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Melinda Blalock: Confederate Union Soldier

Record #:
21445
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Abstract:
Mays recounts the wartime exploits of Melinda Pritchard Blalock, who was one of a number of women soldiers during the Civil War. She went to war as her husband's brother. Although they were both Unionists, they decided it was easier to join the Confederate forces in Eastern North Carolina, and then cross to the Union lines later. Both served in Company F, 26th Regiment, North Carolina Troops. Mays reveals how they escaped, where they served with the Union forces, and where they lived on their return to North Carolina.
Source:
Recall (NoCar F 252 .R43), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Fall 2006, p7, por