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...
Jan 27, 2016 | Brunswick, New Hanover, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
Submitted by Susan Hadenchuk; vetted and edited by Cheri Todd Molter and Kobe Brown Franklin K. Larabee, 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was born in 1828 in Ashtabula, Ohio. In June of 1861 he enlisted for two years in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged...
