Branch, who resided in Louisburg, Franklin County, NC, enlisted on June 6, 1861 as 1st sergeant in Co. B of the 1st NC Cavalry. He contracted typhoid and was sent to Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond VA, where he was admitted on Oct. 22, 1861. Records indicate that he was transferred to Dr. Chamberlaine (or Chamberlaynes), where he later died of typhoid pneumonia.
The William J. Branch family bible, held at the State Library of North Carolina, includes the statement that "Wm. Norwood Branch
died the 24th November
1861 in the City of Richmond
in the Service of his Country
as a Soldier."
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