Dec 26, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Jason Pearson Andrew Jackson Sisk is my 4th great grandfather, son of Henry Hawkins and Rachel Sisk. I was shocked when I found a distant cousin who had his portrait hanging in her house. The photograph was created c.1905. Not many people can say they can see...
Dec 26, 2018 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
AUTHOR: Dixie Kamplain I am of the direct line from Elijah Pless of Haywood who moved to Ashe County around the time of the Civil War. Although he can’t be found on the war records, all four of his brothers fought for the Confederacy. Including Asbury Glenn...
Dec 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Washington
AUTHOR: Robert Jones This is a crude wooden mallet and tent stake, still having a piece of the original rope. It was left behind by Confederate forces when moving between Washington, NC and Plymouth, NC. It was picked up and put in an antebellum barn, where it...
Dec 14, 2018 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter William Stroup left Lincoln County in the early 1800s and settled in Buncombe County. He married Sarah “Sallie” Earwood and raised a family. They had four sons—Michael, Matthew, William,...
Dec 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Christine Wyatt Stockman Nathan Wyatt, a prosperous agriculturist and stock raiser of Latty Township, and one of its leading citizens, was born November 10, 1844 in Wilkes County, NC. He is a son of David and Amelia (Wingler) Wyatt, the former of whom is a...
Dec 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Dare, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Jones This Battle of Roanoke Island, NC Broadside also features an 1862 Battle engraving, Naval and Army commanders’ engravings, and clipped signatures of General Burnside and Admiral Goldsborough. The first part of the broadside is an order...