Jun 13, 2022 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitter: Earl Sluder; edited by Cheri Todd Molter; vetted by Mark Sisk On Nov. 17, 1863, Felix Sluder enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in Company L of the 58th North Carolina. A few days later, on November 25th, he was captured at the Battle of Missionary...
Sep 29, 2020 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Cynthia “C. C.” Howell Winslow John Wesley Houck [Note: His obituary states his name as “John William Houck.”] was the son of Jacob Houck and Temperance “Tempy” Greer Tatum. He was my great-great-uncle. Born in 1845, he enlisted...
Aug 5, 2020 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Shannon Burton (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) My great-great-great-great-grandfather, George Lee Phillips, born on June 17, 1805, was swept off his horse while attempting to cross the Yadkin River while it was flooding. Phillips was the Sheriff of...
Oct 27, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Christopher Robinson Edited and Vetted by Cheri Molter (Note from Christopher Robinson: There is much information contained in the journal of Francis Marion Wilcox (written in ca 1893) regarding the Civil War period in Ashe County, NC. The author,...
Jul 11, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sherry Winebarger-Reeter (Another post on this site from Ms. Winebarger-Reeter contains a letter from Thomas McDaniel to his wife.)
Jul 11, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
Submitted by Sherry Winebarger-Reeter; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter This letter was written by my great-great grandfather, Thomas McDaniel: Original Transcription (exactly as written by McDaniel): October the 12 1864 deer wife I seat my self to rite you a few...