Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Person
AUTHOR: Unknown Merrell Rimmer was born to Samuel Richard Rimmer and Elizabeth Blalock Rimmer, of Hurdle Mills, Person County, North Carolina. Merrell enlisted in the 24th Regiment, Co. H, on 1 March 1, 1862 in Person County, North Carolina. Elijah Hasten Rimmer, his...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
AUTHOR: Unknown Samuel Thomas Gann was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1824. He grew up running his own farm and had acquired the trade of shoemaker along the way. As the war approached, his age and family kept him at home when many of the young men...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR: Unknown Elijah C. Frazier was listed as a farmer in Granville County, North Carolina and enrolled in the Confederate Army on May 6, 1862. He reported to Camp Mangum on May 30, 1862. He was assigned to Co. K 55 Regiment North Carolina Infantry. He is listed...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Iredell, Northampton
AUTHOR: Unknown With little to his name and no family, Burwell Jackson Moore, born near Danville, Virginia in 1846, decided to join in the war effort. He enlisted in Northampton County, North Carolina on January 6, 1863 as a Private in Company A, 5th NC Cavalry (63rd...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Unknown Corporal Finley Thomas Sale was born in 1836 in Wilkes County, NC. Marrying at 21, he would father 4 children before entering into Confederate service. He enlisted July 7, 1862 in Guilford County as a Private in Company D of the 5th NC Cavalry (63rd...
