by James B. Freeman | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Union Soldier Took Up Fallen Colors at Fort Fisher Private William Henry Freeman, U.S. Army, was the orderly of Col. Alonzo Alden, Commander of the 169th New York Regiment. In the January 15 battle for Fort Fisher, the standard bearer was seriously wounded and dropped...
by Linda Lashey | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Prison Claimed Another Fort Fisher Veteran Private Henry Anderson, Confederate States Army, served in Company D, 40th Regiment, 3rd NC Artillery. He was captured at Fort Fisher and taken to the prison at Elmira, N.Y. Henry was released July 19, 1865, but died that...
by Mary Steele Scudder | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Born To Fight, He Got His Wish James Reilly, born in Ballydonagh, Ireland, on April 14, 1822, always had a passion to be a soldier. He attained the rank of major in the Confederate army. After the war, Reilly ran ferry boats in Wilmington. NC Civil War and...
by Leon Edward Hickmon | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Small Party Made a Big Haul Private Kendrick Sunday Outlaw, Confederate army, was stationed at Fort Fisher with the North Carolina 2nd Light Artillery. He was captured on the Cape Fear River on June 25, 1864, by Lt. William B. Cushing, USN, and sent to Point Lookout,...
by Robert Martin | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
New Yorker Came South To Fight Florence Martin was born on May 15, 1836 in New York. His parents, Nicholas and Ava, had immigrated to the United States from France in the 1830s. Florence volunteered and enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in August, 1862, in Rome...
by Dale Coleman Spencer | Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Cost of Fort Fisher Kept rising Gary Spencer of New Hanover County, a Confederate private, lost his life in the struggle for Fort Fisher and control of the North Carolina coast. NC Civil War and Reconstruction History Center Blog Search the Archives Search for: Browse...
