Dec 17, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Davidson
William Moses Loftin walked home after the War William Moses Loftin was at the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. He shook the hand of Gen. Robert E. Lee. His parole paper is still in our family. He walked home from the war. He was a county commissioner in...
Dec 17, 2015 | Alamance, Confederate affiliation
Nelson and Ava Tift volunteered their shipbuilding services to the Confederate Navy Nelson Tift, my great-great-grandfather, was born in Groton, CT on July 23, 1810. In 1826 he moved to Key West, FL with his brother Asa for business exploration ventures. In 1830 he...
Dec 17, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Robeson
Pvt. William Townsend of Robeson County William Townsend was born in 1842 in Robeson County. He was 6 feet, six inches tall and a private in the 18th North Carolina Regiment, 8th Volunteers, Branch and Lane Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After the war he farmed,...
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...
