Aug 9, 2023 | Reconstruction, Wake
Submitted by Stephanie Johnson; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown General Nelson Appleton Miles was born in Massachusetts in 1839. He worked as a store clerk, but when the Civil War started in 1861, he joined the 22nd Massachusetts as a...
Aug 2, 2023 | Cumberland, Reconstruction
Submitted by Edwina Clarkson; written by Ruth Gillis; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown Copies of photographs courtesy of Edwina Clarkson and taken by Dorien Caldwell Edward and Sallie Evans are remembered in Fayetteville, N.C. as educators,...
Jun 21, 2023 | Antebellum era, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Lenoir, Reconstruction
Submitted by Patricia Wooten Loyer; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Edward W. Wooten was born on August 19, 1838, in Columbus County, North Carolina, to Richard Lafayette Wooten and Eliza Jane Wooten. Edward was a twin, and his brother ‘s name...
![“[S]ince we have been marching I think that I have Marched over 1000 miles”: Oliver White’s Oct. 13, 1862 Letter to His Brother, Murdock White](https://nccivilwarcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Since-we-have-been-marching-I-think-that_Thumbanil.png)
Jun 20, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Sandra White Hinton and Cheri Todd Molter; Content notes written by Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription Northern Virginia Oct. 13, 1862 M. White Bro. it has been some time since I wrote to you, or heard from...
Jun 9, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Submitted by Sandra White Hinton: Letter Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter & Sandra White Hinton; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Original Transcription: Near Brandy Station So. side Rappahannock Riv[er] Oct. 22nd, 1863. Murdock White. Dear Bro, I Reckon you think...
