Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Born To Fight, He Got His Wish James Reilly, born in Ballydonagh, Ireland, on April 14, 1822, always had a passion to be a soldier. He attained the rank of major in the Confederate army. After the war, Reilly ran ferry boats in...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Private Survived War and Elmira Daniel James Allen, a private in the Confederate Army, enlisted at 18 years of age. He was captured at Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865. He was confined at Elmira, N.Y. and was released after taking the Oath of Allegiance on August 7,...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
From Soldiering to Farming Samuel Jenkins Taylor enlisted in the Confederate army as a private at the age of 38. He survived Fort Fisher, and farmed after the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
Down But Not Out at Fort Fisher Private Charles Montgomery Grimsley, Confederate States Army, was wounded at Fort Fisher December 24‐25, 1864, but survived the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
Drummer Boy Turned His Hand to Farming Neal Alexander Callihan of Bladen County was a Confederate drummer boy at 16. He served in 3rd Company B, 36 Regiment North Carolina Troops, and 2nd Regiment N.C. Artillery. After the war, Neal was a farmer. He lived to an old...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
New Beginning at War’s End Private Richard Dishman of Brooklyn, my great-grandfather, served in the U.S. Army with the 48th New York Infantry Regiment, Company B. He survived both the struggle for Fort Fisher and the Civil War. He was mustered out in Raleigh. He...
