New Information from Anchram Evans’ Letters

(Updated 3/15/2023) The Letters Anchram Harris Evans served in Company G, 51st Regiment North Carolina Troops during the War Between the States. He enlisted as a sergeant in January 1862 and served with the regiment until the end of the war. Anchram and his wife, Elizabeth, wrote to each other once or twice a week… Continue reading New Information from Anchram Evans’ Letters

What Really Happened at Swift Creek?

NOTE: I am reposting this article. For reference material supporting this post, see Analysis: Swift Creek, May 9, 1864. The Problem with Sources While researching The Honor of the State, I came across an interesting article in the May 17, 1864 Daily Confederate. The article, copied from the Petersburg Express, describes the rout of a… Continue reading What Really Happened at Swift Creek?