by Diane Gage | Feb 22, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Oliver Larkin Stringfield Reminiscences of Oliver Larkin Stringfield (1851-1930): “My great-grandfather was a Virginian of Dutch descent, a soldier in the Revolutionary War — married Miss Fellows, of Duplin County, NC. Settled there, raised six children....
by Robert Maffitt | Jan 27, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
John N. Maffitt, 1st Lieutenant in the Confederate Navy John N. Maffitt was born at sea on February 22, 1819. The location was Atlantic Ocean longitude 40W, latitude 50N. This exact position is referenced by Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories, “How the Whale...
by Chris M. Boswell | Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
William H. Conaway of Onslow County, killed in action June 1, 1864 My great great great grandfather, William H. Conaway, resided in Onslow County and worked as a farmer. He enlisted in New Hanover County, Wilmington, NC, on March 3, 1862 at age 36. He mustered in as...
by Janice Lee Miller | Jan 26, 2016 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Amos Lee was a neighborhood tooth-puller Amos Lee lived in the town of Willard in Duplin County. He was a private in the 8th Senior Reserves during the Civil War. After the war, he was a farmer, bridge-builder, and tooth-puller. If anyone had a bad tooth, they would...
by Robert Gilbert | May 7, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Virginian served on land and sea Clarence Cary, Confederate States Navy, was born in March of 1845, the son of Archibald Cary and Monimia Fairfax Cary, grandson of Thomas Fairfax, ninth Lord Fairfax of Cameron. He was a direct descendant of Pocahontas and John Rolfe...
by Suzanne K. McKean | May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Disease, Not Lead, Found This Trooper Joseph W. Boys was a private in the United States Army, serving with the 112th New York. (A regimental history written by a chaplain with the 112th can be found online.) Joseph, a mortician, survived the action at Fort Fisher but...
