The Story of William Boon

Jul 16, 2024 | Confederate affiliation, Nash, Union affiliation

Written by Attorney David Warren Boone and Judge James F. Ammons, Jr. (Grandsons of Gilbert Wayner Boone); Vetted by Kobe M. Brown and Edited by Cheri Todd Molter Based on Oral Tradition and Research William Boon’s role in the Civil War has been something of a family...

An Oral History on the Burning of Winton, as told by Georgianna Drew-McKnight

Jul 12, 2024 | Hertford, Union affiliation

Written by Mary E.C. Drew; Edited by Kobe M. Brown and Cheri Todd Molter An Oral Tradition On July 19, 2017, Georgianna Drew-McKnight, also known as “Cousin Galley,” provided information to me, Mary E.C. Drew, about her great-grandmother, Marge Jones. At the time of...

“[T]hat was the time when it was enough to make one think of home and all that we had left behind us. it was perfectfuly [sic] frightful to hear the shells come crashing through the woods and pass over our heads”: Transcriptions of a Letter written by Thomas Barnaby

May 2, 2024 | Craven, Martin, Union affiliation

Submission written and letter transcribed by Cheri Todd Molter On August 29, 1862, Thomas J. Barnaby, a 23-year-old Clerk, enlisted in the Union Army at Dorchester, MA. He served in Company G of the MA 44th Infantry. The following are transcriptions of a letter he...

Samuel Bright: A Private in the U.S. Colored Troops

Dec 6, 2023 | Currituck, Reconstruction, Union affiliation

Submitted by Richard Saunders; Researched and Written by Cheri Todd Molter Samuel Bright of Currituck County, North Carolina, was a farmer, husband, and father who served in the U.S. Colored Troops and made the greatest sacrifice possible to preserve the union and...

A Summary of an Excerpt of “History of the Difficulties of the Pastorate of the Front Street Methodist Church, Wilmington, North Carolina for the year 1865”

Nov 21, 2023 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover, Union affiliation

Submitted by Dr. Harry Watson; Summary written by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter Burkhead, History of the Difficulties In 1865, Rev. L. S. Burkhead’s kept a personal account of his experiences and perceptions of events that occurred after he was appointed...

Bushwhackers Terrorize the North Carolina Mountains

Aug 3, 2022 | Cherokee, Confederate affiliation, Graham, Mitchell, Union affiliation, Watauga

Written by Leisa Greathouse; Edited by Cheri Todd Molter The area along the Tennessee and North Carolina boundary became a haven for bushwhackers, Civil War deserters, and others who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Although desperate deserters could be...