Apr 9, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Reconstruction
Written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown On October 22, 1898, Edward Joseph Hale described an event that took place in Fayetteville, NC, in an article he entitled “White Man’s Day,” which he published in his newspaper, The Observer. He estimated that “eight to...
Mar 29, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
Written & transcribed by Charles E. Rich; edited by Cheri Todd Molter On October 2, 1863, Francis Marion Poteet was conscripted into the Confederate army for “three years or the duration of the war.” At that time, he and his wife, Martha Henley Poteet, had nine...
Mar 4, 2024 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation, Orange
Edited by Cheri Todd Molter & Kobe M. Brown The following information was derived from a Civil War Trails historical marker entitled “Occaneechi in the Service: Piedmont Indians in the Civil War”: In 1833, in what is now Alamance County many Occaneechi Indians,...
Dec 7, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Reconstruction
Researched and written by Kobe M. Brown; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Edward Jackson Edwards was born to Hiram and Sara Jane Edwards of Cumberland County, North Carolina. In 1861, Edwards was an 18-year-old farmer who lived near Fayetteville. On June 17, 1861, Edwards...
Nov 27, 2023 | Chatham, Confederate affiliation, This Month's Featured Story, Wake
Researched and written by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown George W. Walters was a farmer who lived in Chatham County, North Carolina, when the war started. In 1862, thirty-three-year-old Walters was conscripted into the Confederate army as a private. He was...
Nov 21, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Union affiliation
Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; Summary written by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Burkhead, History of the Difficulties In 1865, Rev. L. S. Burkhead’s kept a personal account of his experiences and perceptions of events that occurred after he was appointed...
