Feb 7, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Forsyth, Union affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter Born in Forsyth County, Eugene and Levin J. Stroupe both served in the Confederate Army. Eugene Stroupe was 27 years old when he was conscripted into the CSA on July 8, 1862 in Forsyth...
Dec 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation, Washington
AUTHOR: Robert Jones This is a crude wooden mallet and tent stake, still having a piece of the original rope. It was left behind by Confederate forces when moving between Washington, NC and Plymouth, NC. It was picked up and put in an antebellum barn, where it...
Dec 8, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Dare, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Robert Jones This Battle of Roanoke Island, NC Broadside also features an 1862 Battle engraving, Naval and Army commanders’ engravings, and clipped signatures of General Burnside and Admiral Goldsborough. The first part of the broadside is an order...
Dec 3, 2018 | Haywood, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tim Pruitt Isaac Burleson “Ike” McGaha ca. 1833-1919 A longtime resident of the “lawless” Big Bend region of Cataloochee, Haywood County (Hicks Cove area), Ike was a farmer and sometime moonshine maker like most. He was noted for his long red chin beard and...
Dec 3, 2018 | Haywood, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Dean Rathbone A message of hope and peace. I never knew my great grandparents, Anderson and Bette Kirkpatrick Ledford, but I feel like I did. They lived with my Granny Hattie and Grandpa Charlie after Granny Bette had her stroke. My Mom still talks...
Nov 14, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Moore, Union affiliation
AUTHOR: Tom Bailey I knew my dad and he knew his. It got a bit iffy when I started chasing the ‘Rest of The Story.’ I had problems locating documentation for my GF’s birth, among other things. Then, I located his birth record, Lafayette Burl Smith...
