Record #:

2084

Author(s):

Lewellen, Faye

Abstract:

Jonathan Worth, North Carolina's first post-Civil War governor, endured strong opposition from the state's unionists to his efforts to provide artificial limbs to those Confederate soldiers who lost limbs in battle. His tireless efforts were successful.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 62 Issue 8, Jan 1995, p36-37, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Worth, Jonathan, 1802-1869