Jan 20, 2016 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Thomas Mitchell Evins, 38th Regiment, Georgia Evins was a 1st Lieutenant and served in Texas. He enlisted in 1862 at the age of 42 in the 33rd Texas Cavalry, Duff’s Partisan Rangers, 14th Battalion, Company H. His rank was 1st Lieutenant. When the war was over,...
Jan 19, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Pasquotank
Yankee Raider learned a lesson “When the Union cavalry’s supplies ran short, Captain William Kent and his command foraged the plantations of Major … Bell and James Scott: both of the plantations were on Body Road (southwest of Elizabeth City).”...
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
A Railroad Soldier from Burke County My great-grandfather, John Martin Butler, was born to William Hall and Jane Saphronia Kibler Butler on Dec. 14, 1844 in Burke County, North Carolina. John married Harriett Ann Simpson (1849-1921) in 1869 in Burke County. On Feb....
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
William Hall Butler earned his promotions William Hall Butler, my great-great grandfather, was born July 24, 1825 in Burke County, North Carolina to John and Rachel Butler. Hall Butler married Jane Saphronia Kibler in 1842 in Rutherford County. He and Jane had ten...
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Soldier’s life ended in a Union prison David Carpenter was born to Jonathan and Barbara Kistler Carpenter in Lincoln County, North Carolina, on March 18, 1826. As a private he enlisted in Company I, NC 11th Infantry Regiment (the “Bethel Regiment”)...
Jan 19, 2016 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
One of many who didn’t come home Henry Carpenter, brother to David Carpenter, was born to Jonathan and Barbara Kistler Carpenter in Lincoln County, North Carolina on Aug. 22, 1824. Henry joined the army as a private, enlisting on March, 26, 1863 at age 40 in...
