Joshua Overton, Private, Company G, 47th North Carolina Infantry (N.C.T.)

Author's Note: Joshua Overton was my great-great-great uncle by marriage.

The husband of Elizabeth Ann Turner (born July 22, 1841; died March 7, 1911; daughter of James Patrick Henry Turner and Margaret Elizabeth Hunt Turner, sister of Lysander Turner), Joshua Overton served as a private in Company C, Mallet’s Battalion (Camp Guard) before being transferred to Company G of the 47th North Carolina Infantry (Lysander Turner's company and regiment), on or about June 15, 1864. Joshua was wounded at Reams Station, Virginia, on or about August 25, 1864. Captured at or near Burgess Mill, Virginia, on October 27, 1864, he was imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland on October 31, 1864 and was released on June 3, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance.

Lysander Turner, 2nd Sergeant, Company G, 47th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (N.C.T.)

Author's Note: Lysander Turner was my great-great grandfather.  I descend from him through Mary  Turner and Samuel Fletcher White, Wilmer Burton and Agnes Finison White, and Nancy White and Edgar Ray Green. 

Born in Granville County, North Carolina, in 1835, Lysander Turner was one of the seven children of James Patrick Henry Turner (born around 1806, date of death unknown) and Margaret Elizabeth Hunt (date of birth unknown, died around 1860), who were married August 6, 1832.  Lysander’s brothers were Lemon Thales Turner (born October 28, 1833; died August 7, 1903), Cicero Fidello Turner (born 1845, died 1914), Patrick Henry Turner (born February 8, 1849; died March 14, 1915), and Lewis Baws Turner (born 1855, died 1914).  His sisters were Louisa Anna Turner (born around 1839, date of death unknown), Elizabeth Ann (or Anna) Turner (born July 22, 1841, died March 7, 1911), and Margaret Henrietta Turner (dates of birth and death unknown).