Record #:

2221

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

Franklin County's Abby House, known as Aunt Abby, was defined by a fierce loyalty to the Confederacy during the Civil War and a cantankerous resolve to aid her friends and her kin. Her epitaph reads, \"Angel of Mercy to Confederate Soldiers.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 11, Apr 1995, p13-14, por

Subject(s):

House, Abby, 1797-1881; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women

Record #:

9929

Author(s):

Pearce, T. H.

Abstract:

Abbey House of Franklinton was one of the many civilian women who voluntarily nursed the sick and wounded during the Civil War. Originally featured in Land We Love (May/June 1867), a monthly magazine edited by former Confederate General D. H. Hill, “Aunt” Abby traveled without charge on the South's railroads and hitchhiked to battlefields to offer her assistance. She was also a regular visitor to the rail yards of Franklinton, greeting the trains that brought wounded soldiers back to North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 9, Oct 1972, p8-9, 24, il, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; House, Abby, 1797-1881