Nov 25, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Stanly
AUTHOR: John Stevens Evin Smith was born in Smith’s District, Stanly County, North Carolina about 1836. In the 1860 Census, he was living with his father working on the family farm with personal property valued at $140. In March 1861, Evin married Lucy Page from...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Maffitt; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown At Wilmington, there were many Southern merchant ships that ran the Northern blockade during the Civil War. One of the most successful Captains was John Newland Maffitt, who was...
Sep 11, 2018 | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Submitted by Tom Fagart; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Henry Vines enlisted in the Confederate army on April 30, 1862. He served in Company G of the 36th Regiment, NC Troops. Vines was taken prisoner at Ft. Fisher on January 15, 1865, and...
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Carteret, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover
+SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1864, the Confederate fortress of Fort Fisher (aka The Gibraltar of The South), located near Wilmington, North Carolina at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, came under attack by Union Naval and Army forces....
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Pitt, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Ringgold Stegall My fourth great-grandfather, John Sampson “Samp” Page, was single, 24 years old, and living with his parents, John and Mary Autry Page of Sampson County, when the war broke out. He enlisted and was assigned on Nov. 4, 1861 to North...
Feb 19, 2016 | New Hanover, Union affiliation
Written by Bobbi Sullivan; vetted by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter At 32 years of age, on the 11th of June, 1862, Thomas E. Grogan enlisted as a private in the 162nd NY Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Metropolitan Guard, Company E. Thomas was my...
