Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Not Far From Home

At Hancock Primitive Baptist Church...


Christopher Columbus Bland

A hero of the fight for Fort Fisher... (click on picture for full story)



Became the pastor of this church and is buried in the church yard...


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello, Have a nice day!!

Sandi McBride said...

I love History and the lessons they provide. Thanks for this.
Sandi

Deborah Wilson said...

Ann,

He must have had guts to climb that pole, not once but twice...Good story here. It seems that many Confederate soldiers died of infection and gangrene - there was very little medication, even for pain.

Later today or tomorrow I will have my pics ready to post on The Battle of New Hope Church, aka Hell Hole. Hell Hole is about 15 minutes from my house - I took the pics last week but somehow missed a marker - had to go back.

Mary said...

Ann,

What an interesting post. I'm a Civil War buff and really enjoyed this. Thank you so much for sharing.

Blessings,
Mary

Renie Burghardt said...

We have some Civil War trails around here as well.

Interesting story about Christopher Columbus Bland, and great pictures. I enjoyed them.

Have a great day!

Renie

Margaret Cloud said...

I read your story of Pvt. Bland, very interesting. Most men did not want to take part in this war and some felt a loyalty to fight. Your pictures are very nice, that is a nice big marker in his honor.