Gettysburg claims a brother

William Henry, the third soldier son

Soldier deserted but returned to fight at Bentonville

Union soldiers robbed the Grey family farm

Wiley Moore fought at Fort Fisher

Senator James Knox Polk of the Georgia Legislature

Thomas Mitchell Evins, 38th Regiment, Georgia

Yankee Raider learned a lesson

A Railroad Soldier from Burke County

William Hall Butler earned his promotions

Soldier’s life ended in a Union prison

One of many who didn’t come home

Catawba sent its own ‘brave’ to war

Catawba family gave three sons to the Confederacy

The Twin who went to war

Soldier’s service ended in prison

From Catawba County, Another Sacrifice

Buffalo soldiers’ raid had incidental casualties

The Jennings Brothers in “The Pasquotank Boys”

Civil War Letter Identified another Relative

Those Carpenters answered the call

Five Brothers in the Civil War

He Didn’t Have to Go, but

Jacob Dixon was True Blue

Confederate Veteran and Jack of Many Trades

Serving with the 22nd North Carolina

David Oliver of Belgrade enlisted July 1, 1861

John Humphrey enlisted at age 14

Louisburg resident nursed an ill Union soldier until his death

William Moses Loftin walked home after the War

Nelson and Ava Tift volunteered their shipbuilding services to the Confederate Navy

William Sharpe marched with Gen. Sherman from Atlanta to the sea

Pvt. William Townsend of Robeson County

Pvt. William Baxter Tucker, Company I, 54th NC Infantry, CSA

50-year-old soldier served with three of his sons

Iredell Cavalry Officer Saw Action

Ancestor served, but had little to say

gun found on Hatteras

A Novelist’s ties to Hyde County

Romance Kindled During Union Occupation of Fayetteville

Grandmother’s locket

A Deserter’s Story

Pvt Drewry A. Mewborn made it home to North Carolina

Pvt. Thomas Lafayette Morrison: farmer, soldier, POW, survivor.

Tried to hide his son from the Draft Board

The Soldier’s Choice

Confederate POW Died on Johnson’s Island

Family stories of the Underground Railroad

Killing Yankees in the Hog Pen

Jacob Wagner’s Civil War

Wounded at Appomattox

Confederates stalking Confederates

Confederate veteran testifies to help Unionist neighbors

Ivey Lee’s Encounter with Yankee Bummers

The South before the war: an island in time

William Paul Roberts: The Youngest Confederate General

Special Private Tour of Chancellorsville Battleground

Henry Groner paid dearly for his service

Virginian served on land and sea

Disease, Not Lead, Found This Trooper

Coming Home Was Hard, Too

Junior Reserve Officer Saw Serious Action

Long Walk Awaited P.O.W.

Persistence vs. Sherman’s Army

A “family history” like no other — the musings of blogger David Ivey

John C. Fann Family Lost Four Sons

Oldest son lost

A Rough Knock on A Capitol Door

Great-Great-Grandfather Found

Shot in the Head at Gettysburg

Wartime Letter Raises Question

Close Calls for Cumberland Trooper

Pull to Service Runs Deep

This Northerner Came To Fight

Thomas Jefferson Pitchford Jr. — 12th NC Troops

Great-Grandfather was soldier, POW

Back to the Farm – the Hard Way

Man Knew How To Make a Point

Gesture of Peace Across the Years

Soldier Gave Enough, or Had Enough

Then It Became Civilized

Brothers Separated by War

Some Quiet Diplomacy at Elmira

He Didn’t Lead from Behind

Civil War Veteran Held Civil Offices

U.S. Colored Troops Active at Fort Fisher

Confederate Prowled Carolina Coast

To War and Back

Still Plenty of Time To Die

There’s No Refuge in Wartime

“Deserter” came back to fight

Fort Fisher P.O.W. Went Home and Found Love

Soldier Survived War and Smallpox

He Lived To Tell The Story

Union Soldier Took Up Fallen Colors at Fort Fisher

Prison Claimed Another Fort Fisher Veteran

Born To Fight, He Got His Wish

Private Survived War and Elmira

From Soldiering to Farming

Down But Not Out at Fort Fisher

Drummer Boy Turned His Hand to Farming

New Beginning at War’s End

Small Party Made a Big Haul

Fort Fisher to Bladen — the Long Way Around

New Yorker Came South To Fight

Capture Idled Young Officer

Family Put the War Behind Them

Death Reached Far Beyond the Battlefield

Young General Distinguished Himself

Cost of Fort Fisher Kept rising

Young Life Cut Short by War, Illness

Tar Heel Soldier Died at Infamous New York Prison

Soldier Left Reminders of His War Years

Williamsons Risked All for the Confederacy

Smallpox Killed Elmira POW

U.S. Seaman Wounded in Fisher Assault

Junior Reservist Made It Home

Immigrant Served Twice in Wartime

Medal of Honor for Fort Fisher Action

Illness Sent New Yorker Home

The Biggest Killer Wasn’t Battle

My Civil War Ancestor

Illness Ended the War for a Young Artilleryman

Reassignment Spared Unit

Artilleryman Had a Long Walk Home

New Yorker Wounded Far from Home

Pennsylvania POW, Battle of Plymouth

The Bowens of Bertie heed the call

Waiting for the end in Sherman’s path

A different kind of marriage

A Civil War Christmas Story

Gen. Sherman Comes Calling on Scotland (from “Legacy of the Committed,” Laurinburg, Bill Evans Press, 1982)

Big Bob, The Slave Martyr

Last of the Lot

Eight Is Enough

Ancestor literally held the fort

Little Schoolhouse Wedding

Three Young Brothers of Franklin County

Three Days in Maryland, 1862

Horseshoes in the Belfry

Stoneman’s Cavalry

Walking home from Richmond

Sacrifice

Merit selection, it wasn’t

U.S. History, Meet the Present

High hopes and hard war

Become a Charter Member of the Friends of the History Center!

Community Foundation Announces $500,000 Grant Investment

There’s no script for war