Record #:

20617

Author(s):

Bardolph, Richard

Abstract:

Despite romantic portrayals that Confederate soldiers were led by Southern loyalties, desertion was a major issue for the Rebel leaders. Compiling historical data, the author estimates that at best desertion rates were at 27 percent and 51 percent at worse by the end of 1864. Drawing on newspaper accounts, previous historical research, and personal correspondence the author looks at which of the state's regiments were most affected by desertion and soldiers' motivations.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 2, Apr 1964, p163-189, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

20618

Author(s):

Moore, John Robert

Abstract:

Josiah W. Bailey and Angus Wilton McLean vied with each other for the Democratic nomination in the 1924 gubernatorial election. Fifty-one year old Bailey was defeated by McLean but his campaign is still significant in shaping his future political endeavors. The author analyses this specific campaign to highlight the beginnings of Bailey's political ideals which he would later use as a U.S. Senator during the Depression and World War II.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 2, Apr 1964, p190-213, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bailey, Josiah William, 1873-1946

Record #:

20619

Author(s):

Berkeley, Edmund; Berkeley, Dorothy S.

Abstract:

Documentation of commerce in colonial North Carolina is rare to find but the author discovered four sheets and a map in the papers of Peter Collinson (1694-1768) in The Linnean Society of London. The sheets are titled \"The Manner of Living of the North Carolinians\" and are transcribed in full by the author. A photograph of the map is included which shows a rudimentary depiction of colonial eastern North Carolina.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 2, Apr 1964, p239-245, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775