Record #:

20972

Author(s):

Murray, Robert B.

Abstract:

This article looks at the United States Supreme Court case of \"United States v. Anderson\" that sought to determine a precise, legal end to the American Civil War.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967, p321-341, il, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

20973

Author(s):

Morrill, James Roy, III

Abstract:

This article looks at the weakened position of the Whig Party in American politics as a result of the political circumstances surrounding the Presidential Election of 1852. Comparative looks at the strengths and weaknesses of Whigs and Democrats in the North and South as well as the hot button issues of slavery and the Compromise of 1850 are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967, p342-359, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Whig Party--North Carolina; Elections--1852

Record #:

20974

Author(s):

South, Stanley A.

Abstract:

This article looks at the history of the colonial era, Brunswick County property known as Russellborough, which served as home to Royal governors Dobbs and Tryon. Details of the property, structures, and use-life of the estate as well details discovered via archaeological excavations done in the late 1960's are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967, p360-372, il, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Russellborough (Brunswick County); Archaeology--Brunswick County

Record #:

20986

Author(s):

Stokes, Durward T.

Abstract:

This biographical essay looks at the life of 18 century North Carolina Presbyterian minister Henry Pattillo. Particular attention is given Pattillo's journal as well as his published writings and from period records.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967, p373-391, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pattillo, Henry, 1726-1801

Record #:

20987

Author(s):

Earnhart, Hugh G.

Abstract:

This is a reprint of a letter written by Confederate Signal Officer Jerome DuShane describing his time aboard blockade runners traveling between Wilmington and Bermuda during the Civil War. DuShane's letter details his pride in blockade running and ability to outwit Union ships late in the war. Detailed accounts of maneuvers and engagements near Wilmington, Fort Fisher, the Cape Fear River, Bermuda, the West Indies and British Columbia are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967, p392-399, il, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

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