May 28 

 

          On this day in 1862, Private Jesse T. Vaughn of the 17th North Carolina Infantry was discharged for being overage. He was a 45-year old farmer from Hertford County when he enlisted on March 24, 1862. The terms of the Conscription Act, passed on April 16, 1862, called for soldiers between the ages of 18 and 35, and Vaughn was granted his release from military service as a result.

 

Sources:

Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr., comp., North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster, 6:230.