. John Burgwyn, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; their ancestors and descendants. llying the regiment ata critical period of the battle. He participated in all the battlesin which the 35th N. C. engaged and was later promoted to thecaptaincy of his company. In January, 1864, he was assignedto duty as Asst. Adjt. Gen. on the staff of Burgwyn was badly wounded in the charge at Cold Har-bor, May 31, 1864 and at the battle of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29,1864, was captured and taken to Ft. Delaware, being releasedin the Spring of 1865. After the close of the War he again en-
. John Burgwyn, Carolinian; John Jones, Virginian; their ancestors and descendants. llying the regiment ata critical period of the battle. He participated in all the battlesin which the 35th N. C. engaged and was later promoted to thecaptaincy of his company. In January, 1864, he was assignedto duty as Asst. Adjt. Gen. on the staff of Burgwyn was badly wounded in the charge at Cold Har-bor, May 31, 1864 and at the battle of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29,1864, was captured and taken to Ft. Delaware, being releasedin the Spring of 1865. After the close of the War he again en-tered the University of N. C. and three years later graduatedat the head of his class. In 1869 he entered the Law School ofHarvard University and graduating in 1870 began the practiseof law in Baltimore. While practising law here he compiled aDigest of the Opinions of the Supreme Court of Appeals ofMaryland a work which elicited the hearty commendation of hisbrethren of the bar as well as the judges on the bench. In 1880he was elected colonel of the 5th Maryland Regiment. ( 52 ). WILLIAM HYSLOP SUMNER BURGWYN(From a Photograph in 1896) Always attached to North Carolina, in 1882 he moved toHenderson and established the Bank of Henderson, becomingits first president. For eleven years he did all in his power topromote the interests of his adopted home. In the year 1893he was offered and accepted the position of National Bank Ex-aminer, having as his territory most of the Southern States. Atthe breaking out of the Spanish-American War he was appointedto the colonelcy of the 2nd Regiment North Carolina Volunteersby Gov. Russell and although this regiment never left America itwas admirably prepared for active service and it has been statedthat no finer body of troops was ever enlisted in North Carolina. Col. Burgwyn moved to Weldon, N. C. in 1901 and establishedthe First National Bank of Weldon and became its also established the First National Bank at Rocky Mount,the Fi
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