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Sandy Run Yellow Jackets of Colfax in Civil War service
The Sandy Run Yellow Jackets from Colfax Township formed as Company B of the Thirty Fourth North Carolina Volunteers in 1861. Led by Capt John Edwards and later by Capt Joseph Byers and Capt William Beam, the unit drew men from Rutherford Cleveland and Mecklenburg counties. The roster lists officers, non commissioned officers, privates with enlistment dates September 2 1861 and numerous casualties including deaths at Goldsboro Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. A requested ballad about the unit circulated, with many names and fates recorded.
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North Carolina
Colfax Township
Fuwards
Sandy Run Creek
Sandy Run
Hard Shell Baptist Church
Edwards
J. C., Byers
William P. Beam
Thirty-Fourth Regiment
Rutherford
Cleveland
Mecklenburg
Dixie
John Edwards
Joseph C. Byers
William H. Harrell
William D. Edwards
Davie B. Harrell
D. B. Harrell
Williamsburg
Wm. H. Harrell
Thomas J. Stroud
Cleveland County
Seth Bedford
Felix C. Dobbins
John N. Edwards
Tarboro
N.C
Jacob A. Wright
John P. Philbeck
Chancellorsville
George W. Lockade
Ox Hill
Simon D. Davis
Frazier
Dyeus
A. N
Zachariah
J. M
Goldsboro
N. C
Frank
R. B
Green
Francis M
Gaines’ Mill
Gettys
Lawson G
Alfred W
Hamrick
Eli
Eli O
Amos
Hage
David
Hales
Wil
Lewis M
James
W. A
Iam T
Sp Jones
Wm. A
J. J
McDaniel
James C
McSwain
William
Owens
Andrew
Willis
Philbeck
Thomas F
Cleveland Coun