Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Watauga
My Civil War Ancestor I had three ancestors in the Civil War. This is about one from Watauga county. Benjamin Moody was conscripted/drafted by the Southern side; but after he had been in a few months, he deserted and made his way over into Tennessee, where he joined...
Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Illness Ended the War for a Young Artilleryman George F. Flowers, Private, CSA, joined the 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G, at age 17. George was captured on the Cape Fear River on June 25, 1864, and sent to Fort Monroe, Va. He was then sent to the Point...
Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Reassignment Spared Unit Jacob H. Idol (Eitel) was a private in the Confederate army. At some point, Co. A, 42nd North Carolina Infantry, were guards at the Salisbury prisoner of war camp. Some soldiers voted to go to the “Eastern Theatre” Army of Northern VA and saw...
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...
