Mar 22, 2015 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
The Biggest Killer Wasn’t Battle Absalom Tuten Roe enlisted in the Confederate army in Beaufort County on January 25, 1862. Private Roe was involved in the construction of Fort Fisher. He arrived there on March 29 1862, with Co. B of the 40th Regiment, North...
Dec 26, 2014 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
A Civil War Christmas Story On Christmas Day in 1862, the African American population of Washington, North Carolina organized a Christmas dinner for the Union soldiers and sailors who were stationed in Washington. The dinner was held at unoccupied store in downtown...
Dec 2, 2014 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
Big Bob, The Slave Martyr As a little African American girl, I grew up hearing stories about Big Bob, the slave martyr who gave his life for the U.S. Army and Captain Charles Lyons on a Union vessel off Rodman’s Point near Washington, N.C., March 31, 1863. It...
