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Grandmother’s locket

Grandmother’s locket There are no records of when my grandmother was born, but her father was away fighting for the Confederacy. When he received news of her birth, he used that month’s payment to buy a locket inscribed with the date 1864. That was the...

A Deserter’s Story

A Deserter’s Story George Deans (1831-1839), a Wayne County farmer, was a loyal Union man and bitterly opposed to the war between the states. In May 1862 he was conscripted by the Confederate army and taken from his home by about 15 armed men and sent to...

Tried to hide his son from the Draft Board

Tried to hide his son from the Draft Board Daniel Christenberry Kirk, my great-great-great-grandfather, was a farmer on Morrow Mountain along the Pee Dee River. When the war broke out, Daniel’s two oldest sons, James and George, enlisted in the Confederate Army....

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