John Wetmore Hinsdale-- Part 4: One of Youngest Confederate Colonels

Obituary from the Confederate Veteran October 1921.

Commanded the 32nd Regiment North Carolina Junior Reserves.  Participated in the Battles of Kinston, Bentonville and surrendered with Johnston's army at Bennett Place..

One of the youngest colonels in Confederate service and his death removes the last North Carolina Confederate colonel.

--Old B-Runner

John Wetmore Hinsdale-- Part 3: "Full of Energy and Enterprise"

From Find-A-Grave.

Buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, N.C..  Was at the Battle of Seven Pines, Seven Days Battles and the Battle of Helena in 1863.

In a letter to Jefferson Davis, October 20, 1864, Hinsdale was described: "He is an officer of great merit both in the field and in the office.  In the field he is full of energy and enterprise, with coolness and discretion.  In the office few men are more capable.

--Old B-Runner

John Wetmore Hinsdale-- Part 2: Many Staff Positions

He was aide-de-camp to Brigadier General T.H. Holmes, adjutant general to Brigadier General J. Johnston Pettigrew, Gen. W.D. Pender and Gen. T.H. Holmes.  Also inspector general for Gen. Sterling Price.

Afterwards, he was elected colonel of the 3rd Regiment Junior Reserves (72nd N.C.) and held that post to the end of the year.  He was paroled at Bush Hill, N.C., on 2 May 1865.

After the war, he went to Columbia Law School and was admitted to the bar in both New York and North Carolina.

--Old B-Runner

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

Col. John Wetmore Hinsdale, 3rd Regt. N.C. Junior Reserves

There is a photograph of Col. John Wetmore Hinsdale, 3rd Regt. N.C. Junior Reserves.

In 1861, he left the University of North Carolina to enlist in the Confederate Army and served with distinction under Generals Holmes, Pettigrew, Pender and Price before being elected colonel of the 3rd Regt. Junior Reserves.

--Old B-Runner