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James Matchett Taylor was born in 1839 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina, the son of James Taylor and Elizabeth Carver Taylor. While from a farming family of modest means, his father was a recent Irish immigrant who saw the value in education.…

Jarrett Norfleet Harrell , a merchant of Murfreesboro,Hertford County, was appointed captain of the “Hertford Grays,” subsequently Company F, 1st Regiment N.C. State Troops, in May 1861. He was wounded in the breast at the Battle of Chancellorsville…

The Powell brothers of Caswell County John H. and James C. served in Company G (the “Caswell Rifles”), 22nd Regiment N.C. Troops. John (born April 2, 1842) enlisted at Raleigh on July 12, 1861. No muster rolls for Company G survive from the period…

The Powell brothers of Caswell County John H. and James C. (below) served in Company G (the “Caswell Rifles”), 22nd Regiment N.C. Troops. John (born April 2, 1842) enlisted at Raleigh on July 12, 1861. No muster rolls for Company G survive from the…

This image of a North Carolina lieutenant was acquired by the N.C. Office of Archives and History in 1953, apparently without identification.

The original, presumably an ambrotype, was made in the studio of the noted Richmond photographer,…

At the conclusion of the Chancellorsville campaign in spring of 1863, despite a Confederate victory, the 4th North Carolina State Troops was a shadow of its former self. The 4th brought 327 officers and enlisted men into action on May 1. Just days…

Charles Courtenay Tew (born October 17, 1827), a native of Charleston, South Carolina, was an 1846 graduate of the South Carolina Military Academy (the Citadel) and served as a professor at that institution for eleven years. In 1858 he helped…

Newton Atlas Branch (born July 14, 1833) enlisted for three years or the duration of the war on May 28, 1861, in Company D, 6th Regiment N.C. State Troops. Although the company organized at Charlotte, the men were mainly from Burke County, including…

Quentin Derward Busbee of Wake County served as a naval officer during the Mexican War, apparently receiving his commission on April 27, 1846. He was purser on the U.S.S. Germantown, a sloop-of-war built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and commissioned…

This ambrotype of John Pickens Barlow of Caldwell County was made in the photography studio of Esley Hunt of Raleigh, as attested by the presence of distinct chair finials visible behind Barlow’s shoulders. At some time Barlow (or a family member)…