Jan 27, 2016 | Brunswick, New Hanover, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
Submitted by Susan Hadenchuk; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Franklin K. Larabee, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was born in 1828 in Ashtabula, Ohio. In June of 1861 he enlisted for two years in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged...
Jan 27, 2016 | Antebellum era, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Reconstruction
Written by Robert Maffitt; edited by Cheri Todd Molter John N. Maffitt was born at sea on February 22, 1819. His parents, Rev. Maffitt and Ann Carnicke Maffitt, were traveling across the Atlantic from Ireland to New York at that time. They eventually settled in...
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...
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...
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...
May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Coming Home Was Hard, Too Private William Peoples, U.S. Army, served in Pennypacker’s Brigade, in the Pennsylvania 203rd Regiment. He was from the part of Pennsylvania where Pennypacker lived. He survived both Fort Fisher and the war, but died at the age of 28...
