by CCW | Oct 2, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
SUBMITTED BY: Charles Wesley Starling (you can hear Mr. Starling read this letter by searching for “Great great grandfather Charles Wesley Leonard”) Richmond, Virginia – June 9, 1864 To Mr. Putnam: Dear Friend, Me and Doc has been thinking a writing...
by CCW | Sep 21, 2018 | Caldwell, Confederate affiliation, Guilford, Reconstruction
AUTHOR: Marsha Head Goodwin My 3X-Great-Grandfather was Captain Wilson Austin White. He was born Jun 30, 1826 in Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina. He was the son of William Austin White and Rebecca White (surnames were the same, no genealogical connection)....
by CCW | Sep 11, 2018 | Guilford, Not categorized
SUBMITTED BY: James Jarrell I was born in Guilford County. My grandfather was a slave in the Guilford area of Pleasant Garden which is not very far from James Haley’s roots in Alamance County. I did not grow up hearing a lot of stories and related memories of...
by William H. M. Tucker | Dec 17, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Pvt. William Baxter Tucker, Company I, 54th NC Infantry, CSA William Baxter Tucker, great-great-grandfather of William Herbert Martin Tucker, was from Guilford County, North Carolina. He enlisted in Wake County on April 1, 1864. He was wounded at Drewry’s Bluff,...
by Larry Brown | May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Junior Reserve Officer Saw Serious Action Second Lieutenant George M. Glass served in the 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was stationed at Battery Buchanan, then went to Fort Holmes. He fought at Wise’s Forks and then at Bentonville. He...
by Larry Brown | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, Guilford
Junior Reservist Made It Home George Martin Glass, a 2nd lieutenant in the Confederate army, was a member of 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves. He was stationed at Battery Buchanan for a time, finally surrendering in Greensboro. George farmed in Guilford...
