Jan 15, 2022 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Harold Clark Davis; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Towards the end of the war, according to a story I read on the internet, my great-great-grandfather, Henderson Davis, had a childhood friend, Alexander Griffin, who fought for the Union and rode...
Jan 15, 2022 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Sarah Foster (edited by Cheri Todd Molter) Editor’s Notes: According to the information shared during T. Pat Matthew’s interview with John C. Becton [his name was misspelled “Bectom” on that record], Mr. Becton was born on October 7, 1862, near...
Dec 10, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Durant Gallup Vick; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Laurie Jones; transcribed by Laurie Jones Joshua Washington Vick became a doctor in Selma, North Carolina, after the war. He owned a drugstore, which he later sold to Lundsford Richardson....
Dec 10, 2021 | Antebellum era, Yancey
AUTHOR: JC Knowles; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Laurie Jones Before 1857, despite Dr. Elisha Mitchell’s earlier research that claimed otherwise, North Carolina’s school children were taught that Mount Washington in New Hampshire was the highest...
Nov 29, 2021 | Breaking News, News
Dear Friends: I hope you have heard the great news that our Civil War & Reconstruction History Center has received a $59.6 million grant from the State of North Carolina! These funds, payable over the next two years, will help create construction documents for the...
