by CCW | Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Carteret, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, New Hanover
+SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart On Christmas Eve, 24 December 1864, the Confederate fortress of Fort Fisher (aka The Gibraltar of The South), located near Wilmington, North Carolina at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, came under attack by Union Naval and Army forces....
by Cheri D. Molter | Jan 2, 2017 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
Lieutenant D. A. Black Lieutenant D.A. Black was one of the “Carolina Boys” of Company K, 38th Regiment of the North Carolina Troops, under the command of Captain M. McR. McLauchlin. On May 3, 1862, Lieutenant D.A. Black wrote to a friend in North Carolina...
by Neill Ray | Aug 5, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland
A Tribute to a Christopher Gilbert Ray, One of the ‘Carolina Boys’ Born in 1841, Christopher Gilbert Ray was the son of Neill and Ann (Ray) Ray. During the Civil War, Gilbert enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving as one of the ‘Carolina...
by Cheri D. Molter | Aug 5, 2016 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
‘Aunt’ Martha Graham: Born Enslaved in Cumberland County According to an undated article from The Fayetteville Observer, at the time of its publication (circa mid to late 1970s), 117-year-old ‘Aunt’ Martha Graham was Cumberland County’s oldest resident. ‘Aunt’ Martha...
by Geneva Jarrell Brown | Jul 27, 2016 | Antebellum era, Cumberland, Randolph
William Stout, born in 1825, was the son of Joseph and Naomi Stout. His father built four-horse wagons, and his mother made the covers for the wagons. The Stouts sold the wagons in Fayetteville for one hundred dollars each. The profits from those sales paid for...
by Richard Ward, Jr. | Dec 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Cumberland, Reconstruction, Robeson
Romance Kindled During Union Occupation of Fayetteville As characteristic of the military presence in the Fayetteville area throughout the years, soldier boys met, fell in love with, and married local girls. This was true not only in the case of my parents, but also...
