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Captain James M. Cathey: 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
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| Hunter Library, WCU |
The article (to the right) is an obituary for Captain James M. Cathey, dated Waynesville, North Carolina, October 4, 1864, and signed by “J.
F. F.” Captain Cathey, Company F, 25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, age 25 and the son of Col. Joseph
Cathey and Nancy Cathey, was killed July 30, 1864, at Petersburg, Virginia (North Carolina Troops, vol. 7, p. 408
indicates he died at “The Crater”). His brother mentioned in the obituary that Lieut. Joseph Turner Cathey
died September 1, 1863 (W.C. Allen, The Annals of Haywood County, North Carolina, 1935, p. 557).
Advance to:
Recommended Reading: 25th North Carolina Infantry: History and Roster
of a Mountain-bred Regiment in the Civil War (Hardcover). Description: This historical account
covers the 25th Regiment North Carolina Infantry Troops during the Civil War. Farmers and their sons left the mountains to
enlist with the regiment, which organized in Asheville in
August 1861, to defend their home territory. Continued below...
In addition
to casualty, desertion records, and a complete regimental roster, the book chronicles the unit’s defensive tactics in
the Carolina
coastal regions and battlefield actions at Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Plymouth and Petersburg. More than 125
historic photos, illustrations, and detailed maps are featured.
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