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. 