Letters from Thomas J. Young to his father John Young, Jr. for whom Youngsville was named

Sep 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Franklin

SUBMITTED BY:  Ginny Kellum Original post about the Young family Kellum – Letter 1 Kellum – Letter 2 Kellum – Letter from Thomas Jefferson Young to his father John Young

Henry Monroe Brown, Company E of the 5th Regiment, NC Infantry

Sep 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Rowan

SUBMITTED BY:  Michael P. Brown He was a volunteer for the Confederate Army, July 3, 1861, at age 20 in Rowan County. He fought in the Battle of Manassas and Williamsburg before he was taken prisoner in Maryland in 1862. He fell ill in prison. He served as a nurse in...

William Everett Miller

Sep 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Jackson

SUBMITTED BY:  Anne Campbell William Everett Miller’s story “A SHORT SKETCH OF MY LIFE UP TO THE CIVIL WAR, WHEN I WAS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE” (see links to PDFs below): anne campbell anne campbell 2 (2)

Three cousins murdered by Yankees in the Old Albemarle region of North Carolina

Sep 13, 2018 | Chowan, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans

AUTHOR:  Chip Stokes (from his blog) http://blueandgrayancestors.blogspot.com/2013/08/three-cousins-murdered-by-yankees-in.html

Great-grandmother’s family hid in the woods when Sherman’s army came through Sampson Co.

Sep 12, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson

AS TOLD TO MATTHEW SLISIK BY ALAN ELDRIDGE III Audio file 3 minutes 55 seconds

Great great grandfather Charles Wesley Leonard

Sep 12, 2018 | Confederate affiliation

AS TOLD TO MATTHEW SLISIK BY CHARLES WESLEY STARLING Audio file 6 minutes 45 seconds “Poor man from North Carolina, did not own slaves and wasn’t a secessionist, so I think it gives good context of the average man in the fight.” This is a letter he...