Jul 23, 2019 | Dare, Reconstruction
Submitted by: JC Knowles; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter Born in Canada in 1866, Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a premiere radio pioneer and considered by many to be the “Father of Voice Radio.” During his life, he unleashed the potential of several concepts...
Dec 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Dare, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Jones This Battle of Roanoke Island, NC Broadside also features an 1862 Battle engraving, Naval and Army commanders’ engravings, and clipped signatures of General Burnside and Admiral Goldsborough. The first part of the broadside is an order...
Oct 23, 2018 | Dare, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Karen Meekins Friel My great-great-grandfather Benjamin Barnes was a civilian living in Kinnakeet, NC (now called Avon) during the Civil War. I believe the Outer Banks were off and on occupied by Union forces during the war. One night Benjamin was walking...
Sep 17, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Dare
AUTHOR: Unknown Orphaned as a young boy, John Thomas Daniels grew up on Roanoke Island where he was born in 1846. Born of salt as his ancestor before him, he took the sea as a small boy and remained there the rest of his life. At the very young age of 15, John...
