Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Yancey
AUTHOR: Daniel E. Johnson IV (edited by Cheri T. Molter; vetted by Carolina Echeverri and Cheri T. Molter) Click to enlarge the picture above. Please see the full story of Dr. Pyatt at this link: Dr. Eleazor Aaron Pyatt
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Emily Whitaker Poetz (Introduction vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter; Manuscript written by Henry Richard McFadyen) My name is Emily Whitaker Poetz and my aunt, Claudia Whitaker, sent me a link to your story submission page and said the History...
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
AUTHOR: Linda Branch (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Caleb Smith was my great-great-grandfather. He married Elizabeth Braxton (the daughter of Jesse Braxton), and she was the mother of my great-grandfather, Caleb Putnell Smith (called “Put”). Caleb Putnell...
Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton (Introduction researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter; Letter Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Caitlin Crenshaw) Note from Sandra: Here are Lal’s letters. Please do upload them. His handwriting is so neat! All the...
Jun 8, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
It is with great sadness for the families and friends of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor—and for where we are as a state and as a nation—that we at the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center issue this statement. The unjust and...