John Sawyer
John Sawyer was born around 1844 in Camden County, North Carolina. By the early 1860s, he was working as a farmer. He enlisted in the Confederate army on May 6, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company A of the 56th North Carolina Infantry later that day. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 5 inches tall. The regiment was stationed in North Carolina for much of the war, and it took part in the siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox campaign. He surrendered as part of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865. He died sometime after the war.
1463
DATABASE CONTENT
(1463)Sawyer, John1844
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 1

  • (3233) [writer] ~ John Sawyer to Unknown, 14 March 1864

Places - Records: 1

  • (1236) [birth] ~ Camden County, North Carolina

Show in Map

Regiments - Records: 1

  • (125) [enlisted] [A] ~ 56th North Carolina Infantry
SOURCES

Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of John Sawyer, available from Fold3.com