by CCW | Sep 3, 2020 | Guilford, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: JC Knowles (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On July 23, 1873, a local newspaper announced the opening of a “Normal College for the education of colored teachers” in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school was founded through the motivation...
by CCW | Aug 5, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Rick Pardue (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The Wyrick family’s name was at first spelled “Wirick.” [Both spellings appear in historical records.] It’s a German name that was changed over time; German engravings are present on some of the...
by CCW | Jun 23, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
AUTHOR: George L. Moore (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) What follows is a condensed history of my Great-Grandfather, Robert Mijamin Patterson, who served the Confederacy as an Assistant Surgeon throughout the Civil War. (Click image to enlarge.) Robert...
by CCW | Jun 8, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Emily Whitaker Poetz (Introduction vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter; Manuscript written by Henry Richard McFadyen) My name is Emily Whitaker Poetz and my aunt, Claudia Whitaker, sent me a link to your story submission page and said the History...
by CCW | Feb 7, 2019 | Guilford, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Willa Atkinson My Great-Grandmother Elizabeth Knox Lanigan (1905-2005) preserved the letters that Lyman Beecher Hannaford wrote during his Civil War experience; she had them safely tucked away in a drawer for decades. The letters were given to her by...
by CCW | Nov 13, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Linda D. Gibbs Obituary from the July 11, 1925 Greensboro Record (Greensboro, N.C.): WAR VETERAN IS DEAD NEAR HERE–J.B. Callahan Died Saturday Morning in Stokesdale at Ripe Old Age of 93—J.B. Callahan died at the home of his son, E.O....
