The War Between the
States: 1861-1865 Tingle Family Stories & Photos
The War Between the
States: 1861-1865
"The Bridge Burner"
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Rachel Ann Spears Kinsall Born abt. 1820, Craven Co., NC Deceased October 1, 1906, Craven Co., NC Married: George Washington Kinsall, October 14, 1851 in Craven Co., NC Mother of Harriet Rebecca and Frank Kinsall Grandmother of William Cleveland Tingle Great-Grandmother of Mary Winifred Tingle Lemke Great-Great-Grandmother of Kathleen Marie |
My Great-Great Grandmother was Rachel Ann Spears Kinsall. This incident took place during the Civil War in Craven County, North Carolina.
My Great-Great-Grandparents were respectable, hard-working people, however, Rachel "ruled the roost". When Rachel learned that the "Yankees" were coming, she was determined to outwit them if she possibly could. Household goods, smoke-house meats, and preserved foods were removed and hidden from the coming marauders.
Lastly, Rachel set a narrow bridge on fire so that the Union troops could not cross over onto her land. Today, this area is known as the "Burnt Bridge". Of course this did not really deter the Union troops. When they finally arrived on Rachel's land, they searched and took whatever they could find. Among the items taken was a pony belonging to Rachel's daughter Harriet Rebecca Kinsall, who was about twelve years old at the time. Until the day she died in 1935, Harriet Rebecca had no use for "those low-down, thieving Yankees".
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Kathleen Haun
updated July 2002
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