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North Carolina sent over 100,000 soldiers to serve in the Civil War. Of that number only sixteen remain. They spend their days living quietly in the Old Soldiers' Home in Raleigh. Grimes describes the home and their life there.
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23454
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James Sherrod May was born in 1830 in Beaver Dam Township in Pitt County. His brother, Blaney Harper May, was born in 1836, in the same location. After moving several times with their family and receiving a local education, the two brothers each became farmers in Greene and Pitt counties, respectively. With the coming of the Civil War, both brothers joined the Confederate Army. Blaney enlisted in the 7th N.C. Volunteers in the spring of 1861 and was subsequently captured at Hatteras Island in August of that year. After he was imprisoned in New York and Massachusetts for several months, Blaney re-enlisted in May of 1862. Stationed at Petersburg, Virginia, he was mortally wounded and died in September of 1864. James May enlisted in the 63rd North Carolina in July of 1862 and was stationed in Wilmington. He died of \"brain fever\" in January of 1864. Luckily, the resting places of both brothers are known today; Blaney is buried in a Confederate cemetery in Petersburg, while James is buried beside his father, Rev. William Henry May, on the banks of Contentnea Creek in Pitt County.
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24451
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Though few observe it today, the Confederate Memorial Day on May 10 had a wide following. It was started in Raleigh after the war ended to honor the unreturned brave and decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers.
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43917
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Josiah and Laura were from Tarboro, North Carolina. Josiah Pender was a Mexican War veteran who was a part of the 10th NC Regiment at Fort Macon. He was discharged from the Confederate Army and that is where he met his cousin, Laura. They soon married and left for Bermuda where Josiah was assisting in the smuggling of goods for the Confederate cause. Laura became pregnant and wished to return to Tarboro to birth the baby. She boarded a ship to Wilmington which Union soldiers later tried to capture. The captain of her ship wanted to surrender but allegedly Laura persuaded him otherwise with a pistol. Josiah passed away in 1864 from yellow fever and Laura remarried Dr. Charles Cook. Laura had four more children but sadly her son with Josiah passed away in 1881.
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Welcome to Tarboro & Homes Magazine
(F 264 T3 W4), Vol. Issue , August 2022,
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