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Confederate Mallet and Tent Stake found between Plymouth and Washington, NC
AUTHOR: Robert Jones This is a crude wooden mallet and tent stake, still having a piece of the original rope. It was left behind by Confederate forces when moving between Washington, NC and Plymouth, NC. It was picked up and put in an antebellum barn, where it...
Four Brothers Fight for the Confederacy: Mike, Matthew, William, and James Stroup
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe William Stroup left Lincoln County in the early 1800s and settled in Buncombe County. He married Sarah “Sallie” Earwood and raised a family. They had four sons—Michael, Matthew, William, and James. All of William and Sallie’s sons either...
The Story of my Great-Grandfather, Nathan Wyatt
AUTHOR: Christine Wyatt Stockman Nathan Wyatt, a prosperous agriculturist and stock raiser of Latty Township, and one of its leading citizens, was born November 10, 1844 in Wilkes County, NC. He is a son of David and Amelia (Wingler) Wyatt, the former of whom is a...
1862 Field-press broadside on the Battle of Roanoke Island
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Jones This Battle of Roanoke Island, NC Broadside also features an 1862 Battle engraving, Naval and Army commanders’ engravings, and clipped signatures of General Burnside and Admiral Goldsborough. The first part of the broadside is an order...
Anson County, NC during the Civil War
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey THE CIVIL WAR IN ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: ANSON COUNTY CITATIONS FROM THE WAR OF REBELLION VOLUME -- Book Title: THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. SERIES 1 - VOLUME 47...
“Return to the Tented Field”
SUBMITTED BY: Glenn Land Written by my 4 x 1st cousin Thomas Charles Land of Wilkes County, NC. Thomas began the war a Private in Company B 1st NC Infantry (The Wilkes Valley Guards). He was seriously wounded at Malvern Hill July 1,1862. While furloughed home he was...
The Ringing of the Bells
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone The warm sunshine and the serene view beckoned me to my mother's front porch this afternoon. As I rocked gently in a rocker, she slowly made her way, shuffling behind her walker, to join me. We sat there silently, enjoying the warmth and the...
Keep the Banner Wavin’
AUTHOR: Daniel E. Johnson, IV Click on this link to read Mr. Johnson's book: Keep-the-Banner-Wavin-RIGHT-FORMAT Click on the images below to enlarge...
Emily Thornton, Child of the Civil War
AUTHOR: Gail Sasser Hopkins Emily Thornton-Rhodes was born in 1862. Her father Samuel I Thornton joined in the Southern cause while Ava Hestor Raynor his wife took care of 6 of the 10 children born before and during the war. They lived in Sampson County before and...
Ike McGaha
AUTHOR: Tim Pruitt Isaac Burleson “Ike” McGaha ca. 1833-1919 A longtime resident of the “lawless” Big Bend region of Cataloochee, Haywood County (Hicks Cove area), Ike was a farmer and sometime moonshine maker like most. He was noted for his long red chin beard and...
The Man Who Was Hanged for Treason
AUTHOR: Donna J. Hart On February 10, 1864, William Hardy Daugherty was one of 13 men hanged in Kinston, North Carolina, having been convicted of treason against the Confederacy. Watching the executions were their wives, neighbors, friends, and even former comrades...
Corporal David Land, Company I 13th NC Infantry
AUTHOR: Glenn Land I trace my paternal roots to my 5 x great-grandparents, Thomas Land and Ann Sumter of Wilkes County, NC. One of their several great-grandsons and Civil War Veterans was my 2 x great-grandfather, David Land. David was last counted in the 1900 census...
“Yep, Our Youngins’ Turned Out Right Well, Didn’t They?”
SUBMITTED BY: Dean Rathbone A message of hope and peace. I never knew my great grandparents, Anderson and Bette Kirkpatrick Ledford, but I feel like I did. They lived with my Granny Hattie and Grandpa Charlie after Granny Bette had her stroke. My Mom still talks...
The Gander by the Red Lantern
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone Note: This story is by no means filthy or obscene, but it is a boisterous story that was shared by soldiers around the campfire during the Civil War. Granny's cousin, Jim Kirkpatrick, told me this story about my great great grandpa, Jasper...
Leave It Be
AUTHOR: Dean Rathbone I always wondered why everyone lowered their voices when they spoke of Will Rathbone, and whispered about what he did during that "bad ole war." I'd try to get closer so that I could hear, but Granny would gently push me away and say, "Just...
A Unique Man, A Unique Confederate, A Unique Life
AUTHOR: Glenn Land In 1850, Thomas Bethune Tyson of Carthage, Moore County, North Carolina purchased a combination, wagon/wheelwright repair shop, from Isaac Sewell. In 1856, Thomas B. Tyson, and landowner Alexander Kelly, formed a partnership to run the wheelwright...
Israel Rufus Stroup: Captured, Recaptured, and Survived
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Israel Rufus Stroup, the son of John D. Stroup, enlisted on the 4th of July 1862 in Lincoln County, NC. At the time, he and his wife, Elizabeth Rudisill Stroup, lived in Stanley Creek and had three small children. In Israel’s military records,...
Lt. Col. George Hayes
AUTHOR: Joe Franklin Grandfather Hayes was originally in the Union Army & escorted the Cherokee tribe on the journey to Oklahoma (the Trail Of Tears) I read some of his letters & accounts which he said was a horrible experience. When the war began he served in the...
If he had not been captured …
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 Locust...
Chasing my tail (Tale) around the family tree
AUTHOR: Tom Bailey I knew my dad and he knew his. It got a bit iffy when I started chasing the 'Rest of The Story.' I had problems locating documentation for my GF's birth, among other things. Then, I located his birth record, Lafayette Burl Smith (Not Bailey as is...
Hosea Holcombe Stroup, 1829-1864
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe On May 8, 1863, Hosea Holcombe Stroup, the thirty-five-year-old son of Moses Stroup (1796-1877) and husband of Nancy Crutchfield Stroup, was conscripted into service in Lincolnton, North Carolina. He served the as a Private in Company H, 52nd...
William Alexander Snead: A Confederate Soldier
SUBMITTED BY: William Snead "Mr. W.A. Snead passed away on Jan 6, 1919,at the home of Mr. M.F. Pratt. Pneumonia was the cause of his death. His sickness was of short duration. He left a family of six children- three sons and three daughters: R.L. Snead of Reidsville,...
“War Veteran is dead near here”
SUBMITTED BY: Linda D. Gibbs Obituary from the July 11, 1925 Greensboro Record (Greensboro, N.C.): WAR VETERAN IS DEAD NEAR HERE--J.B. Callahan Died Saturday Morning in Stokesdale at Ripe Old Age of 93---J.B. Callahan died at the home of his son, E.O. Callahan at...
Jim Tucker, Jr.
AUTHOR: Jim Tucker James [ Jim ] Milas Tucker, Jr. His occupation was Wagon Maker & farmer. He served in the Civil War in the Confederate Army-Co. F-44th Regt. and enlisted at the age of 30 on 3/1/1862. He was present & accounted for until he was paroled at...
Peter Jones’ eyewitness account of Sherman’s March through Anson County
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Campbell Hagwood AUTHOR: Peter Jones, 1848-1943 "The day the Yankees came into this county was the first day of March in '65. Me and some of the neighbor's boys had run away from home. We were too young to join the army, and that day we went...
Eyewitness Account of Sherman’s March Through Anson County, NC, March 3-5, 1865
TRANSCRIBED AND SUBMITTED BY: Steve Campbell Hagwood [This is an eyewitness account by Charlotte Bennett[i], daughter of Lemuel D. Bennett, of the events in Anson County, NC on March 3-5, 1865. Charlotte would have been 15 at the time this occurred and this account...
Private Alvis C. Webb
SUBMITTED BY: Linda Webb Franklin Alvis Cornelius Webb was born in 1836 in Wentworth, North Carolina, the son of John and Elizabeth. On July 25, 1857, he married Chaney Ann Victoria Carter. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on February 27, 1862 in Rockingham...
Message from a Union soldier in an 1865 Sabbath School Journal
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes From Mr. Grimes: "I've attached a page from Centenary United Methodist Church's 1865 Sabbath School Journal where a Union soldier wrote in it while Sherman's army was in Smithfield after the Battle of Bentonville. Also added a typewritten...
10-year-old girl who crawled past Sherman’s lines sees the Civil War again — this time in a safer way
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes AUTHOR: Thad G. Stem, Jr. Click on the link to the right for the story >> Bentonville Civil War- Dora Hood Kirkman Memories - Durham Herald...
David Stroup, Jr., 1841-1862
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe In July 1860, David Stroup was 18 years old and was a “farm laborer” who was living with the Henry McClure family in the Spring Hill Forge Post Office District of Lincoln County, NC. He had been born in Lincoln County, but after David’s father...
John Bowden Hood’s Civil War Service and Story of Gettysburg
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes John Bowden Hood, second son of Robert T. and Dicy Hood, was born in Wayne County, North Carolina, on April 1, 1843. At an early age he moved with the family into Bentonville Township, Johnston County, and here grew to manhood. Scarcely...
Dora Hood Kirkman Remembers The Battle of Bentonville
SUBMITTED BY: Warren Grimes The link below is a reprint of story from 1927 Smithfield Herald. Dora Hood Kirkman was my great-great-aunt. There is also a reprint from a 1945 Durham Herald Sun - will send that in a separate upload. Click on the link to the right >>...
Daniel S. Stroup [1843-1927] and Jasper Stoe Stroup [1846-1922]: Two Brothers who Left NC after the War
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe (click image to enlarge) The sons of Jacob Cephus Stroup, Daniel “Dane” and Jasper, both resided in White Pine [now Cherryville] in Gaston County, N.C, and they both fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. Daniel S. (Dane) Stroup,...
The Sawyer Family of Tyrrell County
AUTHOR: Kim West-Devlin Samuel Sawyer and his brother Charles were in the 32nd North Carolina regiment under Pettigrew. My line is Samuel. He and his brothers' names are on the Confederate monument in Columbia. Charles was taken prisoner and put in Elmira prison in...
James Archibald Holt
AUTHOR: Robin D. Holt James Archibald Holt, Company G, North Carolina 6th Infantry Regiment, enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America on May 29, 1861 at Charlotte, NC. Discharged on September 8, 1862. This was the only information the family ever...
Miles Abernathy Stroup [1837-1891]: A Confederate Veteran who became a Doctor
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Miles Abernathy Stroup, the eldest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup and older brother of Daniel Matthew Stroup (to read Daniel’s story, see “Daniel Matthew Stroup and the Claim against the Confederate Government”), lived in White Pine [now...
Daniel Matthew Stroup and the Claim against the Confederate Government
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Daniel Matthew Stroup, the youngest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup, was born in 1844. He lived in White Pine (now Cherryville) in Cleveland County (now Gaston Co.) North Carolina. On October 25, 1861, Daniel Matthew enlisted in Cleveland...
Maxwell, Wesley, Cephas, Johanna, and Rufus Stroup: Only Two of these Five Brothers Survived the War
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Jonas and Rebecca Cloninger Stroup lived in Gaston County, N.C. and had five sons—William Maxwell, Wesley, Cephas C, Johanna, and Rufus—all of whom served in the Confederate Army. The family paid a steep price—three of their sons died during...
The Reaves Family of Duplin County Campaign During The Civil War: The Toll and Tragedy on Robert Reaves Family
AUTHOR: Donald Reaves Robert Reaves was my 3rd great uncle and older brother to my 2nd great grandfather, David Reaves of Wolfscrape District of Duplin County. David Reaves served as a 1st Lieutenant in Duplin County Home Guard. Their youngest brother and my 3rd...
Halt! Who goes there?
AUTHOR: Karen Meekins Friel My great-great-grandfather Benjamin Barnes was a civilian living in Kinnakeet, NC (now called Avon) during the Civil War. I believe the Outer Banks were off and on occupied by Union forces during the war. One night Benjamin was walking...
Civil War Hospitals and Freedmen’s Bureau Hospitals in North Carolina
AUTHOR: Dr. Phoebe Ann Pollitt, RN (Excerpted from Dr. Pollitt's book African American Hospitals in North Carolina: 39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967 [pp. 9-12, McFarland Books, 2017]) Civil War Hospitals in North Carolina At the outbreak of the Civil War, in the...
Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes – Confederate nurse, founder of the first general hospital in NC
AUTHORS: Phoebe Pollitt and Camille Reese Jane Renwick Smedbury Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer Citation: Pollitt, PA & Reese, CN (Spring, 1999). Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer. American Association for the History of Nursing Bulletin...
Nursing in NC during the Civil War (this includes Confederate and Union nurses as well as hometown Wayside Hospitals nurses who could have been apolitical)
SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Phoebe Ann Pollitt, RN AUTHORS: Camille Reese and Phoebe Pollitt Here is an article Camille Reese and I wrote that was published in the magazine "Confederate Veteran" in 2002. There is no copyright, and [it] has been online in my website...
The life of my paternal second great-grandfather Oliver McCourry, 1843-1919
AUTHOR: Cynthia McCurry Putman Oliver and Mary Polly Tucker McCourry (click to enlarge) My second great grandfather was named Oliver McCourry. He was the grandson of Malcolm McCourry, who was in the American Revolution. Oliver was born around 1843 to Malcolm McCourry...
The Joyner Brothers of Nash County: The Stories of Little Berry, Burrell, Ira, Nathan, David, Jonas, and George Washington Joyner
AUTHOR: Randy Vester I have my 2nd Great Grandfather’s—George Washington Joyner’s—picture (attached). He was the youngest son of Nathan Thomas Joyner and Amy Land Joyner of Nash County, N.C. There were seven boys—Little Berry, Burrell Hildsman, Ira Ellis, Nathan...
Barnabas: AWOL, but honest
AUTHOR: Vickie Kutscher My Great-Grandfather is Barnabas ("Barney" or "BB") Calhoun. Barnabas Calhoun was probably born in Ashe County, North Carolina. He is buried in the Fork Mountain Cemetery just outside of Newland, North Carolina. Here are the details we have...
My 3rd Great grandfather: A Confederate Centenarian (Confederate Veteran Magazine – September 1930, page 339)
SUBMITTED BY: Gary White The words of David Franklin Aman: “Many years ago, after a great storm on the coast, beachcombers found a little boy among the wreckage washed ashore. One exclaimed “It’s a man!" He was cared for and called Philip Aman from that day. He was...
My grandfather, Joe Cosby
AUTHOR: Patrika Cos My grandfather Joe Cosby was born in 1852 as a slave in North Carolina. He was born to Joe Cosby. [The name of his] mother is unknown. Joe Cosby was only 13 yrs old when the Civil War was over. He was eventually appointed as one of Penelope Cox's...
Our Women in the War
SUBMITTED BY: Alan M. Stubbs: "This is an article published in a Wilmington, NC newspaper around 1900 by my great grandmother’s cousin." [History Center cannot locate the newspaper name or date. Her remembrance can be found as a historical essay on the website of the...
Alfred J. Stroup: “[P]ermitted to proceed to and remain within any of the Loyal States”
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Alfred J. Stroup was conscripted into the Confederate States Army in McDowell County, N.C. at the age of 25 in March of 1863. He was a private in Company K & Company L, 22nd Infantry Regiment, North Carolina. For unknown reasons, Alfred...
Alfred A. Stroup and the Confederate Steamer C.S.S. Virginia
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Alfred A. Stroup (1842-?), the son of Joseph P. Stroup, was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina but moved by 1860 to the Stroup homelands in what was then Gaston County. Alfred enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army on April 26,...
The Stroup Family Fights for the Confederacy: Albert Abner “Ab” Stroup and his sons Christopher “Columbus” Stroup & Joseph Jason “J.J.” Stroup
AUTHOR: Michael Stroupe Research conducted in 2010 and 2011 reveals that at least 75 males carrying the Stroup surname --- all direct descendants of Jacob Stroup—served with the Confederate Army, representing five southern states: North and South Carolina, Georgia,...
Old Retainer Lives on Memories of the Past
SUBMITTED BY: George E. Vick, Jr. THE LENOIR COUNTY NEWS, Wednesday, March 22, 1950 Old Retainer Lives on Memories of the Past: Born in Slavery, Ike Davis Now Served By Those He Helped Rear By Fred Whitaker In the white-painted, oldest little house on the Simon...
The Day the Yankees Came
SUBMITTED BY: George E. Vick, Jr. AUTHOR: Eliza Jackson Casteen These are stories told to me by my Aunt Cattie Parrott as she remembered the Civil War Days at the Jackson house when she was Susan Catherine Jackson, our father’s older sister. There were many more. -...
One Family, Two Sides: The Stories of Van Buren White and his brother-in-law Frazier Hoggard
SUBMITTED BY: Richard S. White, Great-Great-Grandson of Van Buren White Van Buren White, son of John “Jackey” White and Frances Hoggard, was born in 1840 in White’s District on Pine Ridge Road, Bertie County, North Carolina. They were farmers, and John “Jackey” had...
The Life and Times of Jesse Harris
SUBMITTED BY: Penny F. Maynard See the story of Jesse Harris at this link: Jesse-Harris The language from his will is below: From Microfilm at North Carolina State Archives (WB-A/171) Will of Jesse C. Harris 1863 Caldwell County, NC State of North Carolina, Caldwell...
Wilburn Campbell’s history including time served in the Civil War
SUBMITTED BY: Judith A. O'Connor Credited to Hattie Caldwell Davis book titled "Maggie Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains Historic Homes and Early Pioneers 1787-1934." Click to...
Wilburn Campbell’s Love Letter to Martha Jane Plott
SUBMITTED BY: Judith A. O'Connor (click to...
Letter From Roland Caloway Osborne to His Father Ephraim Osborne
SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia Plott-Duke In the 1970's, we were researching the Plott and Osborn histories in Haywood County, North Carolina. Part of our research included visiting with Hubert and Nannie Campbell-Plott. During one of the visits, Nannie showed us a written...
The Civil War Letters of W. D. Carr of Duplin County, North Carolina
SUBMITTED BY: Leon (Sonny) Sikes COMPILED AND EDITED BY: Robert and Elsie J. Aycock Note from the History Center: The letters at the link below were photocopied and put into PDF form from the booklet, "The Civil War Letters of W. D. Carr of Duplin County, North...
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Fayetteville, NC 28305