Record #:

18375

Author(s):

Duppsdadt, Andrew

Abstract:

Forsythe County, North Carolina is named for Benjamin Forsythe, the heroic leader of the Rifle Regiment during the War of 1812.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 52 Issue 1, Fall 2012, p9-10, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--War of 1812

Record #:

18376

Author(s):

Duppsdadt, Andrew

Abstract:

The battle between the two ships lasted barely twenty minutes. But when the smoke cleared, Johnston Blakeley emerged as an American hero. Considered North Carolina's greatest naval hero of the War of 1812, Blakeley and his crew commanded the USS WASP during their defeat of Great Britain's HMS Reindeer.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 52 Issue 1, Fall 2012, p10-11, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--War of 1812

Record #:

14360

Author(s):

Duppsdadt, Andrew

Abstract:

Many historians consider the American Civil War the first modern war because of the advances in weaponry. Duppsdadt examines four of these advances: rifled weapons; changing from sailing ships to steam-powered ones; ironclad warships and submarines; and torpedoes and land mines.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 50 Issue 2, Spring 2011, p24-26, il

Subject(s):

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