CSA Soldier, 34th Regiment NC Troops, Co. C
LEDBETTER, JOHN W., Private
Born in Rutherford County where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in Rutherford County at age 27, September 2, 1861. Present or accounted for through April, 1862. Reported absent without leave in January-February, 1863 Returned to duty in March-April, 1863. Captured at Falling Waters, Maryland, on or aboutJuly 14, 1863. Confined at Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, August 8, 1863. Died at Point Lookout on or about February 29, 1864,of"diarrhoea."
from " North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865, A Roster " by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr.; Volumn 9, page.280.