Nov 14, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Eight Is Enough There are a couple of versions of this story in our family. My grandma’s version was that there were “six sons, all over six feet tall, who went to war and all six came back.” Grandma was never known for understatement, but she missed...
Nov 11, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Harnett
Ancestor literally held the fort I was a resident of Harnett County during my U.S. Army service at Fort Bragg, NC. I now reside in Florence County, S.C. I am a Civil War reenactor and may be found on Facebook at Frank Slemmer. An interesting note is that the first...
Nov 10, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
Little Schoolhouse Wedding My great-grandfather was Needham Outlaw of Duplin and Wayne counties. He was a private in Company I, 66th Regiment of North Carolina Troops. He served as a Confederate nurse and courier between eastern North Carolina and Richmond. It is...
Nov 7, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Franklin
Three Young Brothers of Franklin County John Young, Jr (for whom Youngsville, N.C. was named) had three sons who served in the Civil War. Thomas Jefferson Young enlisted on Sept. 5, 1862 in Wayne County (his residence was Wake County) as a Private, age 20. He served...
Nov 7, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth
Three Days in Maryland, 1862 Captain Chalmers Lanier Glenn of Rockingham County served in Company I, Third North Carolina Regiment. (William Dorsey Pender was his 1st Colonel.) Glenn was killed in the bloodbath at South Mountain on Sept. 14, 1862. Brigadier General...
Oct 16, 2014 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
Horseshoes in the Belfry During the Civil War, Kinstonians began seeking places to hide their valuables. When Rev. JB Webb, the minister of the town’s local Methodist Church and owner of a local factory manufacturing goods for the Confederacy, heard that the...
