Feb 7, 2019 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Pitt, Reconstruction
Submitted by Joel Stegall; edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Benjamin Franklin Ringgold is the earliest Ringgold I can positively identify as an ancestor. Most of what I know about him is from his biography written by his daughter-in-law, my grandmother, Jemima...
Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth, Union affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born in Forsyth County, Eugene and Levin J. Stroupe both served in the Confederate Army. Eugene Stroupe was 27 years old when he was conscripted into the CSA on July 8, 1862 in Forsyth...
Feb 7, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On November 9, 1861, John Marshall Stroup, at only seventeen years old, volunteered with the CSA in Buncombe County. The son of Joseph P. Stroup and born in 1844, John was described as...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Rutherford
AUTHOR: Malcolm Peter Hoare Richard McDowell Hord, son of John and Sarah Hord was born 22 November 1833 in Rutherford, North Carolina. Richard was a master carpenter, Justice of the Peace, farmer and veteran of the Confederacy. Richard was married three times and had...
Jan 26, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Richmond
SUBMITTED BY: Steve Bailey Civil War skirmish: Union troops overrun Confederates in Rockingham July 29, 2015 Richmond County Daily Journal First Posted: 2/28/2015 It was 150 years ago on March 7, 1865, that Union Army troops came charging down Sandhill Road (which is...
Jan 26, 2019 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Reconstruction
Submitted by Glenn Land; edited by Cheri Todd Molter On October 11, 1897, in an interview with The Morning Post (of Raleigh, NC.), James Daniel Moore spoke of his experience during the first day’s fighting at Gettysburg. Listed as only 15 years old in the 1860 census,...
