Aug 5, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
A Tribute to a Christopher Gilbert Ray, One of the ‘Carolina Boys’ Born in 1841, Christopher Gilbert Ray was the son of Neill and Ann (Ray) Ray. During the Civil War, Gilbert enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving as one of the ‘Carolina...
Aug 5, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Hoke
Two Gillis Men were “Detailed to work at C.S. Arsenal at Fayetteville, N.C.” Two men, David W. Gillis and John A. Gillis, both from an area of Cumberland County that became Hoke County, enlisted in the Confederate Army to serve for the duration of the war on March 1,...
Aug 5, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Hoke
Neill Angus Ray: A Survivor of Point Lookout Prison Camp On June 1, 1864, seventeen-and-a-half-year-old Neill Angus Ray enlisted in the Confederate Army at Wilmington, North Carolina. According to war records, Ray was five-feet-eight-inches tall and had a fair...
