A farmer...Description: 5' 3" tall, light complexion, brown hair....volunteered for service 27 Mar 1862 at Flat Shoal in Surry and mustered in 30 Apr 1862 at Camp Mangum, Raleigh, NC. He was sick in Jan=Feb of 1863 and was sent to a Goldsboro Hospital, was sick again 8 Apr 1863. At some point, dat not given, he was captured and was a POW at Point Lookout, MD..Released 28 Jun 1865.
A farmer...Description: 5' 3" tall, light complexion, brown hair....volunteered for service 27 Mar 1862 at Flat Shoal in Surry and mustered in 30 Apr 1862 at Camp Mangum, Raleigh, NC. He was sick in Jan=Feb of 1863 and was sent to a Goldsboro Hospital, was sick again 8 Apr 1863. At some point, dat not given, he was captured and was a POW at Point Lookout, MD..Released 28 Jun 1865. Pvt. CO E 53 REG NC
Ruel entered service in the CSA with his brother, Pascal, at Knoxville, TN 1 Aug 1861 and was placed in Burroughs Battery of TN Artillery...... He worked at the forge and later went to the lead mines in Wytheville along with his brother Pascal. He served in Burrus Art of thes VA Army and was wounded. He received a pension. After his marriage they lived in Stokes in the King area for awhile. It is said that Ruel lived to be 106 years old