by CCW | Nov 4, 2021 | Reconstruction, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Peter Murray (edited and vetted by Cheri Todd Molter) The call for the convention came from New Bern, N.C., and the assembly included delegations from New Bern, Beaufort, Wilmington, and other parts of the state. The African Americans who lived in...
by CCW | May 27, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles (edited by Cheri Todd Molter, vetted by Hallie Smith) The first state hospital was established at the old State Fairgrounds off of New Bern Avenue and was headed by Raleigh surgeon E. Burke Haywood. It was called the Fairground Hospital until...
by CCW | Apr 6, 2021 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: Tom Henderson; Original transcription by Jane Taylor Henderson (1959) (submission edited by Cheri Todd Molter) This letter was written by Edwin Bevers, I deduce. It is a most poignant account of the death of his younger brother, Woodley Beavers, who was...
by CCW | Sep 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
Submitted by Sid Stroupe and Mike Stroupe; Introduction written by Cheri Todd Molter These are letters written by Levi McCasin to his brother and his wife. He was a husband, father, brother, and soldier who was obviously concerned with how things were being handled...
by CCW | Sep 6, 2019 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: JC Knowles Lawrence O’Bryan Branch was born at Enfield, North Carolina on November 28, 1820. When he was five years old, his mother died. After her death, he and his father moved to Tennessee where his father then died in 1827. Following his father’s...
by CCW | Sep 23, 2018 | Confederate affiliation, Wake
SUBMITTED BY: James M. Joyner (click to enlarge)
