Record #:

21191

Author(s):

Burnside, General Ambrose; Hawkins, Colonel Rush C.

Abstract:

Winton, located in Hertford County, was the first North Carolina town burned during the Civil War. The following two accounts of the destruction come from the papers of Burnside and Hawkins.

Source:

Recall (NoCar F 252 .R43), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Oct 1995, p12

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Winton, Burning of