Oct 27, 2019 | Ashe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Christopher Robinson Edited and Vetted by Cheri Molter (Note from Christopher Robinson: There is much information contained in the journal of Francis Marion Wilcox (written in ca 1893) regarding the Civil War period in Ashe County, NC. The author,...
Oct 4, 2019 | Cumberland, Reconstruction, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Andrew Bryant, Jr. RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY: Cheri Molter Delilah G. Hughes Bryant was born on October 24, 1888 in Cumberland County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Sallie McMillan Hughes and James Hughes. She had two siblings: Armetta and...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Lincoln, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Mike Stroupe WRITTEN AND TRANSCRIBED BY: Cheri Molter William B. Brown was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina in 1840. He was a farmer when the war started and twenty-one years old when he enlisted in the Confederate army. On October 25, 1861, he...
Oct 4, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Sandra White Hinton Lyman Abbott White, my grandfather, was well known around Salemburg and Roseboro as a great storyteller. When I was a little girl, he would set me on his knee and tell me about Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox. I loved my...
Aug 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Sampson, Union affiliation
SUBMITTED BY: Joel Rose WRITTEN BY: Jerome Tew “There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but boys, it is all hell.” – William T. Sherman The Ohio State Journal reported General Sherman’s “War is Hell” speech on August 12, 1880. By that...
Jun 3, 2019 | Buncombe, Confederate affiliation, Union affiliation
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter On October 28, 1861, Solomon Luther Stroup volunteered to serve in the Confederate Army in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was 24 years old at the time and volunteered for...
