Mar 23, 2015 | Brunswick, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Tar Heel Soldier Died at Infamous New York Prison Robert Ottaway enlisted in the Confederate army as a private at age 17, serving with 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G. He was captured at Fort Fisher and was sent to the Elmira prison camp in New York. He died...
Mar 23, 2015 | Bladen, Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Soldier Left Reminders of His War Years Daniel J. Allen served the Confederacy in the 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery. Pvt. Allen was captured on Jan. 15, 1865. He was sent to Elmira N.Y., was released, and signed the Oath of Allegiance on Aug. 7, 1865. We have...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
U.S. Seaman Wounded in Fisher Assault Edward Hilton was born in 1827. As a U.S. Navy seaman, he was assigned to the USS Colorado during the second assault on Fort Fisher. He was wounded in the assault, then transferred to the USS New Hampshire, the USS Home, and the...
Mar 23, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Immigrant Served Twice in Wartime John C. Koch, a corporal in the Confederate army, was born in 1842 in Wehldorf, a province of Hanover Germany. It is not known when John arrived in Wilmington, but he enlisted in Company A, 18th North Carolina Infantry, on April 15,...
Mar 22, 2015 | New Hanover, Union affiliation
By Helen Cannon; vetted by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Bruce Anderson of Fulton County, New York, was a member of the 142nd New York Infantry, Company K. That gave him the unusual distinction of being an African-American soldier serving in a white Civil...
Mar 22, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover
Illness Ended the War for a Young Artilleryman George F. Flowers, Private, CSA, joined the 2nd North Carolina Light Artillery, Co. G, at age 17. George was captured on the Cape Fear River on June 25, 1864, and sent to Fort Monroe, Va. He was then sent to the Point...
