Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Gettysburg bullet and its victim shared a postwar history My great-grandfather, George W. Harrell, fought with the North Carolina troops at Gettysburg. He was shot in the upper part of his torso (maybe his back), and walked back to Elizabeth City. The bullet could not...
Jan 19, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Yankee Raider learned a lesson “When the Union cavalry’s supplies ran short, Captain William Kent and his command foraged the plantations of Major … Bell and James Scott: both of the plantations were on Body Road (southwest of Elizabeth City).”...
Jan 18, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Buffalo soldiers’ raid had incidental casualties When a party of Buffalo soldiers raided the family farm in 1863, my mother’s two great-uncles were sent into the swamp to hide. Both of the teenage boys died soon after as a result of exposure. This story...
