White, Albert M., approximately 1837-

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Birth 1837

Biographical notes:

Albert M. White of Iredell County, N.C., was a soldier in the 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment in the Confederate army, 1861-1865.

From the description of Albert M. White papers, 1861-1865 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 46478001

Albert M. White lived in Iredell County, N.C., where he enlisted in a company of troops organized there on 7 June 1861 at age 24. White was mustered in as a private. He was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines on 31 May 1862. He was promoted to corporal on 13 March 1863 and was wounded at Gettysburg, 2-3 July 1863. He rejoined the company prior to 1 September 1863, when he was promoted to sergeant. He served until paroled at Appomattox Court House, Va., on 9 April 1865.

White's company was organized in Iredell County and enlisted at Statesville on 7 June 1861. It tendered its service to the state and was ordered to Camp Hill, near Garysburg, Northampton County, where it was assigned to the 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment as Company C and mustered in on 2 July 1861.

For information on the history of the 4th Regiment, see North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, A Roster, compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., with unit histories by Louis H. Manarin (Raleigh, N.C.: State Division of Archives and History, 1973).

From the guide to the Albert M. White Papers (#4976-z), 1861-1865, (Southern Historical Collection)