May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Coming Home Was Hard, Too Private William Peoples, U.S. Army, served in Pennypacker’s Brigade, in the Pennsylvania 203rd Regiment. He was from the part of Pennsylvania where Pennypacker lived. He survived both Fort Fisher and the war, but died at the age of 28...
May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Junior Reserve Officer Saw Serious Action Second Lieutenant George M. Glass served in the 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was stationed at Battery Buchanan, then went to Fort Holmes. He fought at Wise’s Forks and then at Bentonville. He...
Apr 30, 2015 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation
Long Walk Awaited P.O.W. Elihu Weaver, a resident of Ashe County and my great-great-grandfather, enlisted in the Confederate army on July 8, 1862. He was part of the 5th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion that was organized in Jacksboro, Tenn. in the fall of 1862. He...
Apr 27, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
Persistence vs. Sherman’s Army A story tells about General Sherman and his troops coming down Old Stage Road in Wake County through Willow Spring, to the Hugh Rias Blalock homeplace on what is now Highway 42 East. Sherman’s men took mules, horses, wagons...
Apr 16, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson
John C. Fann Family Lost Four Sons John C. Fann and Bythenia Kelly married and raised a large family, including seven sons. Six of their sons were soldiers in the Civil War. Four of them did not come home. James, John, and Owen enlisted in June and August of 1861....
Apr 16, 2015 | Clay, Confederate affiliation
Oldest son lost Clay County was established in February 1861, mostly taken from Cherokee County. Because of the war, it wasn’t fully organized until around 1868. But most of Company B, 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry was made up of Clay County men and was...
