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The Day the Yankees Came

SUBMITTED BY:  George E. Vick, Jr. AUTHOR:  Eliza Jackson Casteen These are stories told to me by my Aunt Cattie Parrott as she remembered the Civil War Days at the Jackson house when she was Susan Catherine Jackson, our father’s older sister. There were many more....

Six Sons Served and Six Survived

Six Sons Served and Six Survived Blackledge Harper, my great-great-grandfather, was born on April 20, 1813. He was a farmer from Deep Run, North Carolina. His farm, in excess of a thousand acres, was worked primarily by family members, but when additional help was...

Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen

Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen My great-great-grandfather, James B. Vause, served with the “Lenoir Braves.” He was captured at Hatteras Island and held as a prisoner of war at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, until his release in a prisoner exchange in 1862....

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