Marshall Forcum
Private Thomas Marshall Forcum, Company A, 33rd Regiment of North Carolina Troops, enlisted June 12, l861 Iredell County, North Carolina. Twin brother of Jesse Lee Forcum. Died Lynchburg, Virginia Army Hospital on Jun 5, l862 (or May 19, 1862) Buried in Lynchburg, Virginia Confederate Cemetery.
Private Isaac I. York, Co. A, Company A, was born in Febuary 1841 and lived in Iredell when he was drafted on January 3, 1862. He was wounded on August 9, 1862 at Cedar Mountain, Virginia. He was promoted to full sergeant on November 1, 1863 and discharged on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House. He died in 1924.
Jacob Augustus Shore enlisted January 7, 1862 at age 21 in Forsyth County, North Carolina and was assigned with his brother, Namon Shore, to Company C of the 33rd North Carolina Regiment on July 1, 1862. Presented and accounted for through the Gettysburg campaign. Participated in Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, one of only five in his company that was not injured or killed in that charge. In the action at Falling Waters, Maryland on July 14, 1863 he was captured along with over 600 other Confederate soldiers. Confined to Point Lookout POW camp in Maryland, he was exchanged on March 20, 1864 and rejoined his regiment at Petersburg between May and June of that year. Served until captured again at the battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia on March 25, 1865, he was sent a second time to Point Lookout until his release on May 14, 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance. He returned home to Forsyth County and died in 1916 at the age of 75. He is buried at God’s Acre Cemetery at Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Private William John McGraw served in Company C, the "Cabarrus Hornets". He was born on 2 January 1843 in Cabarrus County, Concord, North Carolina and died 8 January 1893 in Rockwall County, Blackland, Texas. He is buried at Blackland Cemetery, Blackland, Texas. Private McGraw enlisted in 1861 and was wounded on 5 May 1863 at the Battle of Wilderness. He was slightly wounded and captured on 25 Mar 1865 at Petersburg, Virginia and confined at Point Lookout, Maryland for forty-eight days. He was paroled on 14 May 1865 after taking the Oath of Allegiance, returned to Concord, North Carolina after the war, and left for Texas with a number of other Concord famlies.
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