Sep 11, 2018 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart Although not a prisoner in Elmira, the story of this Fort Fisher survivor should be told. Pvt. George Washington Benson, Co H, 36th Regiment, 2nd NC Artillery is the last Confederate survivor from Fort Fisher. Pvt. Benson was born 4 Nov...
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Confederate affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart Pvt. Thomas O. Hildreth was a native of Ansonville, Anson County, NC. Thomas was born abt. 1820. Prior to the War Between The States, Thomas had served in the Mexican War. In March 1847, he enlisted to serve in the Mexican War as an...
Sep 11, 2018 | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Submitted by Tom Fagart; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe M. Brown Henry Vines enlisted in the Confederate army on April 30, 1862. He served in Company G of the 36th Regiment, NC Troops. Vines was taken prisoner at Ft. Fisher on January 15, 1865, and...
Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Carteret, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover
+SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1864, the Confederate fortress of Fort Fisher (aka The Gibraltar of The South), located near Wilmington, North Carolina at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, came under attack by Union Naval and Army forces....
Sep 11, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Stanly
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart This is the story of Franklin and William Cauble, the only sons of Joseph and Nancy Hudson Cauble of Albemarle, Stanly County, NC I am sure that when Franklin Cauble of Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina was earning his living driving a...
Sep 11, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Wake
AS TOLD TO MATTHEW SLISIK BY: Mark Love Audio file 2 minutes 35 seconds Uriah Parish was a farmer. He lived with his father and family; he was one of 10 children on a farm in Moore Co (now Lee Co). At the time of the war he signed up for Company I, 19th NC, 2nd NC...
