Mar 23, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Soldier Left Reminders of His War Years Daniel J. Allen served the Confederacy in the 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery. Pvt. Allen was captured on Jan. 15, 1865. He was sent to Elmira N.Y., was released, and signed the Oath of Allegiance on Aug. 7, 1865. We have...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Williamsons Risked All for the Confederacy Four Williamson brothers, all in their early 20s, served in the 21st South Carolina Volunteers (Hagood’s Brigade), Co. L. Two of them, a first sergeant and a private, were killed at Fort Fisher during the second battle. The...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Smallpox Killed Elmira POW James McKay Suggs was a private in the Confederate army, serving with the 36th North Carolina, Co. H. James died of smallpox while imprisoned at Elmira, N.Y. NC Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Blog Search the Archives Search for:...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
U.S. Seaman Wounded in Fisher Assault Edward Hilton was born in 1827. As a U.S. Navy seaman, he was assigned to the USS Colorado during the second assault on Fort Fisher. He was wounded in the assault, then transferred to the USS New Hampshire, the USS Home, and the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Junior Reservist Made It Home George Martin Glass, a 2nd lieutenant in the Confederate army, was a member of 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was stationed at Battery Buchanan for a time, finally surrendering in Greensboro. George farmed in Guilford...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Immigrant Served Twice in Wartime John C. Koch, a corporal in the Confederate army, was born in 1842 in Wehldorf, a province of Hanover Germany. It is not known when John arrived in Wilmington, but he enlisted in Company A, 18th North Carolina Infantry, on April 15,...
