Record #:

43493

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

Related is a brief note on the Isaac Taylor House on Craven Street in New Bern. The occupants, the Taylor sisters refused to move while the house was commandeered by the Union army during the Civil War.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 90 Issue 4, September 2022, p224, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

New Bern--Buildings, structures, etc.; New Bern--Civil War; Taylor, Isaac

Record #:

43500

Author(s):

Glasgow, Nathaniel

Abstract:

Torpedoes and mines contributed to a mass explosion that wiped out a depot an other structures at Bachelor Creek on May 26, 1864. Most contemporary sources reported around thirty men killed. Union forces had already repelled two strong Confederate attacks on New Bern earlier in 1864.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021, p24-31, il, por, map, bibl

Subject(s):

Bachelor Creek --explosion (Civil War); New Bern--Civil War