Nov 24, 2020 | Antebellum era, Madison, Not categorized
AUTHOR: Gloria Lackey Stokely (edited & vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) On May 5, 1813, Elizabeth “Betsy” Massey & Thomas Revis had a daughter named Hester “Hettie” Massey who was born without any limbs (no arms or legs). She was Betsy’s second...
Sep 17, 2018 | Not categorized
AUTHOR AND SUBJECT NAME NOT AVAILABLE My great uncle told me a story his grandfather told him of being in the trenches in Petersburg and was hit by a ricochet bullet in the head lodging it under his scalp. He thought he was dead. At a previous battle he had picked up...
Sep 11, 2018 | Guilford, Not categorized
SUBMITTED BY: James Jarrell I was born in Guilford County. My grandfather was a slave in the Guilford area of Pleasant Garden which is not very far from James Haley’s roots in Alamance County. I did not grow up hearing a lot of stories and related memories of...
Oct 4, 2017 | News, Not categorized
Uniting a divided history (written by Philip Gerard, published in the Wilmington Star News, 9/10/17) N.C. Civil War center will help better tell a complex story that continues to shape us today From the robust public discussion about North Carolina’s legacy of Civil...
