Gaynell Canipe, Author at NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction

Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen

Sep 12, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir

Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen My great-great-grandfather, James B. Vause, served with the “Lenoir Braves.” He was captured at Hatteras Island and held as a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, until his release in a prisoner exchange in 1862....

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Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen

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