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Samuel Bright: A Private in the U.S. Colored Troops

Dec 6, 2023 | Currituck, Reconstruction, Union affiliation

Submitted by Richard Saunders; Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Bright of Currituck County, North Carolina, was a farmer, husband, and father who served in the U.S. Colored Troops and made the greatest sacrifice possible to preserve the union and...

Three cousins murdered by Yankees in the Old Albemarle region of North Carolina

Sep 13, 2018 | Chowan, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans

AUTHOR: Chip Stokes (from his blog) http://blueandgrayancestors.blogspot.com/2013/08/three-cousins-murdered-by-yankees-in.html

Little known facts on Tar Heel Confederate soldiers in Elmira, NY

Sep 11, 2018 | Anson, Beaufort, Columbus, Confederate affiliation, Currituck, Edgecombe, Nash, Rowan, Union County, Wilkes

SUBMITTED BY: Tom Fagart True to the Tar Heel Confederate Solider Motto: “First, Farthest, Foremost, and Last” Board Member Friends of Elmira Civil War Prison Camp, Elmira, NY. www.elmiraprisoncamp.com, Member Friends of Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, NC,...

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