Abbott, a teacher in Camden County, NC in the 1860 census, enlisted as a private in Co. L of the 17th NC Infantry on July 28, 1861. He spent some time on detached duty with the engineers, probably due to his training as a surveyor. He was taken prisoner on February 8, 1862 at Roanoke Island, NC and paroled on February 21, 1862 in Elizabeth City, NC. He is listed on a muster roll as absent "within the enemy lines" in May 1862. By March 1863, he was serving as color corporal in Co. A of the 8th NC Infantry, having been transferred when his previous company was disbanded. He spent much of his time detailed as commissary sergeant. He was paroled at Greensboro, NC on May 1, 1865.
Abbott returned to Camden County and became a farmer. He served in the 1870s and 1880s as county surveyor, and served a number of terms in the NC state legislature. He died September 14, 1906.
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