The Letters of Charles and George Dellinger, Lincoln County Brothers Who Were Stationed in Wilmington and Missing Home

Feb 12, 2020 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln

Submitted by Michael Stroupe; Introduction and modern transcriptions written by Cheri Todd Molter Charles and George Dellinger were brothers, and their parents were Adam and Anna Faulks Dellinger. They grew up in Lincoln County, North Carolina. The following are the...

Samuel Spake & Harriet Dellinger Spake: “We are still in the land of the living and trying to do the best we can.”

Dec 16, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Gaston, Lincoln, Reconstruction

SUBMITTED BY Mike Stroupe; Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Spake was born June 23, 1821 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He married Harriet R. Dellinger, daughter of Peter Dellinger and Margaret Haines Dellinger, around 1842. According to the 1850 Census, Samuel...

“[H]e will come back to dixey again”: A Letter of Reassurance from a Soldier to his Sister

Oct 27, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation

Submitted by Mike Stroupe; written and transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter (Click photos to enlarge letter) Frederick Washington “Wash” Dellinger wrote this letter to Margaret Dellinger Brown, his sister and the wife of William B. Brown. Wash fought for the Confederacy,...

The Story of William B. Brown: A Confederate Soldier & a Union Soldier, including Transcriptions of a Letter to Margaret, His Wife

Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation

SUBMITTED BY:  Mike Stroupe WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY:  Cheri Molter William B. Brown was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1840. He was a farmer when the war started and twenty-one years old when he enlisted in the Confederate army. On October 25, 1861, he...

Robert M. Stroup and Peter Lafayette Stroup: Brothers Who Died at Point Lookout

Mar 12, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln

Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Joseph Franklin and Eliza Moore Stroup had nine children, including two sons—Robert M. Stroup and Peter Lafayette Stroup—who served in the Civil War. In November 1862, Joseph passed...

Israel Rufus Stroup: Captured, Recaptured, and Survived

Dec 3, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln

Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Israel Rufus Stroup, the son of John D. Stroup, enlisted on the 4th of July 1862 in Lincoln County, NC. At the time, he and his wife, Elizabeth Rudisill Stroup, lived in Stanley Creek...