Record #:

8808

Author(s):

Barrett, John G.; Not Given

Abstract:

Captain George W. Kirk led an expedition of the Third North Carolina (Union) Volunteer Infantry into western North Carolina, in the summer of 1864. Kirk's men were stationed in east Tennessee, which was controlled by Union forces. Western North Carolina was still controlled by the Confederacy, but there were many Union sympathizers and Confederate deserters in the region. Kirk crossed into North Carolina on June 13, 1864. His forces reached a Confederate force at Camp Vance undetected. Comprised of reserves that were unarmed at the time of Kirk's arrival, the Confederates surrendered. Kirk failed, however, to capture a train on the Western North Carolina Railroad which he intended to take to Salisbury. There, Kirk had planned on rescuing Union prisoners held at the Salisbury prison. Without a train that could quickly take them to Salisbury, the Union forces decided to return to Tennessee. Union forces continued to raid western North Carolina until the end of the Civil War. Kirk was later called upon by North Carolina governor W. W. Holden to suppress Ku Klux Klan activities within the state in the early 1870s.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 6, Nov 1983, p11-13, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Stokes County--History; Kirk, George W. (George Washington), 1837-1905

Record #:

20914

Author(s):

Barrett, John G.

Abstract:

This article looks at the circumstances surrounding William Tecumseh Sherman's march on the South through the Carolinas on his way to support General Ulysses S. Grant in his assault on General Robert E. Lee at Richmond. Details of Sherman's course through North Carolina and occupancy of various cities including Monroe's Cross-Roads, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 42 Issue 2, April 1965, p192-207, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sherman, William T., 1820-1891; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sherman's March

Record #:

20402

Author(s):

Barrett, John G.

Abstract:

William T. Sherman believed in the concept of total war, which would conflict terrible enough that Southern opposition would exhaust all possible remedies before commencing struggle. Sherman applied this theory to his campaigns through the South, including Goldsboro and Fayetteville.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 3, Jul 1960, p367-381, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865