Mar 23, 2015 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
Soldier Gave Enough, or Had Enough I got this information on James Salter Blount, my great-great-grandfather, through genealogy search. My family did not have any stories. James joined the Confederate army at age 19, mustering in in Beaufort County as a sergeant in...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Then It Became Civilized Six days before his birthday Captain Ezra Lewis Moore, U.S. Army, was detailed to the staff of Joseph C. Abbott. As the battle for Fort Fisher was winding down, Capt. Moore and another officer were walking down towards the Mound Battery when...
Mar 23, 2015 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
Brothers Separated by War John McLaurin lived in Anson County. He was the son of Scottish immigrants Daniel and Nancy Ann (Stewart) McLaurin. John was a farmer. He never married. John joined 3rd Company G, 40th Regiment, North Carolina 3rd Artillery, in 1863 after his...
Mar 23, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
Some Quiet Diplomacy at Elmira Gideon Tyson, a private in the Confederate army, was captured at Fort Fisher. He was sent to the Elmira prison camp in New York, where a guard caught him stealing food in the kitchen area in the middle of the night. Gideon overpowered...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
He Didn’t Lead from Behind Col. Alonzo Alden enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1861 in the 169th New York Volunteers. He served in 29 battles and engagements during the Civil War. He was wounded at Edenton Road on April 24, 1863, at Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864, and...
Mar 23, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
Civil War Veteran Held Civil Offices Daniel James Clark was a captain in the Confederate States Army. He survived both the second battle for Fort Fisher and the war. After the war, he married Jemima Perry. They lived in Rosindale, in Bladen County, where he was a...
