{"id":50,"date":"2009-08-23T22:05:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2009-08-23T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:05:27","slug":"john-antwine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/military\/john-antwine","title":{"rendered":"John Antwine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Cecil Antwine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

John Antwine\u00a0entered the Confederate army on Jan. 22, 1862 in Trenton at the age of 36, leaving\u00a0behind 5 children and a wife. He was promoted to Corporal in February 1863. He was\u00a0at Petersburg on Aug. 1, 1864 when he was wounded in action. Sent to Winder Hospital\u00a0in Richmond, he died on Aug. 30, 1864.<\/p>\n

John was a son of Philip Antwine, and a grandson of Andrew Antwine who was in Jones\u00a0County, NC at the time of the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

From Ancestry.com:<\/span>
\nName: John Antwine
\nSide: Confederate
\nRegiment State\/Origin: North Carolina
\nRegiment Name: 61 North Carolina Infantry
\nRegiment Name Expanded: 61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry<\/p>\n

COMPANY: C
\nRank In: Private
\nRank In Expanded: Private
\nRank Out: Corporal
\nRank Out Expanded: Corporal
\nFilm Number: M230 roll 1<\/p>\n

Name: John Antwine
\nResidence: Jones County, North Carolina
\nOccupation: Farmer
\nAge at enlistment: 36
\nEnlistment Date: 22 Jan 1862
\nRank at enlistment: Private
\nEnlistment Place: Jones County, NC
\nState Served: North Carolina<\/p>\n

Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, North Carolina 61st Infantry Regiment on 22 Jan 1862.
\nPromoted to Full Corporal on 06 Feb 1863.
\nMustered out on 30 Aug 1864 at Richmond, VA Hospital.
\nBirth Date: abt 1826
\nSources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster<\/p>\n

From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database:<\/span>
\nJohn Antwine (First_Last)
\nRegiment Name 61 North Carolina Infantry.
\nSide Confederate<\/p>\n

Company C
\nSoldier’s Rank_In Private
\nSoldier’s Rank_Out Corporal
\nFilm Number M230 roll 1<\/p>\n

61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
\n61st Infantry Regiment was organized at Wilmington, North Carolina, in August, 1862. Men of this unit were recruited in the counties of Sampson, New Hanover, Beaufort, Craven, Chatham, Lenoir, Wilson, Martin, Ashe, Alleghany, and Jones. Assigned to General Clingman’s Brigade, it marched to the Kinston area and saw its first action. The unit was then sent to Charleston, served on James, Morris, and Sullivan’s Islands, and took an active part in the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was ordered to Virginia and here fought at Drewy’s Bluff and Cold Harbor, then endured the hardships of the
\nPetersburg siege south and north of the James River. Returning to North Carolina, the 61st was prominent in the Battle of Bentonville. While in the Charleston area, July 10 to September 6, 1863, the regiment lost 6 killed, 35 wounded, and 76 missing and in September totalled 331 men. Few surrendered with the Army of Tennessee in April, 1865. The field officers were Colonels William S. Davane and James D. Radcliffe, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Mallett, and Major Henry Harding.<\/p>\n

From North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 Volume XIV<\/span>
\nAntwine, John, Corporal
\nBorn in Jones County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlistment in Jones County at age 36, January 22, 1862. Reported present in November-December, 1862. Promoted to Corporal on February 6, 1863. Reported present through April 30, 1864. Wounded at or near the Crater, near Petersburg, Virginia, on or about August 1, 1864. Died in hospital at Richmond, Virginia, August 30, 1864, of wounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Cecil Antwine John Antwine\u00a0entered the Confederate army on Jan. 22, 1862 in Trenton at the age of 36, leaving\u00a0behind 5 children and a wife. He was promoted to Corporal in February 1863. He was\u00a0at Petersburg on Aug. 1, 1864 when he was wounded in action. Sent to Winder Hospital\u00a0in Richmond, he died on … Continue reading “John Antwine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}