Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Artilleryman Had a Long Walk Home Joseph Haywood Chason, from Lumber Bridge, N.C., volunteered to join the Confederacy for a three-year enlistment in February 1862. He was assigned to Fort Fisher the entire time as an artilleryman, with the rank of private. Joseph was...
Mar 22, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation
New Yorker Wounded Far from Home By: Sharon Butterfield Urgento, Dennis Urgento Charles Larkin enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in September 1862 at Sand Lake, N.Y., at age 22. Charles served in the 169th Regiment, Co. H. A Samuel Larkin, quite likely his...
Mar 14, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Washington
Pennsylvania POW, Battle of Plymouth In his early thirties, Martin Lybarger went to war in the 101st Pennsylvania Veterans Volunteer Infantry, leaving behind a wife and small son. He was among the Union troops captured at the Battle of Plymouth in April of 1864 and...
Mar 2, 2015 | Bertie, Confederate affiliation
The Bowens of Bertie heed the call Frederick Columbus Bowen, born March 6, 1840, was the fourth child, third son, of Jesse and Margaret Bowen. He was born in Bertie County, North Carolina and lived at home with his parents where he learned to farm. He was also taught...
Jan 10, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Craven
A different kind of marriage Great-Great-Granddaddy Frank Civils grew up in the Core Creek area near Asbury and had fallen in love with Mary Jane Riggs. When they decided to get married, their parents refused to allow it. Frank then married Elizabeth Daugherty on...
Dec 26, 2014 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
A Civil War Christmas Story On Christmas Day in 1862, the African American population of Washington, North Carolina organized a Christmas dinner for the Union soldiers and sailors who were stationed in Washington. The dinner was held at unoccupied store in downtown...
