Dec 17, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Pvt. William Baxter Tucker, Company I, 54th NC Infantry, CSA William Baxter Tucker, great-great-grandfather of William Herbert Martin Tucker, was from Guilford County, North Carolina. He enlisted in Wake County on April 1, 1864. He was wounded at Drewry’s Bluff,...
Dec 15, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
50-year-old soldier served with three of his sons John Duckworth Morrison (1813-1892) was my great-great-great-grandfather. He married Fannie Epley (1813-1914) and they had eight children, all born before the beginning of the Civil War and his enlistment. He had four...
Dec 8, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Iredell Cavalry Officer Saw Action My great-great-grandfather, Hugh Caldwell Bennett (14 Dec. 1832 – 3 March 1907), was the son of George Stepto Bennett and Elizabeth Newland Bennett of Iredell County, N.C. He enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 3rd...
Dec 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Hyde
Ancestor served, but had little to say “My great-grandfather was named William Cahoon, but my grams called him Bill. He served in the Confederacy but my dad said he never heard him talk about it. My great-grandmother did receive money for a while after the war,...
Dec 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Hyde
gun found on Hatteras I once knew a man who had a gun he swore was found on the beaches of Hatteras, washed up after the Yankees came through the inlet. I never knew if he was pulling my leg, but he was proud of his...
Dec 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Hyde
A Novelist’s ties to Hyde County Taken from stories written by William Stryon: “I’ve always been surprised by my direct link to the Old South — the South of slavery and the Civil War. Many southerners of my vintage, and even some of those who...
