Person:William Kerr (107)

Subj: Four Civil War Confederate Kerr's from Iredell County, NC - GENFORUM Date: 1/9/2005 11:25:04 AM Pacific Standard Time From: SOFTDSIGN To: Delijim

Hello Mr. Veregge,

I found you at GenForum. I may have written you previously regarding some of the other soldiers from the list below.

I am a civil war collector and trader and also a writer. I am currently working on a book regarding the "Saltillo Boys". This is a company of volunteers in the Civil War from Iredell County, North Carolina. They were called the Saltillo Boys because some of their number had participated victoriously in the Battle of Bueno Vista during the Mexican War. Their actual designation was Co. C of the 4th Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers. All of Co. C was from Iredell County, N.C.

There were 4 Kerrs listed as members of Co. C - Columbus, Thomas Alexander, William A. and Robert T.

Columbus Kerr was 21 years old when he enlisted and was mustered into Co. C on 6/7/1861 as a private. His residence was listed as Iredell County. He was listed as wounded on 5/3/1863 at the battle of Chancellorsville, VA. and returned to duty on 9/1/1863, taken POW on 5/30/1864 at Mechanicsvile, VA to be confined at Elmira, NY. He lived through the war.

Robert T. Kerr enlisted and was mustered in on the same date as a private and was 19 years old. He was promoted to Corporal before being killed on 5/3/1863 at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Thomas Alexander Kerr was enlisted and mustered into Co. C on 3/1/1864 as a private. His age was not listed. His residence was recorded as Iredell Co. He was taken POW on 4/6/1865 at Burkeville, VA and confined at Newport News, VA. He lived through the war.

William A. Kerr was 26 when he enlisted and was mustered in on 6/7/1861 at Iredell County as a private. He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 9/30/1861, 1st Lieutenant on 5/31/1862 and Captain on 7/22/1862. He resigned on 2/16/1863. His residence was recorded as Iredell County.

I am interested in additional information regarding these Kerrs for use in my book. I am interested in any and all info that can be obtained - especially personal information. I am also keenly interested in if and how these soldiers were kin to one another. Please e-mail me directly at softdsign@@aol.com

The 4th Regiment completed its organization in May 1862 at Camp Hill, near Garysburg, NC. It was ordered to Virginia, where the unit served in General Featherston's, G.B. Anderson's, Ramseur's and Cox's Brigade. It was active at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and the Seven Days' Battles, then shared in the campaigns of the army from South Mountain to Cold Harbor. Later the 4th was involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 77 killed, 241 wounded, and 6 missing of the 678 engaged at Seven Pines, sustained 58 casualties during the Maryland Campaign and had 45 killed and 110 wounded at Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, the unit lost thirty-one percent of the 196 engaged and 18 were disabled at Bristoe. The records show 8 officers and 101 men present on April 9, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels George B. Anderson, Bryan Grimes, Edwin A. Osborne, and James H. Wood; Lieutenant Colonels David M. Carter and John A. Young; and Majors Edward S. Marsh and Absalom K. Simonton.

Thank you very much, Joy Shivar JustaJoy Historical Treasures Huntersville, N.C.

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