Oct 28, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Miles Abernathy Stroup, the eldest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup and older brother of Daniel Matthew Stroup (to read Daniel’s story, see “Daniel Matthew Stroup and the Claim...
Oct 25, 2018 | Cleveland, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Daniel Matthew Stroup, the youngest son of Christopher “Christy” Stroup, was born in 1844. He lived in White Pine (now Cherryville) in Cleveland County (now Gaston Co.) North Carolina....
Oct 25, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Union affiliation
AUTHORS: Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe Jonas and Rebecca Cloninger Stroup lived in Gaston County, N.C. and had five sons—William Maxwell, Wesley, Cephas C, Johanna, and Rufus—all of whom served in the Confederate Army. The family paid a steep price—three of their sons...
Oct 23, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Duplin
AUTHOR: Donald Reaves Robert Reaves was my 3rd great uncle, the older brother to my 2nd great-grandfather, David Reaves of the Wolfscrape District of Duplin County. David Reaves served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Duplin County Home Guard. Their youngest brother and my...
Oct 18, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Dr. Phoebe Ann Pollitt, RN (Excerpted from Dr. Pollitt’s book African American Hospitals in North Carolina: 39 Institutional Histories, 1880-1967 [pp. 9-12, McFarland Books, 2017]) Civil War Hospitals in North Carolina At the outbreak of the Civil War,...
Oct 17, 2018 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, Mecklenburg, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
AUTHORS: Phoebe Pollitt and Camille Reese Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer Citation: Pollitt, PA & Reese, CN (Spring, 1999). Jane Renwick Smedburg Wilkes: North Carolina Nurse Pioneer. American Association for the History of Nursing...
