Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rockingham
AUTHOR: Unknown Samuel Thomas Gann was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina in 1824. He grew up running his own farm and had acquired the trade of shoemaker along the way. As the war approached, his age and family kept him at home when many of the young men...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
AUTHOR: Unknown Elijah C. Frazier was listed as a farmer in Granville County, North Carolina and enrolled in the Confederate Army on May 6, 1862. He reported to Camp Mangum on May 30, 1862. He was assigned to Co. K 55 Regiment North Carolina Infantry. He is listed...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Iredell, Northampton
AUTHOR: Unknown With little to his name and no family, Burwell Jackson Moore, born near Danville, Virginia in 1846, decided to join in the war effort. He enlisted in Northampton County, North Carolina on January 6, 1863 as a Private in Company A, 5th NC Cavalry (63rd...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
AUTHOR: Unknown Corporal Finley Thomas Sale was born in 1836 in Wilkes County, NC. Marrying at 21, he would father 4 children before entering into Confederate service. He enlisted July 7, 1862 in Guilford County as a Private in Company D of the 5th NC Cavalry (63rd...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Halifax
AUTHOR: Unknown Alpheus Branch was born 1843 in Halifax County. He was the son of Samuel and Mary Branch. He enlisted in Company I, North Carolina 1st Infantry Regiment on 11 Jul 1861. He was mustered out on 12 Nov 1861. He then enlisted in Company G, North...
Sep 16, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Macon
AUTHOR: Gary Neil Carden When I was a child, I often went with my grandfather, Samuel Arthur Carden, to visit his mother “Aunt Nancy” Gibson Carden, who lived in Cowee, which is ten or twelve miles beyond Franklin, NC. Aunt Nancy (who was nicknamed...
