The Casstevens Page

Submitter Information	Confederate Ancestor Information
Casstevens, Gerald Daniel 4413 Lewis Road East Bend, North Carolina 27018 United States Email Address: fcasstev@YadTel.net	Harding, Samuel Branch of Service: Army-Infantry Company/Regiment: Co. I, 28th Regiment, NC Troops Date of Service: August 31, 1861 Starting Rank: Private Discharge Rank: Sergeant Date of Discharge: August 25, 1864 Reason for Discharge: Killed in battle of Reams Station, Virginia

I am a member of the following:

Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp 1765, Yadkin Gray Eagles

Lineage from Gerald Casstevens, to Samuel Harding


1	Frances Harding Casstevens		Relationship:	Mother
	Birth Date:	September 9, 1936	Birth Location:	Forsyth County, North Carolina
	Death Date:		Death Location:

2	Franklin Daniel Boone Harding		Relationship:	Father
	Birth Date:	June 29, 1904	Birth Location:	Yadkin County, North Carolina
	Death Date:	January 31, 1978	Death Location:	Yadkinville, Yadkin County, North Carolina

3	Samuel Speer Harding		Relationship:	Uncle
	Birth Date:	September 16, 1838	Birth Location:	Yadkin County, North Carolina
	Death Date:	August 25, 1864	Death Location:	Reams Station, Virginia

Additional Biographical Information

Samuel Speer Harding, the son of William and Jane Elizabeth Speer Harding, enlisted at age 23 on August 31, 1861. He received a 7-day furlough in the fall of 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on April 12, 1862. On August 13, 1862, he re-enlisted for "2 years or the duration of the war." He was paid $17 per month.
After his death in the fighting at Reams' Station, VA, Samuel's father, William Harding, and Samuel's younger brother, Thomas Renny Harding (my great-grandfather) drove a team and wagon to Virginia and brought his body back to Yadkin County for burial in the Speer-Harding Family Cemetery near Yadkinville.

Samuel Speer Harding's brother, Greenberry Patterson Harding, and also my great-great-uncle, also served in Co. I, 28th Reg., NC Troops. Greenberry was wounded at Gaines' Mill, VA, Fredericksburg, and 3 times at Gettysburg, PA. He survived the war, however, and returned home to live to be 89 years old. He died December 27, 1931, and is buried at Farmington, Davie County, North Carolina.