Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Cost of Fort Fisher Kept rising Gary Spencer of New Hanover County, a Confederate private, lost his life in the struggle for Fort Fisher and control of the North Carolina...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Young Life Cut Short by War, Illness George F. Flowers, Confederate, joined the 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G, at age 17. He was captured on the Cape Fear River on June 25, 1864, and was sent to Fort Monroe, Va., then to Point Lookout Military Prison Camp...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Tar Heel Soldier Died at Infamous New York Prison Robert Ottaway enlisted in the Confederate army as a private at age 17, serving with 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G. He was captured at Fort Fisher and was sent to the Elmira prison camp in New York. He died...
Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Illness Ended the War for a Young Artilleryman George F. Flowers, Private, CSA, joined the 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G, at age 17. George was captured on the Cape Fear River on June 25, 1864, and sent to Fort Monroe, Va. He was then sent to the Point...