by CCW | 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...
by Daniel Starnes | 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...
by Nancy Werking Poling | Mar 2, 2016 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation
A Galvanized Yankee went west A Galvanized Yankee On May 19, 1862, John Henry Smith of Catawba County was mustered into the Confederate army. He was only eighteen years old. Little is known about his experiences as a soldier, only that he was a member of Hoke’s...
