Christopher Columbus Cole

Born in Stokes County on February 12, 1835, Cole graduated from Trinity College as a member of the class of 1854. Subsquently, he became a newspaper editor for the Greensboro Times. He became captain of E company of the 22nd North Carolina on May 23, 1861, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel by March 1863. Cole was killed fighting with his regiment at Chancellorsville. He was buried in Green Hill Cemetery in Greensboro.