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Marion Leggett Holland (son of Oliver Wiley Holland, Sr. and Mary E. Moore)3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564 was born Aft. August 1823 in Lincoln Co, NC3565, 3566, 3567, and died 20 August 1864 in Point Lookout, MD3567.He married Margaret A. Dickson3568, 3569, 3570, 3571.
 Includes NotesNotes for Marion Leggett Holland:
Enlisting in Dallas on October 6, 1861 were the "Gaston Blues." The "Blues" were mustered into state service on November 20, 1861, and assigned to the 37th Regiment of North Carolina Troops as Company H. Their first captain was William Rufus Rankin, who was 38 years old.
Marion Leggett Holland, born after August 1823 in Lincoln Co, NC; married Margaret A. Dickson. He was a Private in Company H, 37th. NCT during the civil war. Leggett died as a prisioner of war. The fact is that he is buried in Point Lookout, Maryland. He made a will on July 15th 1862 when entering confederate service. This will was probated in 1864, but none of his children is named. It seems he had seven children.
this information comes from the NC State Archives:
Holland, Marion L.Private.
Resided in Gaston County and enlisted in Iredell County on August 12, 1862, for the war.Mustered in as a corporal.Reduced to the ranks in November-December 1862.Captured at or near Jerico Mills, Virginia, May 23, 1864.Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, where he died on or about August 20-21, 1864, of disease.
37th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
37th Infantry Regiment, organized by Colonel C.C. Lee, was assembled at High Point, North Carolina, in November, 1861. The men were raised in the counties of Buncombe, Watauga, Mecklenburg, Wake, Ashe, Alexander, and Gaston. The unit fought at New Bern, then moved to Virginia in the psring of 1862. It was assigned to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 37th saw action at Hanover Court House and particpated in many campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. It continued the fight in the Petersburg trenches and around Appomattox. This regiment reported 125 casualties during the Seven Days' Battles, 15 at Cedar Mountain, 81 at Second Manassas, 93 at Fredericksburg, and 235 at Chancellorsville. Of the 379 engaged at Gettysburg, more than thirty percent were disabled. It surrendered 10 officers and 98 men. The field officers were Colonels William M. Barbour and Charles C. Lee; Lieutenant Colonel John B. Ashcraft, Charles N. Hickerson, and William G. Morris; and Majors Jackson L. Bost, Owen N. Brown, John G. Bryan, Rufus M. Rankin, and William R. Rankin.
More About Marion Leggett Holland and Margaret A. Dickson:
Marriage: 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575
Children of Marion Leggett Holland and Margaret A. Dickson are:
  1. Cegall Bradley Holland, b. 18633576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, d. Abt. 1927, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co, NC3581, 3582, 3583, 3584, 3585.
  2. John Franklin Holland, b. 20 January 1852, Gaston Co, NC, d. 24 August 1857, Olney.
  3. +Mary Lorenna Holland, b. 13 April 18543586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590, d. 24 July 19083591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595.
  4. William Sample Holland, b. 19 February 18573596, 3597, 3598, 3599, 3600, d. 11 October 19293601, 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605.
  5. Rockwell N. Holland, b. 05 September 18593606, 3607, 3608, 3609, 3610, d. 06 September 19323611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615.
  6. M. Lexine Holland, b. 30 December 18613616, 3617, 3618, 3619, 3620, d. 18 July 18993621, 3622.
  7. Legete Holland, b. Abt. 1864, d. date unknown.