Apr 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Warren
SUBMITTED BY: Jean Finch Inscoe (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The following men were some of my ancestors who served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Ewell Taylor Green and William Alexandria Green were brothers who were born in Virginia but moved...
Apr 10, 2020 | Beaufort, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Pam Barry (story written by Edward F. Small; submission transcribed by Carolina Echeverri; introduction researched & written by Cheri Todd Molter) Pam Barry’s note: Here is the story I told you about, written by my great-grandfather, Edward...
Apr 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
SUBMITTED BY: Jean Finch Inscoe (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) William Finch William S. Finch was born on June 1, 1834. He resided in Granville County, but enlisted in Wake County, N.C., as a Private in the Confederate Army on July 8, 1862. He served in...
Apr 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Warren
SUBMITTED BY: Jean Finch Inscoe (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) Dicey Shearin lived in Warren County and had four children: James O. Shearin, William H. Shearin, John Lindsey Shearin, and Catherine Shearin. All three of her sons fought for the Confederacy...
Apr 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Stanly
WRITTEN BY: Tom Fagart (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On July 12, 1864, 833 Confederate soldiers, many who had been captured during the Battle of Cold Harbor, were loaded onto the steamer Crescent, which was tied up along the dock of the Point Lookout...
Apr 10, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton (researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter; transcribed by Caitlin Crenshaw & Cheri Todd Molter) Lt. Lal White’s Letter to his Father: October 7, 1863 Lallister M. White, or “Lal”, was born in Sampson County, North Carolina. He...
