After Fort Fisher, the Prisoners-- Part 7: Interesting Facts and Figures on Fort Fisher Prisoners at Elmira

The average age of a Fort Fisher prisoner at Elmira was 19.

The youngest Fort Fisher soldier sent to Elmira was  17-year-old Private William H. Faulk of Co. E, 36h Regt., 2nd NC Artillery.  he was 15 years old when he enlisted in Columbus County, NC, on  26 February 1862.  He was exchanged on the James River in Virginia  on 2 March 1865.  Private Faulk is most likely buried in the Tabor City/Whiteville area of Columbus County, NC.

The oldest Fort Fisher Confederate sent to Elmira was  fifty-six-year-old  Private Samuel Hales of Co. D,  36th Regt.,  2nd NC Artillery.   He was born in 1808 and was fifty-four when he enlisted at Blockerville in Cumberland County, NC,  on 26 February 1862.  He was transferred to Point Lookout and exchanged on the James River 2 March 1865.  Prison records spell his last name Hale.

The deadliest month for Fort Fisher men was March 1865 when over 200 of them died at Elmira.

There are four Jewish artillerymen from Fort Fisher and 9 other Jewish Tar Heels who died at Elmira Prison and are buried in the Woodlawn National Cemetery  along with 12 other Jewish  Confederate soldiers.

--Old B-R'er