Robert Franklin Armfield (1829 - 1898)

Born 9 Jul 1829 in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Mary Annie (Denny) Armfield — married 1857 (to 27 Nov 1896) in Iredell, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1898 at age 69 in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Robert Armfield is Notable.

Lt. Col. Robert Armfield served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1861
Mustered out: Jan 17, 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company B, 38th Regiment;

He married Mary Denny. ^[1]

Military Service

Assigned to the 38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry during the Civil War and was a 1st Lt. with Company B (men of Yadkin County) at Camp Mangum near Raleigh, North Carolina on January 17, 1982. ^[2] He took command of the Regiment during the Battle of Mechanicsville, on June 25, 1862, when the commander, Colonel Hoke, was wounded. The unit took on heavy firing from the Union army, and suffered great loss that day: 152 of 420 men were killed or wounded. ^[3] Two days later at the Battle of Gaine's Mill, then a Lt. Colonel, was ill and command was assumed by Major L.D. Andrews.

In September of 1862, he took command again at Shepherdstown and was wounded. He was furloughed and returned home, where he was elected to solicitor. He resigned his position in the army in December of 1862. ^[4]

He died in 1898, ^[5]and is interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville, North Carolina.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD4-Y5L : 12 April 2016), R F Armfield, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,664.
2. ↑ Clark: Page 675.
3. ↑ Clark: Page 681.
4. ↑ Clark: Page 687.
5. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-3M71 : 17 March 2018), R F Armfield, 1898; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 August 2018), memorial page for Robert Franklin Armfield (9 Jul 1829–9 Nov 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #7651919, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGY7-KCZ : 10 February 2018), Robert Franklin Armfield in entry for Anabel Armfield Lewis, 11 Jun 1961; citing Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, Vol 17A, cn 17093, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,242.

See also:

• "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKF6-C7G : 7 December 2014), Robert F Armfield, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Thirty-eighth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 408.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9JQ-7WP : 4 December 2014), Robert F. Armfield, Lieutenant Colonel, Company B, 38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 821,768.
• Clark, Walter, ed. "The Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in The Great War, 1861-65. Vol II." Goldsboro, North Carolina: Nash Brothers Printers, 1901. archives.org link
• Robert Franklin Armfield wikipedia article.
• This WikiTree profile is referenced from Wikidata: Item Q2157154, en:Wikipedia