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Contributed by: Diane Siniard Marley Wood was born in 1825 Duplin Co., NC to Stephen Wood and Celia LNU. Marley had 2 brothers that I have found record of Merrel and James. Merrel fought in the Civil War as well as Marley. Marley was a farmer for most of his life, until he joined the Civil War. Marley met and in 1849 he married Mary Jane Armstrong born 1832 died April 22, 1880. Marley and Mary had 8 children: Emery Wood Andrew Johnson Wood - my great great Grandfather Aimie Jane Wood Ruth Caroline Wood Stephen W Wood Edward J Wood Marley Stephen Wood Bettie Wood He enlisted in the confederate army at age 30, in 1861. Company E, 30th regiment. He died in a hospital in Gordonsville, VA of pneumonia in 1863. Burial: In Unmarked grave at Maplewood Cemetery, Gordonsville, Virginia. Service records: Name: Marley Wood , Residence: Duplin County, North Carolina Enlistment Date: 28 August 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Unit Numbers: 140 140 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 28 August 1861 at the age of 30 Enlisted in Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 28 August 1861. Died of disease Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 21 January 1863 in Gordonsville, VA Marley Wood Regiment Name 30 North Carolina Infantry Confederate Company E Rank In Private Rank Out Private Film Number M230 roll 43 Died as a result of Civil War 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg. It served in the Department of North Carolina, then was assigned to General G.B. Anderson`s, Ramseur`s, and Cox`s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 30th saw action from Seven Pines to Cold Harbor, marched with Early to the Shenandoah Valley, and was involved in the Appomattox operations. The unit reported 30 killed and 137 wounded during the Seven Days` Battles, lost thirty-six percent of the 250 in the Maryland Campaign, and had 9 wounded at Fredericksburg. It sustained 125 casualties at Chancellorsville, lost sixteen percent of the 278 engaged at Gettysburg, and had 3 killed and 42 wounded on the Rappahannock River. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 6 officers and 147 men. The field officers wre Colonel Francis M. Parker; Lieutenant Colonels Walter Draughan, James T. Kell, and William W. Sillers; and Major James C. Holmes. If anyone has ties to this family, please contact me as I have pictures, documents, burial sites, and the family genealogy up to the present. I also have Marley's Civil War Records. Marker at Maplewood Cemetery for the Confederate Soldiers.
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