Thomas Aiken, Aiken Aikens Akin Akins Aikin Aikins Genealogy History Heritage Research Transylvania
North Carolina South Carolina Infantry Regiment American Civil War Prisoner of War
Thomas Aiken enlisted in Company K, 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, and deserted prior to the Regiment's surrender in the Cumberland Gap. Later, most of the surrendered 62nd N.C. Regiment's soldiers were imprisoned at POW Camp Douglas, where
a staggering 44% of them died. Prisoner of War Camp Douglas was commonly referred to as the Andersonville of the
North and Eighty Acres of Hell. Thomas Aiken was my 3rd great grandfather and he deserted less
than 3 months prior to the Cumberland Gap's capitulation. Matthew D. Parker, 3rd great grandson
My Life as a Prisoner of War:
List of 62nd Soldiers that died as Prisoners of War:
Additional Reading: Includes the "Battle of Asheville":
Name: Thomas Aiken
Sex: M
Birth: MAY 1826 in Pendleton Co., 96 District, SC
Death: BET 1900 AND 1909 in Pickens Co.? SC
Census: 1850 Henderson Co., NC
Census: 1870 Pickens Co., SC
Census: 8 JUN 1880 Pickens Co., SC
Census: 1900 Pickens Co., SC
Military Service: 14 JUL 1862 Enlisted in Co K, 62nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Military Service: 31 DEC 1862 Reported present or accounted for
Military Service: 22 JAN 1863 Absent without leave
Military Service: MAR 1863 Returned to service
Military Service: 12 JUN 1863 Deserted from hospital at Greenville, TN
Event: Arrested APR 1888 Distilling
Event: Imprisoned MAR 1889 Discharged
Event: Fact 16 APR 1862 Confederate Conscription Act
Source and Credit for Thomas Aiken Genealogy and Service Record:
Cousin and Reverend Dan Johnson
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