Feb 8, 2017 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
A Glimpse into the Life of a Confederate Soldier Based on his Letters Home William Chamberlain Penland was the son of Harvey Monroe Penland and Patience Mahalia Moore Penland of Shooting Creek in Clay County, North Carolina. He joined the Confederate army when he was...
Jan 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Lieutenant D. A. Black Lieutenant D.A. Black was one of the “Carolina Boys” of Company K, 38th Regiment of the North Carolina Troops, under the command of Captain M. McR. McLauchlin. On May 3, 1862, Lieutenant D.A. Black wrote to a friend in North Carolina...
Aug 5, 2016 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
‘Aunt’ Martha Graham: Born Enslaved in Cumberland County According to an undated article from The Fayetteville Observer, at the time of its publication (circa mid to late 1970s), 117-year-old ‘Aunt’ Martha Graham was Cumberland County’s oldest resident. ‘Aunt’ Martha...
Jul 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
On June 2, 1976, in an article titled “Civil War Hanging Recalled” from The Courier-Tribune, Ralph L. Bulla wrote about the death of Randolph County man, Alson G. Allred. Men who were already serving in the Civil War “were angered because Allred supposedly ‘hid out,’”...
Jul 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson
Finding His Way Home: A Soldier’s Move from Virginia to North Carolina Originally from Black Lick, Wythe County, Virginia, William Everett Miller found himself displaced and relocated to a new home in western North Carolina after the Civil War ended. His father—Jacob...
