Archive | May, 2011

William Riggs

http://www.footnote.com/page/284954531_william_riggs/   SOLDIER’S NAME Riggs, William LAST RANK Private DATE ENLISTED Aug. 10, 1862 WHERE ENLISTED Camden, NC AGE AT ENLISTMENT 19 COUNTY BORN Camden Co., NC Mustered out with regiment on June 27, 1865 at New Bern, NC.

Continue Reading

Remembering My Father on Memorial Day

    I miss you daddy Richard Jr.  Fort Knox, Kentucky 1983

Continue Reading

Charles Frew

Tombstone photo and genealogy provided by Mr. Lee Dougan of the Oakham Historical Association  .   http://www.footnote.com/page/284904428_charles_frew/ SOLDIER’S NAME Frew, Charles LAST RANK Private DATE ENLISTED Dec. 10, 1862 WHERE ENLISTED Pasquotank, NC AGE AT ENLISTMENT 37 COUNTY BORN Pasquotank Co., NC REMARKS Discharged with disability on Sept. 16, 1863. (chronic dysentery) Charles is living in the […]

Continue Reading

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Wikipedia Article Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts. During the American Civil War, he served as a major general in the Union Army. His administration of […]

Continue Reading

John Gray Foster

Wikipedia Article John Gray Foster (May 27, 1823 – September 2, 1874) was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject. […]

Continue Reading
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.