Jan 21, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Gettysburg claims a brother Two brothers of my great-grandmother, Susan Young, died while fighting in the Civil War. One was Peter E. Young, who was born in 1834 to Henry and Lavenia Martin Young in Catawba County, North Carolina. Peter enlisted in Burke County on May...
Jan 20, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
William Henry, the third soldier son William Henry Pitts, my great-great-uncle, was born to John Henry and Sarah Lolly Rogers Pitts in 1841 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He joined two other brothers, Conrad and Abel, fighting the war. William enlisted in Company...
Jan 20, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Randolph
Soldier deserted but returned to fight at Bentonville Logan A. Ridge was the great-great-great-grandfather of my wife Flora Jeanette Ridge. He was the original owner of our farm and a member of Company A 10th NC Heavy Artillery. He deserted at the Battle of Savannah,...
Jan 20, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Jones
Union soldiers robbed the Grey family farm Someone came running through the woods to tell my family that the Yankees were coming. We think these were the soldiers who captured New Bern. The whole family–multiple generations–ran through the house and yard,...
Jan 20, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pender
Wiley Moore fought at Fort Fisher Wiley Moore joined the Confederate Army and was sent to Fort Fisher as an artilleryman. When his enlistment ended, he joined the Cavalry and was present when Lee surrendered to Grant. He came home to North Carolina on a poor horse,...
Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Senator James Knox Polk of the Georgia Legislature Born 3 Nov 1805, Polk was serving in the GA legislature before, during and after the war. As the family story reads, he moved to Dekalb County GA in 1862, where he purchased the “Old Samuel House” on...
