Jul 20, 2022 | Cumberland, Harnett, Union affiliation
Written by Sarah Stubbs; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Editor’s Note: The story below has been derived from information gathered from William Sharpe’s Civil War Diary, which included his experiences while a soldier on Sherman’s march through Georgia, South...
Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Duplin, Harnett, Not categorized, Reconstruction, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Gerri R. Lugs; written by Elizabeth Catherine Draughon Godwin (transcribed and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following is a transcription of the original submission (click on this link: Incidents in the Life of John Robert Draughon) Incidents in the...
Aug 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
A Tale of Two Men Corporal John Campell Bass was an ancestor on my mother’s side. He joined the war effort in 1864. On March 16, 1865, he fought at Averasboro, North Carolina. A few days later, in the battle of Bentonville, he was killed. In March 1865, Private Troy...
May 18, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Some Lived to Tell the Tale (Source: Contributed by E.W. Smith) Of fifteen children who spent their childhood at the Harnett County house called Lebanon, eight soldier brothers served the Confederacy at one time or another while four surviving sisters did their best...
Apr 24, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Far From Home, at Home (Source: Contributed by Gene Smith) “You would not feel at home tonight if you could step in and see our family circle so small, no one at home except Pa, Sarah, Janie, little Mary and myself,” Bettie Smith wistfully wrote to brother Curtis as...
Nov 19, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Last of the Lot The youngest of my great-grandfather Henry’s seven brothers wasn’t just one of the boys. At fifteen, he was the only boy. That should have been enough to keep him out of service to the Confederacy and, for almost all of the war,...
