Clark Moulton Avery

Clark Moulton Avery
BornOctober 3, 1819
Swan Ponds, North Carolina, US
DiedJune 18, 1864 (aged 44)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch Confederate States Army
Rank Colonel
Battles

Clark Moulton Avery (October 3, 1819 – June 18, 1864) was a North Carolinian officer in the Confederate States Army who rose to the rank of colonel and died of wounds received while leading the 33rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment at the Battle of the Wilderness during the American Civil War.

Early life

Clark Moulton Avery, second child of Isaac Thomas and Harriet Erwin Avery,[1] was born on October 3, 1819, at Swan Ponds, North Carolina.[2] He was graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1838.[2]

Civil War

He was captain of a company in the 1st North Carolina Regiment in the battle at Bethel; lieutenant-colonel of the 33rd North Carolina Regiment; became its colonel early in 1862; was in the battles of Chancellorsville and of Gettysburg; was captured at New Bern by the Federal forces and kept a prisoner on Johnson's Island, Ohio, for several months.[2] He was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness and died of his injuries on June 18, 1864.[3]

Personal life

He married, on June 23, 1841, at Morganton, North Carolina, Elizabeth Tilghman Walton, daughter of Thomas and Martha (McEntire) Walton.[2] She was born on January 3, 1823, at Morganton.[2] She died on October 25, 1882, near Morganton.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Avery 1979, p. 67.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Avery; Avery 1912, p. 616.
  3. ^ Avery 1979, p. 68.

Sources

  • Avery, Isaac Thomas, Jr. (1979). "Avery, Clark Moulton". Powell, William S. (ed.). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. Vol. 1. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. pp. 67–68.

Attribution:

  • Avery, Elroy McKendree; Avery (Tilden), Catharine Hitchcock (1912). The Groton Avery Clan. Vol. 1. Cleveland, OH: [Publisher unknown]. p. 616. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Further reading

  • Avery, A. C. (1908). "Clark Moulton Avery". Ashe, Samuel A.; Weeks, Stephen B.; Van Noppen, Charles L. (eds.). Biographical History of North Carolina. Vol. 7. Greensboro, NC: Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 12–13.
  • Weston, J. A. (1901). "Thirty Third Regiment". Clark, Walter (ed.). Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in the Great War 1861–'65. Vol. 2. Goldsboro, NC: Nash Brothers. p. 543.