by Peter Dewey Burgess | Jun 6, 2016 | Camden, Confederate affiliation
The William Sawyer House at the South Mills Battlefield The following information is from several discussions during 1976-1983 with John Halstead Wilkins Sawyer, son of Edmond M. Sawyer and his second wife, Josephine Wilkins (Forbes) Sawyer. The details were from many...
by Peter Dewey Burgess | Jun 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Gates
William Paul Roberts: The Youngest Confederate General In 1861, 19-year-old William Paul Roberts, a Gates County native, enlisted in Company C, 19th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, which would later be designated 2nd Regiment, NC Calvary. Having served with...