Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Pitt, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Ringgold Stegall My fourth great-grandfather, John Sampson “Samp” Page, was single, 24 years old, and living with his parents, John and Mary Autry Page of Sampson County, when the war broke out. He enlisted and was assigned on Nov. 4, 1861 to North...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction, Rowan, Union County
Written by Joel Ringgold Stegall; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter By the time the Civil War began in 1861, Great-Granddaddy Thomas Bottom Stegall was already 47 or 48 years old, too old for combat duty. As the war dragged on, and North Carolina began to run out...
Sep 6, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey I was told by my cousin Emma Gathings Goodwin years ago that our ancestor Charles Gathings died in the early 1860’s when he was about 70 years old. When Sherman’s Army marched through Anson County during the time period of March 3rd through...
Sep 6, 2018 | Duplin, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Charles Brown My wife’s great grandfather, Jordan Bennett, was from Duplin County, North Carolina. He is listed in Family Search as being a member of the 8th US Colored Heavy Artillery. He enlisted on Jun 25, 1864 at Paducah, KY as Corporal; he was 20...
Sep 6, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR OF THE PDF AT THE LINK BELOW: Albert Ross Hogue (1873-1978), The History of Fentress County, Tennessee SUBMITTED BY: Mona Vorhees Mehas My Civil War Connection (one of many): I am an amateur genealogist. I retired from teaching in the public schools in 2010,...
