Journal of W. J. Freeman

Sources

  1. refused even to call a secession convention. https://www.ncpedia.org/secession-movement
  2. convention delegates voted unanimously to secede. https://www.dncr.nc.gov/blog/2015/05/20/secession-vote-and-realigned-allegiance
  3. organized on September 28, 1861 under Col. George B. Singletary. https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/north-carolina/27th-north-carolina-infantry-regiment/
  4. the regimental history in Lane Freeman’s research files. https://docs.google.com/document/d/120kANmAQ72WRjgXpfYjPYaRBotyL_Vse8S6VkSLCEr0/edit
  5. hit on May 5. https://web.lib.unc.edu/civilwar/index.php/2011/07/08/8-july-1861/
  6. tried to hold the South Side Railroad at Sutherland’s Station. https://beyondthecrater.com/resources/bat-sum/ninth-offensive-summaries/the-battle-of-sutherlands-station-april-2-1865
  7. 22 men at Kinston. https://www.ncpedia.org/buffaloes
  8. state historical marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154885
  9. Battle of Wyse Fork (Second Kinston), March 6 to 10. https://www.carolana.com/NC/Civil_War/1865_03_06-10_2nd_kinston.html
  10. founded in 1869 and holds nearly 1,500 Confederate soldiers. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Historic_Oakwood_Cemetery,_Raleigh,_North_Carolina
  11. state Confederate burial index. https://www.johnstoncountygenealogy.org/searchresults.asp?firstname=William&lastname=Freeman

Freeman’s 1901 pension application and his 1899 and 1901 Soldiers’ Home applications are held by the State Archives of North Carolina. His Union prisoner of war record is from the National Archives, accessed through Ancestry. His grave marker is in Historic Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh.