Record #:

20768

Author(s):

Delaney, Norman C.

Abstract:

This article provides a history of the Outer Banks during the period of the Revolutionary War with a particular focus on Ocracoke Island and Ocracoke Inlet. Progressing chronologically, the author details troop positions, defenses, and naval maneuvers made on the barrier islands during the war years.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p1-16, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Outer Banks--History

Record #:

20769

Author(s):

Yearns, Wilfred B., Jr.

Abstract:

This article looks at the life of Francois X. Martin and his writing of \"The History of North Carolina, From the Earliest Period.\" Biographical information on his early years, details of his writing of \"The History of North Carolina,\" as well as analysis of the quality of his writing, the text's content and historical value, and Martin's style are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p17-27, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Martin, Francois-Xavier, 1762-1846

Record #:

20770

Author(s):

Phifer, Edward W.

Abstract:

This article looks at the efforts made by medical practitioners in Burke County to combat disease during the antebellum period. Particular attention is given to practitioners of the healing arts, their various professional qualifications, the diseases they encountered, their economic status, and their relationship to the people that they served.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p28-46, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medical care--History; Burke County--History

Record #:

20791

Author(s):

Harrison, Daniel W.

Abstract:

This article examines the office of the army chaplain in the Confederate Army and the efforts of different protestant denominations to both preach to and service the spiritual needs of soldiers as well as to encourage their preachers to serve as chaplains. Information on the establishment of the office of chaplain in the Confederate army is included, as well as trends within and details of the occupied office.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p47-71, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Confederate States of America--History, Military--Chaplains

Record #:

20792

Author(s):

Wiley, Mary Callum

Abstract:

This is a reprint of letters written by the fist superintendent of the North Carolina common Schools Calvin H. Wiley while he was in Knoxville, Tennessee serving as the Superintendent of the American Bible Society for Middle and East Tennessee. An introduction and running narrative from the author, Wiley's daughter, provides context for the letters as well as some biographical information on Wiley.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 1959, p72-95, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wiley, Calvin Henderson, 1819-1887