Feb 3, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Kinsman died in a D.C. prison My first cousin, five generations removed, was a man by the name of Granville Simpson Holt. He enlisted as a private in Company K of the 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment on June 21, 1861, at age 35. Like many others in the regiment,...
Jan 26, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Major James Benjamin White, Superintendent of the Citadel Major J. B. White is my great-grandfather. He was in the second graduating class of the Citadel. He became a math professor there. When the war began, he became a Major and was the leader of the cadets during...
Jan 25, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Russell Daniel Lord enlisted at age 23 Russell Daniel Lord enlisted at age 23 on 26 Sep 1861 as a private in Company A, Georgia, 38th Regiment. He fought in many conflicts from the Seven Days’ Battles to Cold Harbor and was active around Appomattox. He received...
Jan 25, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Moses Waddell Dobbins enlisted 24 March 1863 Dobbins enlisted as a private and served in Virginia in the medical corps of the 64th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Company I. My family history states that he was in the medical corps at General Lee’s headquarters and...
Jan 25, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Justinian Evans, age 17, served with Cobbs Legion in Georgia He joined Company B&G as a private, serving as a scout with Stonewall Jackson. He rode a black horse named Bullet. They both were small, fast, and unafraid, and both returned from the war without a...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Senator James Knox Polk of the Georgia Legislature Born 3 Nov 1805, Polk was serving in the GA legislature before, during and after the war. As the family story reads, he moved to Dekalb County GA in 1862, where he purchased the “Old Samuel House” on...
