Apr 22, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Watauga
Written by Terry Harmon; edited by Cheri Todd Molter This ambrotype of John Ward dates between 1861 and 1862. Born circa 1831, Ward was a carpenter from the Sugar Grove/Cove Creek section of Watauga County. He enlisted as a Corporal in Co. E, 37th Regiment, NC...
Apr 15, 2019 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey (On microfilm at the Hampton B. Allen Library in Wadesboro NC)Reverend Sandy Ingram Born 1841 Died September 6, 1936 – 4th South Carolina Regiment – Services to Thomas J. IngramShadrack Streeater Born 1840’s Died September 20, 1937Michael...
Apr 8, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Haywood
SUBMITTED BY: Judith O’Connor Excerpt from a book written by the late Hattie Caldwell Davis, titled “Civil War Letters and Memories from the Great Smokey Mountains.” Copyright 1999 Hattie C. Davis, Second Edition. In the late spring and summer of...
Mar 19, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wilson
AUTHOR: James Marshall Joyner (Click image to enlarge) In 1838, Hilliard and Penninah (spelled “Penina” in some records) Johnston Joyner had a son, William Burton “Burt” Joyner. Burt and his parents resided in the eastern portion of Nash County, which became Wilson...
Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Joseph Franklin and Eliza Moore Stroup had nine children, including two sons—Robert M. Stroup and Peter Lafayette Stroup—who served in the Civil War. In November 1862, Joseph passed...
Mar 12, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On September 11, 1861, nineteen-year-old Rufus Lott Stroup volunteered for the Confederate Army at Buncombe County, North Carolina. For unknown reasons, he enlisted again on May 13, 1862, in the same...
