by CCW | Jul 11, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Cheri Todd Molter In March 1865, D. A. Covington owned two plantations, one in Anson County, North Carolina and another in South Carolina. Covington wrote to the editor of the Western Democrat on March 13, 1865 to complain about Sherman and his men...
by CCW | Apr 15, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (On microfilm at the Hampton B. Allen Library in Wadesboro NC)Reverend Sandy Ingram Born 1841 Died September 6, 1936 – 4th South Carolina Regiment – Services to Thomas J. IngramShadrack Streeater Born 1840’s Died September 20, 1937Michael...
by CCW | Jan 9, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Steve Bailey (Click photo to enlarge) Amos Powell was an African American gentleman who apparently was born in Richmond County NC about 1841. He was a slave of Charles Powell. Amos & Charles Powell both served in the Civil War Company D of the 23rd...
by CCW | Jan 1, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Steve Bailey I surveyed this church cemetery in 1997 and discovered this lonely grave and have always wondered about the soldier. Some of my questions being who erected the headstone? Was it one soldier by the name of Maurice Spradling or was it two soldiers...
by CCW | Dec 8, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey THE CIVIL WAR IN ANSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: ANSON COUNTY CITATIONS FROM THE WAR OF REBELLION VOLUME — Book Title: THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. SERIES 1 –...
by CCW | Nov 7, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Campbell Hagwood AUTHOR: Peter Jones, 1848-1943 “The day the Yankees came into this county was the first day of March in ’65. Me and some of the neighbor’s boys had run away from home. We were too young to join the army, and...
