Aug 5, 2016 | Cumberland, Union affiliation
‘Aunt’ Martha Graham: Born Enslaved in Cumberland County According to an undated article from The Fayetteville Observer, at the time of its publication (circa mid to late 1970s), 117-year-old ‘Aunt’ Martha Graham was Cumberland County’s oldest resident. ‘Aunt’ Martha...
Aug 3, 2016 | Jackson, Union affiliation
Francis Marion Moody: A Union Army Recruiter from Jackson County Francis Marion Moody, born in 1840, was the son of Martin Liggett Moody and Lucinda Nicholson Moody. He had three brothers: Daniel Van Buren Moody [1838-1910], Bennett Jasper Moody [1846-1922] and...
Aug 3, 2016 | Jackson, Union affiliation
A Teenager Guided Union Officers through the Mountains of Western North Carolina Union Capt. Mark M. Bassett, a member of Company E, 53rd Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, had been captured by the Confederates during the siege of Vicksburg in the summer of 1863....
Aug 3, 2016 | Jackson, Union affiliation
Col. George Washington Kirk: That ‘Scalawag, Bushwhacker Man’ A few decades ago, I was asked by an elderly cousin if I knew anything about the ‘scalawag, bushwhacker man named Kirk’ who terrorized the Cashiers Valley area during the Civil War....
Mar 2, 2016 | Catawba, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitted by Nancy Werking Poling; Vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter On May 19, 1862, eighteen-year-old John Henry Smith of Catawba County was mustered into the Confederate army. John Henry served in Company B of the 54th North Carolina Infantry. On Nov. 7, 1863,...
Feb 19, 2016 | New Hanover, Union affiliation
Written by Bobbi Sullivan; vetted by Kobe M. Brown; edited by Cheri Todd Molter At 32 years of age, on the 11th of June, 1862, Thomas E. Grogan enlisted as a private in the 162nd NY Volunteer Infantry, 3rd Regiment, Metropolitan Guard, Company E. Thomas was my...
