Feild (variantly spelled Field, Fields, Feilds) was sent to R-MC in the fall of 1862 after he was discharged for minority from Co. C of the 46th NC Infantry, which he had joined on April 16, 1862 as a private. When the college closed in early 1863, he reenlisted in Co. C of the 46th NC Infantry in February 1863. he was hospitalized in Richmond, VA in December 1863 and April 1864 with chronic diarrhea, and again in August 1864 for an unknown ailment, and was on sick furlough from the middle of October until the middle of November 1864. He was taken prisoner at Hatcher's Run, VA on March 31, 1865 and sent to City Point, VA, from where he was sent on April 2, 1865 to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD. He was released on June 26, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.
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