Sep 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Introduction written by Cheri Todd Molter These are letters written by Levi McCasin to his brother and his wife. He was a husband, father, brother, and soldier who was obviously concerned with how things were being handled...
Sep 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles Lawrence O’Bryan Branch was born at Enfield, North Carolina on November 28, 1820. When he was five years old, his mother died. After her death, he and his father moved to Tennessee where his father then died in 1827. Following his father’s...
Feb 7, 2019 | Guilford, New Hanover, Union affiliation, Wake
Submitted by Willa Atkinson; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter My Great-Grandmother Elizabeth Knox Lanigan (1905-2005) preserved the letters that Lyman Beecher Hannaford wrote during his Civil War experience; she had them safely tucked away in a drawer for decades. The...
Sep 23, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: James M. Joyner (click to enlarge)
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Orange, Wake
AUTHOR: Unknown William Councilman was 1837 in Orange County. He married Lydia Coble on 6 August 1859. He was a private in the 8th North Carolina Regiment, Company I. He enlisted on 5 July 1861 in Alamance County, NC. He was present and accounted for throughout the...
Sep 11, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Wake
AS TOLD TO MATTHEW SLISIK BY: Mark Love Audio file 2 minutes 35 seconds Uriah Parish was a farmer. He lived with his father and family; he was one of 10 children on a farm in Moore Co (now Lee Co). At the time of the war he signed up for Company I, 19th NC, 2nd NC...
