Herring enlisted as a private on June 1, 1864 in Co. B of the 7th NC Battalion Junior Reserves. He was promoted to corporal, and then served as sergeant when the company was redesignated as Co. D of the 3rd NC Jr. Reserves. He was hospitalized January 12, 1865 in C.S.A. General Hospital No. 3 in Greensboro, NC with scabies. His service included guard duty at Smithville, NC. He was at Fort Fisher in Wilmington, NC, and he engaged in a battle near Kinston, NC.
After the war, Herring taught school and attended Randolph-Macon College, leaving after the 1870-71 school year but returning soon after. He became a Methodist minister, serving in the Virginia Conference from 1874 until 1912. Herring died June 25, 1930.
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