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- Captain, CSA. Killed in Civil War. From a history of the 48th NC:
"Thomas J. Clegg, a resident of Moore County, previously served as a captain in the 51st Regiment, N.C. Militia. He was elected first lieutenant of Co. D, 48th Regiment, on Feb. 25, 1862. He was promoted to captain on April 9, 1862, when Huske transferred to the regimental staff. He was wounded in the left thigh at King’s School House, Va., on June 25, 1862, and was hospitalized at Richmond, Va., where he died of his wound on July 8 or 9, 1862."
His brother Montraville was also killed in the war.
Buried in the Clegg family cemetery in Chatham Co.:
# Clegg, Thomas James, Capt. (b. 26 Feb 1828 - d. 8 Jul 1862)
Husband of Elizabeth (Lizzie) McIver. Son of Isaac and Anna (Thompson) Clegg. In Memory of Captain Thomas J. Clegg --- died Richmond, Va. "In Memory of Captain Thomas J. Clegg --- died Richmond, Va". Footstone - TJC. Ref: "The Cleggs of Old Chatham," Broughton, 1977. Location row 3. column HS14.
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