Company E

"The Forsyth Grays"

This company, known as the "Forsyth Grays", was raised in Forsyth County and enlisted as Salem on May 24, 1861. It was ordered to Danville, Virginia where it was assigned to this regiment as Company E. After it was mustered into the regiment the company functioned as a part of the regiment until it was transferred to the 1st Battalion North Carolina Sharpshooters, April 26, 1862, and was designated Company B of that battalion.
The following roster covers the period from May 24, 1861, through April 26, 1862. For the period after April 26, 1862, consult the roster of Company B, 1st Battalion N.C. Sharpshooters. the information contained in the following roster of the company was compiled principally from company muster rolls for May 24 through October 31, 1861. No company muster rolls were found for the period after October 31, 1861. In addition to the company muster rolls, Roll of Honor records, receipt rolls, hospital records, prisoner of war records, and other primary records, supplemented by state pension applications, United Daughters of the Confederacy records, and postwar rosters and histories, all provided useful information. OFFICERS Captain

WHARTON, RUFUS WATSON

Lieutenants

BROOKS, CHARLES B., 2nd Lieutenant

COOPER, JOHN A., 2nd Lieutenant

HEADLEY, PHILLIP D., 1st Lieutenant

VOGLER, JULIUS R., 2nd Lieutenant

Noncommissioned Officers and Privates

ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM J., Private

BARNEYCASTLE, EPHRAIM, Private

BRENDLE, JOHN P., Private

BRINDLE, LIEUGENE G., Private

BROWNING, H. BARTLETT, Private

BUTNER, AGUSTUS B., Corporal

CARMICHAEL, L. F., Private

CARMICHAEL, WILLIAM F., Musician

CHITTY, REUBEN L., Private

CLEWELL, AUGUSTUS A., Private

CLOSE, THOMAS D., Private

CROUSE, DANIEL B., Private

CROWDER, NATHANIEL, Private

DOUTHIT, THOMAS BYRON, Private

EBERHARDT, L. D., Private

EDWARDS, WILLIAM, Corporal

ESSIC, THEOPHILUS, Private

FISHER, C. E., Private

FOY, WILLIAM GRAVES, Sergeant

FULLER, DAVID C., Private

FULLER, WILLIAM L., Private

GILLIAM, ANDREW H., Private

GRIFFIN, JOHN A., Private

HALL, SAMUEL G., Private

HAMMER, SANFORD V., Private

HAUSER, CALVIN F., Private

HAUSER, WILLIAM H., Private

HENDRIX, JOHN, Private

HENSDALE, DAVID, Private

HENSHAW, WILLIAM T., Private

HULL, JASPER N., Private

HUNT, NATHAN E., Private

HUNTER, THOMAS, Corporal

IDOL, HERBERT N., Private

IDOL, JOHN, Private

INGRAM, ELI S., Private

JARVIS, JOHN C., Private

KEEHLN, FRONCIS E., Corporal

KIGER, JOHN A., Private

KIGER, TANDY T., Private

KINNAMAN, GIORGE, Private

KUHLER, FRANCIS E., Private

LEWIS, JACOB T., Private

LEWIS, JOSEPH H., Private

MOCK, CHRISTIAN L., Private

MOSER, JOHN HENRY, Private

MURCHISON, DAVID B., Musician

NELSON, ELIJAH, Private

NEWSOM, GREEN, Private

NISSEN, GEORGE ELIAS, Private

OWEN, WILLIAM L., Sergeant

PARDES, ROBERT T., Private

PHILLIPS, C. T., Corporal

PORTER, FRANCIS M., Private

PORTER, GEORGE W., Private

PORTER, JOHN H., Private

REICH, J. E., Private

REICH, JOSEPH H., Private

REID, JAMES L., Private

ROTHROCK, JOHN M., Private

SAPP, HARTWELL B., Private

SAPP, JOHN, Private

SAPP, NEWELL, Corporal

SAPP, NEWELL WESLEY, 1st Sergeant

SHEPPERD, WILLIAM HENRY, Sergeant

SHORE, HENRY LEWIS, Private

SHOUSE, ELI A., Private

SHOUSE,WILEY, Corporal

SHULTZ, CORNELIUS A., Sergeant

SHULTZ, JAMES E., Corporal

SMITH, JOHN, Private

SNIDER, WILLIAM P., Private

SPEARS, SOLOMON, Pirvate

STAFFORD, ZADOCK N., Private

STEWART, SAMUEL L., Private

SWAIM, COLUMBUS F., Private

SWAIM, ELI, Private

SWAIM, JOHN, Private

VOSS, ADRIAN L., Private

WAUGH, SAMUEL A., Private

WEBB, ALBERT H., Private

WELCH, ALPHIUS L., Private

WELCH, HENRY N., Private

WELCH, JACOB J., Sergeant

WHICKER, CYRUS F., Private

WILLIAMSON, SWIFT, Private

WILSON, JOSEPH H., Private

WRIGHT, LORENZO D., Private

Roster

Co. D

Co. F

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