Archive | January, 2012

Edward E. Potter

http://www.fold3.com/page/286363465_edward_e_potter/ SOLDIER’S NAME Potter , Edward E. LAST RANK Lieutenant Colonel DATE ENLISTED Oct. 1, 1862 WHERE ENLISTED No Location AGE AT ENLISTMENT 37 COUNTY BORN No County REMARKS Promoted to Brigadier General on Nov. 29, 1863. Courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute

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Tarboro, North Carolina

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Walter S. Poor

http://www.fold3.com/page/286362997_walter_s_poor/   SOLDIER’S NAME Poor, Walter S. LAST RANK Lieutenant Colonel DATE ENLISTED Mar. 30, 1864 WHERE ENLISTED Ft. Monroe, VA AGE AT ENLISTMENT 27 COUNTY BORN No County REMARKS Provost Marshall; Mustered out Feb. 28, 1865 on consolidation of 1st and 2nd NC.

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Joseph Haskett

  http://www.fold3.com/page/286362389_joseph_haskett/ SOLDIER’S NAME Haskett, Joseph L. LAST RANK Private DATE ENLISTED Dec 2, 1863 WHERE ENLISTED New Bern, NC AGE AT ENLISTMENT 26 COUNTY BORN Craven Co., NC REMARKS Captured at Beech Grove, NC on Feb 1, 1864 and hung at Kinston Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, North Carolina

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James R. Nichols

http://www.fold3.com/page/286362099_james_r_nichol/ Photo courtesy of Greg Mast 3rd New York Cavalry Appointed 1st Lt. in Company L,  1st NC Union Volunteers on Sept. 18, 1863 SOLDIER’S NAME Nichol, James LAST RANK 1st Lieutenant DATE ENLISTED Transferred into regiment WHERE ENLISTED Washington, NC AGE AT ENLISTMENT 21 COUNTY BORN No County REMARKS Killed in Action at Fords […]

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Jacob Bright Huffman

http://www.fold3.com/page/286264452_jacob_b_huffman/   61st NC Infantry Company K Enlisted April 29, 1862 in Onslow County, NC 1st NCUV Company I SOLDIER’S NAME Huffman, Jacob B. LAST RANK Private DATE ENLISTED Transferred into regiment WHERE ENLISTED New Bern, NC AGE AT ENLISTMENT 45 COUNTY BORN Onslow Co., NC REMARKS Transferred from 2ndNC 2nd NCUV Company A SOLDIER’S […]

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HE MADE PEOPLE THINK

Robert Harrill 1/7/12 Photo credit: Fred Pickler Photo credit: Fred Pickler The Bunker 1/7/12 Wikipedia article  Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License Robert E. Harrill or Robert Harrell, (February 2, 1893 – June 3, 1972), was known as “The Fort Fisher Hermit”. He became a hermit in 1955 at the age of […]

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