As I said in my last blog, I have 8 second or third great grandfathers that were the right age and generation to have fought in the Civil War. Five on my mother's side and three on my father's.1. Thomas McHugh. GG-Grandfather - b. 1834. Lived near Greenville, SC. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army as a carpenter. In in civilian life he was a wood worker: 1850 Census - Cabinet Maker. (age 16), 1860 Census - Mechanic. He was furloughed on sick leave from Jun 1862 to Feb 1863 and when he returned he was detailed as a carpenter. During the war his occupation was listed variously as 1.) Carpenter duty (Repairing Wagons), 2.) mechanic, 3.) carpenter. After the war, he returned to being a cabinet maker (1870). In 1880 he is listed as a farmer.
2. Mumford Stokes McKenzie Sloop. GGG-Grandfather. -b. 1832 (28 when the war started). I haven't found any evidence that he served in the war. During a Sloop family reunion, one family historian said the Sloops never owned slaves. Mumford's 1st cousin Caleb Sloop fled to Illinois to avoid service. I don't have any evidence that Mumford did anything similar. There are other Sloops who served in the Confederate Army.
3. William "W.D." Tevepaugh. GGG-Grandfather - b. 1833. The National Archives have a record for a W.D. Tevepaugh who was a Confederate soldier, Pvt. in 29th Reg. N.C. Infantry [company not recorded]. (Record downloaded from fold3.com.) His date and place of enlistment are not recorded. He was paroled at Charlotte, N.C. on 24 May 1865. I am hoping to find additional information to collaborate this record.W. D. died in 1868. His tombstone reads:
W. D. Tevepaugh
Died January 18, 1868
from a wound in the hand
caused by the accidental discharge of a gun in his own hands
Aged 34 yrs. 8 mos. 11 days
Till next time, keep the blue side up ... Lynn
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