DESCENDANTS OF HEINRICH FURRER IN THE CIVIL WAR

 Aaron Furr -- Private, Company K, 28th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Liberty Mills, VA, February 10, 1864 (age 18); wounded in the thigh Spotsylvania Courthouse, May 12, 1864; gangrene developed and was sent home to recuperate; returned to duty September 12, 1864; captured Petersburg, VA, April 2, 1865; confined Point Lookout, MD; paroled June 26, 1865. [Paul "S", Henry, John] -- Lineage from Heinrich Furrer and Russena Roffor [i.e., father, grandfather, etc.].

Adam M. Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (59th Regiment NC Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, July 7, 1862 (age 20); captured South Mountain, VA, July 4, 1863; confined Fort McHenry, MD; transferred Fort Delaware, DE, July 9, 1863; transferred to Point Lookout, MD, October 22, 1863; died January 28, 1864 of an "incise wound" received during a fight. [Daniel, Paul]

Allen Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (59th Regiment NC Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, June 14, 1862 (age 42); present or accounted for through October 1864. [Paul, Paul]

Augustus C. Furr -- Private, Company I, 26th Georgian Infantry (age 30); died after a forced march and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. [Paul, Leonard]

Augustus F. Furr -- Private, Company K, 10th Mississippi Infantry. [Caleb G., Paul, Leonard]

Benjamin Franklin Furr -- Private, Brookhaven (Mississippi) Light Artillery (Hoskin's Battery) (age 35). [Henry, Leonard]

Caleb E. Furr -- Private, Company G, 57th North Carolina Infantry (age 16). [Lee(Levi), Paul, Paul]

Christian Lafayette Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 27). [Christian, Leonard]

Cicero Holt Furr -- Captain, Company F, 43rd Georgia; elected March 10, 1862 (age 26); died of measles Marietta, GA, April 13, 1862. [Paul, Leonard]

Crittenton Furr -- Sergeant, Company K, 28th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Stanly County, NC, September 7, 1861 (age 21) as Private; wounded Seven Days' Battles; promoted to Sergeant January-July 1863; captured Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA, May 12, 1864; confined Point Lookout, MD; transferred to Elmira, NY, August 10, 1864; paroled Elmira, NY, May 29, 1865. [Paul "S", Henry, John]

Daniel Caleb Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (59th Regiment NC Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, July 7, 1862 (age 28); present or accounted for through October 1864. [Daniel, Paul]

Farrenton Furr -- Private, Company K, 28th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Stanly County, NC, September 7, 1861 (age 26); wounded in the side and right arm Cedar Mountain, VA, August 9, 1862; granted disability discharge April 18, 1863. [Paul "S", Henry, John]

Francis Marion Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 29); died April 20, 1863. [Christian, Leonard]

Franklin Furr -- Private, Company B, 14th Alabama Infantry (age 22). [Henry, Enoch, Jacob]

George Washington Furr -- Sergeant/1st Sergeant, Company K, 24th Mississippi Infantry (age 46). [Christian, Leonard]

Grosmal McLarty Furr -- Private, Company B, 30th Mississippi Infantry (age 17). [Tobias, John, Henry]

Henry Hastings Furr -- Private, Company H, 10th Mississippi Infantry and Brookhaven (Mississippi) Light Artillery (Hoskin's Battery) (age 16). [Anderson, Henry, Leonard]

Henry Jacob Furr -- Private, Company C, 33rd Mississippi Infantry (age 16). [Jacob, Leonard]

Israel Furr -- Private, Company C, 23rd North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Stanly County, NC, September 3, 1862 (age 29); died Hanover Junction, VA, January 31, 1863 of pneumonia. [Paul "S", Henry, John]

Israel L. Furr -- Private, Company B, 7th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, June 21, 1861 (age 25); wounded in left hand Reams Station, VA, August 25, 1864; reported absent wounded through October 1864; paroled Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865. [Daniel, Paul]

James M. Furr -- Private/Sergeant, Company H, 3rd Arkansas Cavalry. [John A., Daniel, Henry]

James Monroe Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 23). [Christian, Leonard]

James Stacy Furr -- Private, Company A, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry (age 16). [Allison, John, Henry]

Joel Harvey Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 35). [Christian, Leonard]

John Simpson Furr -- Private, Company A, 2nd Mississippi Cavalry (age 23). [Allison, John, Henry]

Joseph W. Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 33). [Christian, Leonard]

Junius Cicero -- Private, Company E, 19th Mississippi Infantry; enlisted Oxford, MS, August 19, 1861 (age 19); surrendered Appomattox Courthouse, VA, April 9, 1865. [Tobias, John, Henry]

Leonard Furr -- Corporal, Company F, 3rd Mississippi Cavalry (State Troops) (age 29). [Jacob, Leonard]

Leonard Washington Furr -- Private, Company F, 66th Georgia Infantry, August 10, 1862 (age 36); died February 4, 1863 in Lumpkin Hospital, Covington, GA. [Paul, Leonard]

Lott Furr -- Private, Company A, 36th Mississippi Infantry (age 27); died Gainsville, AL, June 15, 1862. [Christian, Leonard]

Martin Furr -- Private, Company C, 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery; resided in Cabarrus County, NC, but enlisted in Wake County, NC, April 8, 1863 (age 36); present or accounted for through October 1864; captured Fort Fisher, NC, January 15, 1865; confined Elmira, NY, where he died February 22, 1865 of typhoid fever. [Daniel, Paul]

Martin Luther Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (59th Regiment NC Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, July 7, 1862 (age 20); discharged July 7-October 31, 1862. [Paul P., Paul, Paul]

Mathias Wilson Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (59th Regiment NC Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, July 7, 1862 (age 30); present or accounted for through October 1864; captured Appomattox River, VA, April 3, 1863; confined Hart's Island, NY; paroled June 19, 1865. [W. Mathias, Paul, Paul]

Moses Monroe Furr -- Private, Company B, 7th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, June 27, 1861 (age 23); wounded and in hospital Richmond, VA, September-October 1864; paroled Greensboro, NC, May 1, 1865. [Daniel, Paul]

Paul W. Furr -- Private, Company F, 1st North Carolina Cavalry (9th Regiment NC State Troops); enlisted Cabarrus County, NC, June 15, 1861 (age 35); present or accounted for through December 1864. [Daniel, Paul]

Pinckney F. Furr -- Private, Company E, 33rd Alabama Infantry (age 27). [Enoch, Henry, Jacob]

Randall Pierce Furr -- Private, Company K, 3rd Mississippi Infantry (age 30). [Christian, Leonard]

Samuel Monroe Furr -- Private, Company I, 3rd North Carolina Infantry (age 34). [John, Henry]

Solomon Furr -- 1st Lieutenant, Company B, 7th North Carolina Infantry; physician in Cabarrus County, NC, before enlisting (age 39); elected 2nd Lieutenant May 16, 1861; elected 1st Lieutenant June 27, 1862; wounded Fredericksburg, VA, December 13, 1862; resigned because of ill health January 11, 1863. [Henry, John]

Steven G. Furr -- 2nd Lieutenant, Company F, 43rd Georgia Infantry; elected March 10, 1862 (age 38); contracted fever at Chattanooga, TN, resulting in disease of the hip joint, April 1862; resigned for disability, September 10, 1862. [Paul, Leonard]

William Coleman Furr -- Private, Company A, 14th Alabama Infantry; enlisted May 15, 1863 (age 17); paroled April 15, 1865. [Enoch, Henry, Jacob]

William Eban Furr -- Private, Company F, 5th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Northampton County, NC, August 8, 1862 (age 30); wounded in head and knee Chancellorsville, VA, May 1-3, 1863; returned to company November 19, 1863; wounded in arm Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA, May 9, 1864; detailed for light duty in hospital Danville, VA, December 27, 1864 until end of war. [Esquire John, John, John]

William Martin Furr -- Private, Company E, 4th North Carolina Cavalry (age 16). [Lee(Levi), Paul, Paul]

William Meek Furr -- Private, Company E, 19th Mississippi Infantry; enlisted Oxford, MS, August 19, 1861 (age 20); listed sick in hospital Lynchburg, VA, November 30-December 31, 1862; detailed Confederate Army Pioneer Corps April 10, 1863; captured Germanna Ford, VA, April 26, 1863; confined Old Capitol Prison, DC, May 1, 1883; exchanged City Point, VA, May 10, 1863; admitted hospital Richmond, VA, November 14, 1863 with "febri intermittens"; returned to company January 14, 1864; surrendered Appomattox Courthouse, VA, April 9, 1865. [Allison, John, Henry]

William Pendleton Furr -- Private, Company H, 10th Mississippi Infantry (age 21). [George, Christian, Leonard]

William Rankin Furr -- Private, Company G, 6th Mississippi Infantry (age 22). [Henry, Leonard]

Wilson M. Furr -- Private, Company D, 28th North Carolina Infantry; enlisted Stanly County, NC, March 15, 1862 (age 28); wounded in head and captured Wilderness, VA, May 6, 1864; hospitalized Washington, DC; confined Old Capital Prison, September 7, 1864; transferred Fort Delaware, DE, September 19, 1864; paroled June 19, 1865. [W. Mathias, Paul, Paul]

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