Sep 9, 2018 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Katrina Anne Herman Avery Two brothers of my great-grandmother, Susan Young, died while fighting in the Civil War. One was John Young, born in 1843 to Henry and Lavenia Martin Young in Catawba County, NC. At 19 years old, John enlisted in the...
Jul 14, 2016 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation
Soldier’s Life Saved by a Hymn Levi Hefner, my maternal great-grandfather, was a Confederate soldier from Hickory in Catawba County. Levi enlisted in Company C, 28th NC Regiment of the Confederate States Army at the outbreak of the Civil War and fought in the...
Mar 2, 2016 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitted by Nancy Werking Poling; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter On May 19, 1862, eighteen-year-old John Henry Smith of Catawba County was mustered into the Confederate army. John Henry served in Company B of the 54th North Carolina Infantry. On Nov. 7, 1863,...
