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...
Apr 14, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
A Rough Knock on A Capitol Door In the 1960’s I would often go with my father, G. H. (Jerry) Elliott, then the Press Secretary to Governor Dan K. Moore, to his office in the Capitol in Raleigh. I would always stop to look at one of the first-floor doors which,...
Apr 14, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Wilkes
Great-Great-Grandfather Found About 1990, I visited my great-aunt, Elsie Foster. Since she was the oldest living relative, I asked her about our family. She told me that her grandfather died in the Civil War, and that she and a sister (Sylvania, who had moved to...
Apr 14, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Johnston
Shot in the Head at Gettysburg My great-grandfather, John Bowden Hood, joined the Confederate army in Sampson County on Sept. 9, 1861. He was sent to the coast defense at Fort Fisher. Later, he was transferred to Stonewall Jackson’s brigade and became part of...
