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Dr. William Washington Chenault & Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Sherrill

Dr. William Washington Chenault, Jr.
February 9, 1837 – February 1, 1863

Ruth Elizabeth “Betty” Sherrill Chenault
March 12, 1839 – February 22,…

Perry M. Morrison

Courtesy of an online submission.

Born in 1842, Perry M. Morrison enlisted into company G at age 20 as a private. He later became a musician …

Major Franklin Hull

Major (given name) Franklin Hull was born in Lincoln County but in 1860 was a schoolteacher and resided in neighboring Catawba County with his wife,…

Recognizing Unidentified Soldiers

Many portrait photographs of Civil War soldiers, comprising a very large fraction of the whole, are unaccompanied by any information that identifies…

John Young Shitle

Private John Young Shitle
Company I, 48th Regiment N.C. Troops

John Young Shitle, a thirty-two-year-old farmer from Cleveland County, was…