Holland Civil War Information

RANDALL FINNEY enlisted in the Army of the Confederate States in Thomas County, Georgia, in 1861. He was killed in Jackson, Mississippi, in July 1863 while fighting with the Army of Tennessee. His daughter Mary Irene Finney was William Gaston Holland (b. 1847 Georgia)'s second wife.¹¹⁹

BRYAN HOLLAND enlisted 23 Aug 1862, as a Private at Wayne County, North Carolina, into "F" Company, NC 1st Light Artillery. On 20 Mar 1864 he transferred into "G" Company, NC 3rd Infantry. This may be Bryant Holland, the possible but unsubstantiated son of Curtis Holland and Nancy Holland.

BURDIN HOLLAND served in the Army of the Confederate States in Company I of the 35th North Carolina Regiment. He enlisted in Goldsboro, North Carolina on October 11, 1861, as a Private. He mustered into Capt. Angus J. Finlayson's Co., (Wayne County Volunteers), 35th Regiment, NC Infantry (State Troops) on 29 October 1861. This company subsequently became Company I, 35th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (State Troops). He served under Captain Ellis and Lieut. William Langston. He was discharged in Richmond on 11 August 1862 due to medical disability (aberration of mind). His discharge states that he was 29 years old at the time, that he was 5'8" tall, had light complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, and was a farmer by occupation when enlisted. His records also indicate that he was born in Wayne County, North Carolina. He was wounded in Williamsburg, VA. He was suffering from shell shock from bomb shell at the battle of Williamsburg and was deaf in one ear drum.

His record as reported in North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster erroneously spelled his name "Burden" and had his age at enlistment as 22. He would have been 28 when he enlisted.

The information on Burdin Holland is from his great-grandson's wife, Vickie Holland.³³
Also from North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster

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CURTIS (CHARLES) HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private on 2 February 1963, at Wayne County, North Carolina. His place of residence was not listed. On the same day, he mustered into "D" Company, NC 8th Battalion. He died of pneumonia on 12 March 1963. This appears to be the son of Elisha Holland and Elizabeth Holland. Notice that he enlisted on the same day and place and served in the same company as his brother Thomas Holland.

Provided by George Randy Peacock. Historical Data Systems, Inc., from North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster

ENOS J. HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private, serving North Carolina; the date of his enlistment is unknown. He was listed as AWOL, then listed as Deserted on 10 April 1864. On 11 July 1864 he transferred into "A" Co., NC 16th Battalion Cavalry. He also had service in "E" Co., GA 62nd Cavalry while listed as AWOL. He was received at Fort Monroe, VA on 8 October 1864 and took the Oath of Allegiance on 22 October 1864 at Fort Monroe, VA. He survived the War.

EXUM HAYWOOD HOLLAND, Private
Born in Wayne County, NC where he resided as a farmer prior to enlisting in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States in Wake County, NC, at age 32, July 15, 1862. On that date he was mustered into "I" Co, NC 15th Infantry. He was present or accounted for until wounded in the left thigh and captured at Crampton's Pass, Maryland, September 14, 1862 and held as Prisoner. Hospitalized at Burkettsville, Maryland, until transferred to Fort McHenry, Maryland, at an unspecified date. Paroled and transferred to City Point, Virginia, November 12, 1862, for Prisoner of War exchange. Reported absent wounded until he was retired from service on December 22, 1864, by reason of disability from wounds.

A HENRY A. HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army 20 Mar 1864 in Wake County, NC, as a Private. He was in "A" Co., NC 6th Infantry. He was Surrendered on 9 Apr 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA. His residence was not listed in his military records. This may or may not be the Henry Holland, possible son of Absalom Holland and Nancy Hales. Several of the Hollands in this family enlisted in Wake County.

JOSEPH HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army on 10 June 1861 at Wayne County, NC as a Private and mustered into "K" Co. NC 27th Infantry. He was listed as:
* Wounded 15 September 1862 South Mountain, MD
* POW 15 September 1862 South Mountain, MD
* Confined 19 September 1862 Fort Delaware, DE
* Paroled 2 October 1862 Fort Delaware, DE
* Transferred 2 October 1862 Aiken's Landing, VA
* Exchanged 10 November 1862 Aiken's Landing, VA (Returned)
* Wounded 5 May 1864 Wilderness, VA
* Returned 1 November 1864 (place not stated)
* POW 29 March 1865 Goldsboro, NC
* Confined 2 April 1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor
* Oath of Allegiance 18 June 1865 Hart's Island, NY Harbor

RUFUS HENRY HOLLAND served in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States in Company K, 27th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry. He enlisted in Wayne County, North Carolina, 10 June 1861, at the age of 27 as a Corporal. He was reduced to the rank of Private on 22 April 1862. He was present or accounted for through April 1, 1865. He was detailed as a shoemaker for much of the war, probably because of his disability due to wounds. North Carolina pension records indicate he was wounded at Knoxville, Tennessee in 1863 and was wounded at Petersburg in 1864. He was captured as a Union Prisoner of War 2 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA and was imprisoned at City Point, Virginia, and Point Lookout, Maryland, taking the oath of allegiance to the United States 27 June 1865 at Point Lookout, Maryland.

This information is from D. Franklin Hinnant, Jr. of Fremont, North Carolina and from North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster.

SIMON HOLLAND served in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States in Company K, 27th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry. His residence was not listed in his military records. He enlisted at age 23 on 10 June 1861, in Wayne County, NC, as a Private, and was mustered into "K" Co., NC 27th Infantry. He was listed as deserted to enemy on 18 March 1865 (place not stated). He took the Oath of Allegiance on 24 March 1865 in Washington, DC. The date and method of his discharge are not given.

This information was was furnished by Mrs. Ethel Lamm of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to M. K. D. Holland, giving the following information on her grandfather Simon Holland: "Simon Holland joined the Confederate Army when North Carolina seceded and served until two weeks before General Lee surrendered.

Dwight Mitchell,⁵⁹ great-great grandson of Simon Holland gives the following information from the headstones on Simon and Willie's graves:

Simon Holland,
Pvt Co. K NC Trps.
Confederate States Army
Feb 15 1838, March 1903

THOMAS HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private on 2 February 1863, at Wayne County, North Carolina. His place of residence was listed as Wayne County. On the same day, he mustered into "D" Company, NC 8th Battalion. On 2 October 1863 he transferred into "L" Company, NC 66th Infantry. This appears to be the son of Elisha Holland and Elizabeth Holland. Notice that he enlisted on the same day and place, and served in the same company, as his brother Charles (or Curtis) Holland. The date and method of his discharge are not given in the source referenced.

Provided by George Randy Peacock. Historical Data Systems, Inc., from North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster

URIAH HOLLAND, Private. Uriah Holland enlisted in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States as a Private in Wayne County 18 July 1863; he would have been 32 year old at that time. His residence is not listed. He was in "D" Co. NC 8th Cavalry Battalion. On 2 October 1863 he transferred into "L" Co. NC 66th Infantry. The date and method of his discharge are not given; he did survive the war.

WILLIAM GASTON HOLLAND
William Gaston Holland enlisted in the War Between the States as a Private on 16 July 1862 in Wake County, North Carolina at the age of 30 under the name William M. G. Holland. He mustered into "D" Co., NC 5th Infantry. He was in Early's and Garland's Brigade, Early's and D. H. Hill's Division of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was promoted. He died of disease eight months after enlisting, on 12 March 1863, at Guinea Station, Virginia. It is uncertain to me whether he is Gaston Holland, first son of Exum Holland and Penny Boswell, who was born in 1832. Information is needed on this William Gaston Holland.

WOODARD D. HOLLAND, Sergeant
He enlisted in the Confederate Army during the War Between the States on 22 September 1862 at Wayne County, NC as a Private. His residence is not listed. On that day he mustered into "D" Co. NC 1st Inf LDT. He was transferred out on 1/18/1864 and into "D" Co. NC 67th Infantry. He was promoted to Sergeant 12/15/1863 (estimated day of promotion). The date and method of his discharge are not given; he survived the war.

WOODARD H. HOLLAND enlisted in the Confederate Army on 12 September 1862, in Randolph County, Alabama. His war registration record described him as being 5'10" tall, with red hair and a fair complexion. He served for three years, as a private in the 60th Alabama Infantry, Company D. He participated in several major battles that incurred large casualties. These battles included Chickamauga, Knoxville, Beans Station, Drewry's Bluff, Richmond, and the trenches before Petersburg, Virginia.¹⁵¹

DAVID WOODARD PEACOCK enlisted in the 27th Reg. Co. "K" NC Infantry and transferred into the 15th Reg. Co. "I" NC Infantry (wounded at Bristo Station, Va. and returned). He was listed on the "Roll of Honor" for the 15th Reg. and was listed as paroled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. These two honors are very rare indeed, especially to have fought in the war for the entire campaign. Only 122 of the 15th Regiment, Cooke's Brigade were present at the surrender and he was one (documented on Appomattox Parole list).

"He would have enlisted with Simon and Rufus HOLLAND, his future brothers-in-law. He married Zilpha Holland on Dec. 25, 1866 and they had 9 children. They moved to Appling Co., Ga. before 1900 all together on a train. My G Grandfather, Ebenezer Peacock married a Deen from there...my grandfather David Adel married a Hutcheson from there...and my dad George C. married a Smith/Davis from Coffee Co., Ga. So, my roots are deeply embedded in the Appling Co., Ga. area as well as Johnston / Wayne Co.'s of NC."

EDWARD SION SMITH (Sion Smith was the son of Unicey Holland and the grandson of Woodard D. Holland. He was also husband to Louisa Jane Holland, Exum Holland's daughter.) Family lore says he ran away from home to join the War Between the States when he was 16. The Army sent him back because he was under-aged. He enlisted again when he turned 18 in 1864. He was captured by the Union army in July 1864 and sent to a prison in Maryland where he remained until the end of the war. Upon his release, he walked home, stealing a mule and a gun along the way. The gun remains in his family.

These military records have been found but it is not known which, if either, are Edward Sion Smith:

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 5/12/1864 at Wake County, NC as a Private.
On 5/12/1864 he mustered into "D" Co. NC 5th Infantry;
Date and method of discharge not given:
He was listed as: * POW 7/4/1864 Harper's Ferry, WV
Confined 7/5/1864 Old Capitol Prison, Washington, DC (Estimated day);
Transferred 7/23/1864 Elmira, NY:
Transferred 10/11/1864 Point Lookout, MD:
Exchanged 11/15/1864 Venus Point, GA. No further record.

The Flags of Civil War North Carolina
by Glenn Dedmondt Paperback (March 2003) Stories behind the flags tell of how they were made and presented to the units that fought for the Confederacy. These stories are interesting and a valuable resource to the Civil War historian who is interested in individual regiments that fought for the Confederacy.

Rebel Private: Front and Rear: Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier by William A. Fletcher, Richard Wheeler (Introduction) William Fletcher joined the Confederate Army in 1861, and wrote his memoirs 40 years later.
Paperback - 240 pages Reprint edition (March 1997)

Across the Dark River: The Odyssey of the 56th N.C. Infantry in the American Civil War by Clyde H. Ray. This book takes the reader to the limits -- the feeling of sadness, frustration and empathy for the members of the 56th infantry during their times of turmoil -- and then the feeling of triumph at their victories, no matter how small or great.

In Search of Confederate Ancestors: The Guide (Journal of Confederate History) by J. H. Segars, John McGlone (Editor) John B. Well, Genealogist-in-Chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans wrote, "I recommend this book without reservation as the best work of its kind ....a must for every serious Confederate researcher."

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