George W. Cline - Civil War
According to records that were published by the North
Carolina Division of Archives and History:
16th NC Infantry
Company A April 1861-October 1862, George W. Cline, age
38 "is listed with the
Noncommissioned Officers and Privates as serving with the
Thomas Legion
Regiment and designated Company A of that Unit. Later the company was
transferred to the 39th Regiment, NC Troops, and designated Company K.
Records show that two companies mixed together as one regiment, Thomas'
Legion and Walker's Battalion. "Record of Events for William Holland
Thomas' Legion, Walker's Battalion, Levi's Battery Light Artillery,
North Carolina Troops, April 1862-1864" states these volunteers were
mustered in for local defense of the Carolinas, East Tennessee,
Southwestern Virginia, and the Cumberland Mountains in Kentucky.
Source: Ancestry Plus (2 records)- American Civil War Soldiers
Name: George W. Cline
Residence: Jackson County, North Carolina
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
State Served: North Carolina
Unit Numbers: 148
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private
Transferred Company 1st A, Thomas Legion Infantry
Regiment North Carolina on 30 November 1862
Transferred in
Company K, 39th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 30
November 1862
Sick on 22 September 1863 at Hospital (No further record)
Name: George W. Cline
Jackson County, North Carolina
27 April 1861
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
North Carolina
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Enlisted as a Private on 27 April 1861 at the age of 38
Enlisted in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment North Carolina
on 27 April
1861
Transferred in Company A, Thomas Legion Regiment North Carolina on 05
October 1862.
North Carolina Confederate Units - 16th Infantry -2690 men
16th North Carolina Infantry Regiment - (Thomas Legion Regiment)
North
Carolina Civil War Regiments and Battles After the introduction,
scroll down to the 16th and 39th Infantries Application for a Civil War head stone, dated Feb. 10, 1936 and signed by his son, G. W. Cline. One of his grandson's said he saw the tombstone, but we failed to get the exact location of it before his death. 