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for "Gerard, Philip"
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16819
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In Part II of the executions at Kinston, Gerard recounts the hangings of the twenty-two Confederate deserters and its aftermath.
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17039
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Gerard discusses the burdens of war that soldiers carry in addition to their normal knapsacks, rifles, and blanket rolls.
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17766
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The Cape Fear River is more than just a certain volume of water, it is a living system with a breathless story, like an artery from the sea to the mountains of North Carolina.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p186-188, 190, 192, 194, 196-197, f
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17778
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As an infant in Watauga County, Arthel Lane Watson lost his sight. As a teenager he picked up a guitar. As an adult he is revered as the great \"Doc\" Watson.
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17838
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In this portrait of Wilmington we find out why surfers love it, students go wild, and filmmakers abound.
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18047
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Chang and Eng Bunker did not become residents of the state until 1839 when they settled in Wilkes County. After touring America, the conjoined twins desired rest and respite from prying crowds and were advised by Dr. James Calloway of Wilkesboro to move to the quiet and picturesque North Carolina. Their lives remained peaceful, like many other Southerners, until the war when their eldest sons Christopher Wren and Stephen Decatur joined the Confederate cause.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 6, Nov 2012,
p85-86, 88, 90, 92, 94-98, il, por
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18054
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William Holland Thomas was born fatherless near Raccoon Creek in Haywood County. The local Cherokee tribe leader, Yonaguska, adopts the young boy and becomes the father-figure in young William's life. Their bond grows and William becomes infallibly loyal to the Cherokee nation and their cause. He later encouraged them to fight for the Confederacy and even organized them into what would be called Thomas' Legion of Indians and Highlanders in 1862.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p60-62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, il
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18098
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Recruiting slaves to serve in segregated regiments was a Union tactic to bolster ranks throughout the war. This article looks at a specific case in North Carolina centered on Abraham Galloway, an outspoken African-American man and escaped slave. Galloway became a respected leader both during the war as a ferocious fighter and afterwards as an elected politician.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 5, Oct 2012,
p60-62, 64, 67, 69-71, il
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18436
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During the Civil War regimental companies were often made up of men living in the same community or county. Gerard recounts the experiences of a family that went to war--the Stockards of Alamance County--three brothers, an uncle, and three cousins.
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18520
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Gerard presents the breadth of practiced religions during this period and how prayer influenced everyday events both for soldiers and citizens. Also discussed is the era's dilemma of being a devote Christian and practicing slavery and how this shaped the religious and philosophical debate during the war.
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18739
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Reverend Alexander Davis Betts' conviction drove him to follow the 30th North Carolina Regiments for whom he went above and beyond his duty as a field chaplain. The Cumberland County native attended the University of North Carolina and during his college career converts to Methodism, becoming an adamant student of the gospel and began preaching before his graduation. Betts war-time career began on October 25, 1861, serving in many of the major conflicts; Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Cold Harbor. During the conflict Betts carried out his chaplain duties while also assisted with dispersing supplies, caring for the wounded, and burying the dead. After the war, Betts preached across his home state for fifty years.
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19397
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William Henry Singleton was born a slave in 1843 in eastern North Carolina. During the Civil War he escaped to New Bern, a city under Union control, and over several months raised and trained a thousand African American soldiers, known as the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers. Gerard recounts his life from slavery through the war and finally to freedom.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 10, Mar 2013,
p52-54, 56, 58-60, il, por
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19456
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The article follows William Augustus Parvin, a Yankee by birth who moves to North Carolina and fights for the Confederacy during the war. Parvin's war career began with defending Fort Hatteras on the Outer Banks where he was captured and sent north. The author retells Parvin's daring and successful escape from Boston back home to Little Washington.
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Jacob Nathaniel Raymer was a Catawba County native who joined Company C of the 4th North Carolina Infantry when the state seceded from the Union on June 7, 1861. An observant individual and insatiable writer, Raymer sends detailed letters home to his local newspaper throughout the war making him one of hundreds of war correspondents. The article reviews the role of these war correspondents for both sides and how news was disseminated during the Civil War.
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19561
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Born and raised in New York, John Newland Maffitt began a long and storied naval career with a midshipman's commission in the United States Navy in 1832. Later he servds aboard the USS Constitution and was ordered to the United States Coast Survey to chart the southern harbors of Savannah, Charleston, and Wilmington. As a transplant to the South, Maffitt takes up the illicit activity of razing Union vessels during the Civil War and an account of his escapades and prizes won are outlined in this article.
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