Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wayne
AUTHOR: William Smith My Great-Grandfather, Ben Casey, served in the 3rd NC Heavy Artillery during the Civil War. He was from Indian Springs, NC in Wayne County. He enlisted in 1862 and was stationed at Southport, NC where he served as a boatman – one of a crew...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
AUTHOR: Michael Williams My family still resides on the farm that has been in our family since the 1700s. Near the end of the Civil War, family lore has it that Sherman’s cavalry camped on the farm and in anticipation of its arrival, g-g-grandfather had ledges...
Mar 12, 2019 | Columbus, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Phil Powell My father used to tell me a story about a family member who fought in the Civil War and died while making his way home by freezing to death in the swamp. I always thought the mystery soldier was from the Phillips side of the Powell family, but...
Mar 12, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Orange, Person, Reconstruction
SUBMITTED BY: Brenda Oakes; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter Much has been written about the elusive but intriguing mystery surrounding the parentage of Adnah Campbell Foushee, who was born March 5, 1801, presumably near Bushy Fork near the Double Creek in...
Feb 18, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, McDowell
Submitted by: Sid Stroupe & Mike Stroupe; Written and vetted by: Cheri Todd Molter On June 5, 1861, Moses S. Stroup was a twenty-one-year-old farmer living in Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina, who decided to enlist in the same county he was living in. He...
Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
Submitted by Teresa Saville Matern; Transcriptions by Cheri Todd Molter (Note from submitter: I have several others and when I get the time I will send the information. It’s good history.) Andrew J. Dooling was from Macon County, GA, and he enlisted in the...
