Jan 25, 2016 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Brigadier General William Henry Sebring William Henry Sebring was born December 25, 1840 in St. Louis, MO. His early years were spent on a farm before he enrolled in an academy in St. Louis. At 18 years of age he became a resident of Memphis, TN where he read law...
Jan 22, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Wilkes County native fought, then made it home My paternal great-grandmother, Eliza Jane Lail, had a brother named Liler Monroe Lail. Monroe was born about 1843 in Wilkes County, North Carolina to Cynthia and Daniel Lail. At age 18, Monroe was working as a farmer in...
Jan 21, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Martin
The Hidden Confederate My great-aunt, Julia Haughton Bryan, recounted how during the War Between the States a female family member was asked to hide a Confederate from the Yankees in her house. The lady rolled the young man up in a rug and stuffed him under a bed....
Jan 21, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Benjamin Franklin as a “Doc” On March 1, 1863, at age 36, my great-great-great-uncle, Benjamin Franklin Earney (Arney) enlisted in Burke County, North Carolina as a private in Company K, N.C. 35th Infantry Regiment. This company was known as the “Burke...
Jan 21, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Gettysburg claims a brother Two brothers of my great-grandmother, Susan Young, died while fighting in the Civil War. One was Peter E. Young, who was born in 1834 to Henry and Lavenia Martin Young in Catawba County, North Carolina. Peter enlisted in Burke County on May...
Jan 20, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
William Henry, the third soldier son William Henry Pitts, my great-great-uncle, was born to John Henry and Sarah Lolly Rogers Pitts in 1841 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He joined two other brothers, Conrad and Abel, fighting the war. William enlisted in Company...
