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This article is discussing the capturing and execution of a rebel spy in the setting of the Evan Mill Complex. This explanation of events comes from Wm. H. Eaton of company B, 17th Massachusetts Regimen, stationed at the Evan Mill Complex in 1864. While protecting the plantation the company had received word about an unknown individual sneaking around the property. When trying to catch the individual they escaped into a nearby swamp. In the middle of the swamp was a small piece of land covered in tall grass and after searching this area the individual could not be found. In an attempt to look for the man two members of the company began making noise to try and scare the man out. Reports say that the man rose out of the water and was quickly captured. Found on the man was an oiled piece of silk that had a detailed drawing of the Evan Mills Complex which shoed their fortifications. The man was later brought back to New Bern and put on trial which led to his execution.
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Discussed in this article is two encounters between David Dunn’s servant, Nat, and Union soldiers; the sale of David Dunn’s plantation to Mrs. Lewis Whitford; and a barbecue recipe that includes an update from the sauce’s original ingredients.
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Through little known information about the New Bern Smallpox Contraband Hospital, we know it was founded January of 1864 in the middle of the Civil War. The term contraband comes from when Union General Benjamin Butler refused to capture the salves Shepard Mallory, Frank Barker, and James Townsend and send them back to their masters. This was when the term contraband was meant to refer to slaves. Through the use of the term contraband this defined the slaves as property so they could not be returned back to their masters. Not long after the Union’s occupation of New Bern there was the spread of Smallpox and Yellow Fever. When servants and captured slaves began to contract Smallpox Vincent Colyer requested General Burnside to create a hospital to take care and vaccinate the “contraband”. This led to the creation of the Contraband Smallpox Hospital of New Bern.
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This article will be discussing the Evans Mill complex during the civil war. The Evan Mills complex consisted of a small village for the slaves that worked on the plantation, gristmill, sawmill, blacksmith shop, shoemaker shop, cotton gin, and cotton press. This subdivision was named after Peter Gustavus Evans. Peter Evens purchased the land around the year 1856. Peter Evans married Eliza Morehead who was the daughter of John M. Morehead, former North Carolina Governor, in 1850. After the unions victory Captain Evans was known to have gone to the Union supporting farms and burning down their property. In 1862 Evans was granted the tile of colonel of the Fifth North Carolina Calvary. After a failed attempt to charge the Union forces Peter Evans was shot and captured by the Union forces. Peter Evans would later die in prison in Washington D.C. in 1863. After the battle of New Bern Union forces took control over the Evan Mill complex because of the importance of the utilities there
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