Jan 25, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Justinian Evans, age 17, served with Cobbs Legion in Georgia He joined Company B&G as a private, serving as a scout with Stonewall Jackson. He rode a black horse named Bullet. They both were small, fast, and unafraid, and both returned from the war without a...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Senator James Knox Polk of the Georgia Legislature Born 3 Nov 1805, Polk was serving in the GA legislature before, during and after the war. As the family story reads, he moved to Dekalb County GA in 1862, where he purchased the “Old Samuel House” on...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Thomas Mitchell Evins, 38th Regiment, Georgia Evins was a 1st Lieutenant and served in Texas. He enlisted in 1862 at the age of 42 in the 33rd Texas Cavalry, Duff’s Partisan Rangers, 14th Battalion, Company H. His rank was 1st Lieutenant. When the war was over,...
