Stepp, Silas H., 1823-1865
Person
Biographical Note
Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Enlisted in April 1863 in the 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion and transferred in August 1863 to the 6th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Company C. Captured by the Union forces in June 1864 at Jackson's Mills, North Carolina. Imprisoned first at Point Lookout, Maryland, and then sent in July 1864 to Elmira Prison, New York. Died of pneumonia in Elmira on January 2, 1865.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Silas H. Stepp Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-020
Abstract
Seventeen wartime letters (photocopies only) written by Silas H. Stepp, a North Carolina cavalry soldier in the Confederate Army, and later a prisoner of war, during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1863 - 1864