Sep 12, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Lenoir
Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen My great-great-grandfather, James B. Vause, served with the “Lenoir Braves.” He was captured at Hatteras Island and held as a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, until his release in a prisoner exchange in 1862....
Sep 10, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Granville
Jacob Wagner’s Civil War Jacob Wagner, my great-great-grandfather, was a member of Wiedrich’s New York Light Artillery from Buffalo, NY. He came alone from Germany at age 16 and joined the battery on his 21st birthday. His first battle was Gettysburg,...
Aug 31, 2015 | Antebellum era, Burke, Confederate affiliation
Submitted by Louisa Emmons; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter (Contains both the family’s oral traditions and results of research) John Murphy Walton, son of Col. Thomas George Walton and Eliza Murphy Walton, was born at the family’s home, “Creekside,” in...
Jul 12, 2015 | Burke, Confederate affiliation
Confederate veteran testifies to help Unionist neighbors My great-great-grandfather, Samuel Bowman, was a farmer from Burke County. On October 7, 1861, he joined Captain Thomas G. Walton’s company of volunteers, the Davis Dragoons, a cavalry unit...
Jul 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
Ivey Lee’s Encounter with Yankee Bummers Mr. Ivey Lee’s Encounter With Yankee Bummers The time was the day before the last major battle of the War of Northern Aggression, the “Battle of Bentonville”. Major General William Tecumseh...
Jun 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Gates, Reconstruction
William Paul Roberts, Confederate soldier, legislator, and state auditor, was born in Gates County, the son of John Smith and Jane Gatling Boyt Roberts. He received little formal education other than in local schools a few months out of each year and one year at a...
