Comments on: Where are you, Daughters of United Sons of N.C.?

By: Lew Powell

Lew Powell — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:59:06 +0000

That’s sure what it looks like.

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Tue, 24 May 2011 18:07:12 +0000

I think it is highly likely. Fulton maintained a close relationship with folks in Wilmington.

Are the men making tar and turpentine on the medal?

By: Lew Powell

Lew Powell — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:25:56 +0000

Many thanks, Kevin. So you’re thinking these various names — including the one mentioned in the New Hanover County tax record — all refer to the Fulton organization?

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:47:08 +0000

David Bryant Fulton, an African American, was born in Fayetteville during the Civil War and then moved to New York City in the late 1800s to work for the Pullman Company and later worked for Sears. In 1895, he founded the Sons of North Carolina, a social and benevolent association for African American men in Brooklyn. He later became a historian and journalist. he is best known for his book _Hanover_ about the Wilmington Massacre of 1898.

This ribbon is not a Confederate reunion group ribbon.