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Notes for William M. Hybart
During the Civil War William M. Hybart enlisted on 16 June 1862 at Fayetteville and was mustered into service on 19 June 1862 as a private in the 63rd North Carolina Regiment (5th Cavalry, Company A) which was known as the Gordon-Barringer Brigade. His cousin, Thomas H. McLean, joined at the same time. He was described as being 17 years old, 5 feet, 7¼ inches in height, by occupation a farmer, and he brought with him a horse valued at $150, horse equipment valued at $50, and arms valued at $75.
They joined General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in May 1863. On 3 June this army of about 75,000 men began moving northward toward Pennsylvania where they would be stopped at Gettysburg in early July. On 9 June some 10,000 cavalry under Confederate General Jeb Stuart which were shielding Lee's army met a similar number of Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton
near Brandy Station (6 miles northeast of Culpeper Court House), Virginia. In what has been described as the last great cavalry battle of classic style, the fighting with sabers and revolvers went on for hours with Stuart's men finally repelling the Union cavalry. On that day at Beverly Ford, 3 miles northeast of Brandy Station, William M. Hybart was captured. On 25 June he was parolled at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. On 7 July he had returned to his company and was issued new clothing to replace his uniform lost while a prisoner. He was listed on various company records through December 1864. No records have been found of Barringer's Brigade for the year 1865, but it was known to have been present at Appomattox although most of its men being on horseback escaped capture and went home; thus, their names are not included among those parolled.
A few months after his marriage, William M. Hybart's relatives had him committed to the Asylum for the Insane at Raleigh where he died. Considerable litigation took place between his wife and his blood relatives with at least three cases reaching the North Carolina Supreme Court. Mentioned in the court records were his first cousin, Mary C. Weeks, her niece, Mrs. James N. Smith of Fayetteville, and Eliza A. Jones. By 1902, all of his blood relatives in North Carolina were either dead or had left the state.
William C. Stapleton, Jr. Hybart Family History.
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