8th Battalion — N. C. Partisan Rangers (Nethercutt’s company)
Enlisted on May 15, 1862 in Trenton (Jones county) with John H. Nethercutt as captain, the company had already been mustered into Confederate States service as of April 29, 1862.. Nethercutt had been a sheriff of Jones County before the war and was intimately familiar with the localities, terrain, and prominent citizens of the county. Nethercutt remained as captain of the company until the formal organization of battalion in August, 1862, whereupon he was promoted to Major of the battalion. Christopher D. Foy (also of Jones county) had been previously 2nd Lieutenant and was named captain of the company upon Nethercutt’s promotion, but he was soon invalided for active duty by a broken leg suffered in the service. Upon Captain Foy’s discharge, Willis Raspberry (who had been serving as Adjutant of the battalion) was promoted to captain of the company. The company was designated Company F, 66th North Carolina Troops upon the organization of that unit in October, 1863.
Calvin J. Huffman, Private
Co. A, 8th Battalion Partisan Rangers, North Carolina
Enlisted in Jones County, NC on Jan 24, 1863 for the war.
NARA M270. Compiled service records of Confederate soldiers from North Carolina
SOLDIER’S NAME Huffman, Calvin J.
LAST RANK Private
DATE ENLISTED Dec 22, 1863
WHERE ENLISTED New Bern, NC
AGE AT ENLISTMENT 36
COUNTY BORN Onslow Co., NC
REMARKS
Captured at Beech Grove, NC on Feb 1, 1864; Hung at Kinston
Calvin J. Huffman, Private
Co. F, 2nd NC Union Volunteers
Enlisted Dec. 22, 1863 at New Bern, N.C. at age 36.
Captured at Beech Grove, NC on Feb 1, 1864; Hung at Kinston
NARA M401. Compiled military service records of volunteer Union soldiers belonging to units organized for service from the State of North Carolina.
