Captain James Y. Whitted

Born in Orange County, NC (1836) and was by occupation a tobacco manufacturer prior to enlisting at age 25 in Co G, 27th NC Infantry Regiment. At enlistment the following physical characteristcs of Capt Whitted were recorded:

Appointed 3rd Lieutenant of Co G, 27th NC Infantry on or about 4/20/1861, and was elected 1st Lieutenant on 8/17/1861. He was wounded in the right knee and captured at Sharpsburg, MD, 9/17/1862. He was paroled and transferred to Aiken's Landing, James River, VA, where he was received 11/5/1862, for an exchanged Federal Army prisoner. He was elected Captain 12/5/1862. He resigned 4/7/1863, by reason of disability from wounds received at the Battle of Sharpsburg.
Captain J. Y. Whitted died 5/11/1926, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Witherspoon, in Greensboro, NC after a brief illness, and lacking but a few days of reaching the ninetieth milestone. He was survived by his daughter (his only child) and five grandchildren. His body was taken to Durham (Maplewood Cemetery -- lot 787), NC and laid by his beloved wife.
Below is an image of Captain J. Y. Whitted's gravestone -- the image was taken by Ed Whitted on 7/28/2003.

Captain J. Y. Whitted is a collateral ancestor of Compatriot Ed Whitted, Major John Shropshire, Camp 2033, Albuquerque, NM.
The UTM coordinates of Captain Whitted's grave are
17S 0687649E
3985281N

The above information was extracted from three sources as follows:
1. The James A. Graham Papers, 1861-1884, edited by H.M. Wagstaff, Ph.D., Professor of History and Government, University of North Carlolina.
2. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster, Vol. VIII Infantry, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC, 1981.
3. The Confederate Veteran, Volume XXXIV, 1926, page 308.

A Brief History of the 27th NC Infantry Regiment

The 27th NC Infantry Regiment was formed at New Bern, North Carolina, in June, 1861, as the 9th Regiment. It was reorganized in September as the 17th, its designation was later changed to the 27th. Men of this unit were recruited in Orange, Guilford, Wayne, Pitt, Lenoir, Perquimans, and Jones counties.
It was assigned to General R. Ransom's, J.G. Walker's, and Cooke's Brigade. After fighting at New Bern, the 27th saw action in the Seven Days' Battles and at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg. During the spring and summer of 1863 it served in North Carolina, South Carolina, and in the Richmond area. The unit continued the fight at Bristoe, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, and later endured the hardships of the Petersburg siege south of the James River. It ended the war at Appomattox. It had 6 wounded at Malvern Hill, lost sixty-three percent of the 325 engaged at Sharpsburg, and had 2 killed and 13 wounded at Fredericksburg. Seventy percent of the 416 at Bristoe were disabled, and when the regiment surrendered, it had 9 officers and 103 men.