Oct 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond, Robeson
AUTHOR: James Utley My great-grandmother, Almena McCormick Jernigan, had three brothers–John, Murphy, and Duncan McCormick–who fought in the Civil War. John McCormick, the eldest brother, enlisted in Uvalde, Texas where he was a school teacher (according...
Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Candace Snead Atwood Four of the sons of Robert William Snead and Mary “Polly” Williams Snead of Johnston County, NC served in the Confederate Army: Edward Dudley Snead, MD, Captain; born Jan. 1837; died in July of 1914; buried at Antioch...
Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Submitted by Charles Wesley Starling; Transcribed by Charles Wesley Starling and Cheri Todd Molter Richmond, Virginia June 9, 1864 To Mr. Putnam: Dear Friend, Me and Doc has been thinking a writing to you for sometime though we have not had the opportunity of so doing...
Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg, Moore, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Marsha F. Haithcock Clement Dowd was of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. He was born in Richland Creek of Moore County, N.C., on August 27, 1832. In 1861, Dowd enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving in Company H of the 26th NC Troops (CSA), but...
Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
This piece was submitted to the Fayetteville Observer at an unknown date and resubmitted by Marsha F. Haithcock to the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center on January 25, 2016: Note received from Curtis Older on 12/31/18: “Dear Sir or...
