by Susan Hadenchuk | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
U.S. Colored Troops Active at Fort Fisher Franklin K. Larabee, 1st lieutenant, U.S. Army, was born in 1828 in Ashtabula Ohio. In June of 1861 he enlisted for two years in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Franklin re‐enlisted in 1863 as a 2nd lieutenant in the 27th...
by Jerry O'Quinn | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
To War and Back Thomas Hickman lived near Calabash in Brunswick County and enlisted in the Confederate army along with his neighbors and several relatives, including his brother, Henry. Lt. Hickman survived the Fort Fisher battle and imprisonment. He was paroled on...
by Jerry O'Quinn | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Still Plenty of Time To Die Henry Hickman, who lived in the Calabash area in Brunswick County, enlisted in the Confederate army on February 19, 1862, five days after the fall of New Bern. The news of the attacks along the Outer Banks was thought to be the impetus for...
by Charles T. Dunn | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
There’s No Refuge in Wartime Lawrence L. Lancaster moved from Craven County to the Lockwood Folly region of Brunswick County, where he enlisted as a private with Company K, 36th Regiment North Carolina State Troops. Lawrence was captured defending Fort Fisher on...
by Phyllis Moore Buie | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Fort Fisher P.O.W. Went Home and Found Love Solomon R. Ward, a private in the Confederate army, was sent to the Elmira prison camp in New York after the fall of Fort Fisher. He was exchanged on the James River in Virginia on March 14, 1865. He was admitted to the USA...
by Phyllis Moore Buie | Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Soldier Survived War and Smallpox Solomon R. Ward, a private in the Confederate army, was sent to the Elmira prison camp in New York after the fall of Fort Fisher. He was exchanged on the James River in Virginia on March 14, 1865. Solomon was admitted to the USA...
