Record #:

21950

Author(s):

Prokos, Christ; Loughlin, Meredith [Photographer]; Martin, Lewis W., Jr.

Abstract:

Washington and Beaufort County provided eleven companies--five artillery, five infantry, and one cavalry--to the Civil War, as well as a state militia. Union forces captured the city in 1862 and held it until 1864 when they withdrew, burning most of the town behind them.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Mar/Apr 2012, p20-24, il

Subject(s):

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