Col. John Wetmore Hinsdale-- Part 1: Born in New York, Grew Up in North Carolina

I wrote about him back on December 6.

From the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography by Mary W, Oliver.

Born February 4, 1843.  Died September 15, 1921.

Confederate officer, attorney.  Born in Buffalo, New York.  Family moved to Raleigh, N.C. when he was just a few months old.  Educated at Donaldson Academy in Fayetteville and Starrs Military Academy in Yonkers, New York and in 1858, entered the University of North Carolina.

At the outbreak of the war, he was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant. in the 8th North Carolina Infantry.

--Old B-Runner