Jul 12, 2024 | Reconstruction, Robeson
Submitted by Amy Sinclair Dahm; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On January 29, 1866, less than a year after the war ended, Rev. James Sinclair spoke before a Congressional committee. Rev. Sinclair was a Scottish minister who had been living in...
Jul 12, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
Written by James Whitesell; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History Told to me by my Great Uncle Louie Martin: My Great-great-grandfather, John Tyler Martin, signed up with the 21st NC, Company L. J. T. Martin was a 2nd Lieutenant at the time of Gettysburg, and on...
Jul 8, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
Written by Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History In 1965, when I was thirteen years old, my great-grandfather, Friel Combs, told front porch stories from his home on Rockford Street in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and I listened to them intently....
Jul 5, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Northampton
Written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Although he never attended the United States Military Academy, located in West Point, NY, fifteen-year-old Henry “Harry” King Burgwyn, Jr. was sent to the area by his father to be tutored privately by Captain...
May 27, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter On April 24, 1861, eighteen-year-old Alvin [Alva] G. Britt, a farmer from Robeson County, NC, enlisted in the Confederate army. He served in Company D of the 12th Infantry, NC Troops. Although his military records do not...
