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Reminiscences of Capt. Lawson Harrill Reminiscences
Personal reminiscence by Captain Lawson Harrill of Forest City area, covering his early life in Rutherford County, family lineage, Confederate service with Company I of the 56th North Carolina Troops, including enlistment, battles from Seven Pines to Fredericksburg, and his rise to captain. The narrative notes kin connections to James Lee and general references to the War and early secession events.
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Lawson Harrill
North Carolina
Aanetree
Forest City
H. D. Lee
Harrill
Rutherford County
Virginia
Francis Street
Beaver Dam Creek
Cleveland County
Samuel
Hausen Harrrill
Samuel Harrill
Susannah Hamrick
Sandy Run Creek
Amos
James Lee
Mary Chisholm
General Lee
Tryon County
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
Pickens
Cassandra
Cassie Lee
William Baxter
Elizabeth
Amos Harrill
Charleston
S. C
United States
Fort Sumter
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Lincoln
Ellis
George
John
Raleigh
Lincolnton
Micajah Durham
Fof Plato Durham
Capitol
Stephen Lee
Asheville
Potomac River
Manassas
Goldsboro
N. C
Ashland
Yorktown
Joseph E. Johnson
Richmond
Mechanicsville
Seven Pines
Wade Hampton
J. W. Kilpatrick
W. A. Brooks
A. K. Lynch
A. R. Sorrell
J. G. Price
Pennsylvania
Bucktail Rangers
Johnson
Lee
Camp Mangum
56Th Regiment
H. B. Watson