by CCW | Nov 24, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Lois McPherson, written by D.W.P. (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) James M. Patterson (1837-1868) and Armistead Patterson were the sons of George and Sophia Coble Patterson, and they grew up in Alamance County. Their paternal grandparents were...
by CCW | Nov 20, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Lois McPherson (written by D.W.P.; edited & vetted by Cheri Todd Molter; transcription with modern spelling & punctuation by Cheri Todd Molter) I received this information from my cousin. I’ve attached a letter that my Great-Uncle Oliver...
by CCW | Aug 5, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Jan King (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Thomas Fonville was my great-great-grandmother’s brother, and he was killed on July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. According to his compiled military record, Thomas G. Fonville was a...
by CCW | Aug 5, 2020 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Jan King (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-grandfather was Robert McAdams; his brother, Calvin, died in 1862 at Richmond but from disease rather than from being killed in action. According to his compiled military record, Calvin...
by Bobbi Sullivan | Feb 19, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Thomas E. Grogan, Private, US Army, 162nd New York Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Company E His name was Thomas E. Grogan. At 32 years of age, on the 11th of June 1862, he enlisted in the 162nd NY Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Metropolitan Guard, Company E. He...
by Jack Anderson | Feb 3, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Kinsman died in a D.C. prison My first cousin, five generations removed, was a man by the name of Granville Simpson Holt. He enlisted as a private in Company K of the 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment on June 21, 1861, at age 35. Like many others in the regiment,...
