Jul 11, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Cheri Todd Molter In March 1865, D. A. Covington owned two plantations, one in Anson County, North Carolina and another in South Carolina. Covington wrote to the editor of the Western Democrat on March 13, 1865 to complain about Sherman and his men...
Jul 11, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Pitt
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Barwick Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly PCGQ February 9, 2001 “Recites Heroic Incidents of the Civil War Days Daily Reflector, Jan. 4, 1941 An incident of the Civil war in which a Pitt county woman played the part of a heroine in an...
Jul 11, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sherry Winebarger-Reeter (Another post on this site from Ms. Winebarger-Reeter contains a letter from Thomas McDaniel to his wife.)
Jul 11, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Person
SUBMITTED BY: Garland Allen Bartlett Yancey Allen reported to Weldon, NC on June 6, 1861 and joined The Confederate States of America’s 24th Regiment (North Carolina), serving in Company H. Private Allen fought in seventeen battles of the Civil War. In one battle, he...
Jul 11, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
Submitted by Sherry Winebarger-Reeter; Transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter This letter was written by my great-great grandfather, Thomas McDaniel: Original Transcription (exactly as written by McDaniel): October the 12 1864 deer wife I seat my self to rite you a few...
Jul 8, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Johnston
SUBMITTED BY: Pam Barry Here is a story written by my great-grandmother, Julia Telfair Small. Julia was the daughter of Alexander Freeland Telfair and the great niece of Edward Telfair, the governor of Georgia. Julia’s father was a doctor in Smithfield and her...
