by CCW | Aug 14, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Warren
SUBMITTED BY: Judy E. Stainback I grew up on a 300-plus acre tobacco farm in Drewry, Warren County, North Carolina. Part of the farm had belonged to the Hilliards but was later bought by my great-grandfather, George W. Ellington (sometimes I refer to the farm as...
by CCW | Aug 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Rose WRITTEN BY: Jerome Tew “There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.” – William T. Sherman The Ohio State Journal reported General Sherman’s “War is Hell” speech on August 12, 1880. By that...
by CCW | Aug 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Watauga
SUBMITTED BY: Ben Setser David Jesse Farthing, older brother of my great grandfather James King Farthing, enlisted in Company A, North Carolina 6th Cavalry Regiment on 1 Oct 1864. His brother James also joined the 6th Cavalry three months later on Dec 24, 1964. After...
by CCW | Aug 6, 2019 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Ben Setser 7 May 1848 – 17 Apr 1931 (1910 photo)
by CCW | Jul 23, 2019 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Union County
SUBMITTED BY: Ben Setser
by CCW | Jul 23, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Dare, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles In 1901 and 1902, the man some consider “America’s Greatest Radio Pioneer,” Reginald Fessenden, was conducting successful experiments on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. As a young man Reginald Fessenden secured a job as...