Captain James Lente Manney

(1827-1889) A graduate of Columbia Medical College, Manney went to the California Gold Rush in 1849. He returned (without treasure) to Beaufort and began a medical practice. In 1861, he participated in the militia takeover of Fort Macon. He later became an artillery Company Commander in the Confederate Army. He was captured when the Union retook Fort Macon but was part of a prisoner exchange and returned to Confederate service. He participated in the attempt to retake New Bern, North Carolina from the Union in 1864, and served with General Lee's army at Petersburg, VA in 1865. After the war he returned to Beaufort and reopened his medical practice.