Sep 11, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
SUBMITTED BY: Pat Garber Hilliard Gains was an African-American Freedman who marched to war with his childhood friend, Sgt-Major Newsom Edward Jenkins, and other members of the Roanoke Minutemen, CSA. I first heard of him in stories told by my mother and uncles....
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Beaufort, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Edgecombe, Nash, Rowan, Union County, Wilkes
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart True to the Tar Heel Confederate Solider Motto: “First, Farthest, Foremost, and Last” Board Member Friends of Elmira Civil War Prison Camp, Elmira, NY. www.elmiraprisoncamp.com, Member Friends of Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, NC,...
Sep 11, 2018 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart Although not a prisoner in Elmira, the story of this Fort Fisher survivor should be told. Pvt. George Washington Benson, Co H, 36th Regiment, 2nd NC Artillery is the last Confederate survivor from Fort Fisher. Pvt. Benson was born 4 Nov...
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart Pvt. Thomas O. Hildreth was a native of Ansonville, Anson County, NC. Thomas was born abt. 1820. Prior to the War Between The States, Thomas had served in the Mexican War. In March 1847, he enlisted to serve in the Mexican War as an...
Sep 11, 2018 | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Submitted by Tom Fagart; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Henry Vines enlisted in the Confederate army on April 30, 1862. He served in Company G of the 36th Regiment, NC Troops. Vines was taken prisoner at Ft. Fisher on January 15, 1865, and...
