Jul 12, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
Written by James Whitesell; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History Told to me by my Great Uncle Louie Martin: My Great-great-grandfather, John Tyler Martin, signed up with the 21st NC, Company L. J. T. Martin was a 2nd Lieutenant at the time of Gettysburg, and on...
Jul 8, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Surry
Written by Larry Alderman; edited by Cheri Todd Molter An Oral History In 1965, when I was thirteen years old, my great-grandfather, Friel Combs, told front porch stories from his home on Rockford Street in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and I listened to them intently....
Jul 5, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Northampton
Written by Leisa Greathouse; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Although he never attended the United States Military Academy, located in West Point, NY, fifteen-year-old Henry “Harry” King Burgwyn, Jr. was sent to the area by his father to be tutored privately by Captain...
May 27, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter On April 24, 1861, eighteen-year-old Alvin [Alva] G. Britt, a farmer from Robeson County, NC, enlisted in the Confederate army. He served in Company D of the 12th Infantry, NC Troops. Although his military records do not...
May 27, 2024 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Wilson
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter Jesse Sharpe Barnes Jesse Sharpe Barnes was born in 1838 to Elias and Mahala Emma Sharpe Barnes of Edgecombe County, North Carolina. When he was about twelve years old, Jesse and his family moved to a plantation in Wilson...
Apr 29, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, This Month's Featured Story
Submitted by Michael Stroupe; Written, vetted, and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter On Sept. 11, 1861, Emanuel Houser was a 20-year-old farmer of Lincoln County, NC, when he volunteered to serve in the Confederate army for a term of one year. He was mustered into...
