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for "Gerard, Philip"
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20132
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In 1859, while debates raged in the Carolinas about seceding from the United States, a young planter's son from Tyrrell County traipsed through Europe for adventure and purpose. After returning to the United States, James Johnston Pettigrew, with no military experience, is appointed colonel of the 1st Regiment of Rifles, where this scholar becomes a fierce adviser and warrior for the South.
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20962
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Joseph Mumford Foy owned a 2,025 acre estate on the island of Poplar Grove, 15 miles northeast of Wilmington. After the death of her husband, Mary Ann Foy was left to manage the estate, which remained untouched throughout the duration of the Civil War. The article includes a detailed description of the estate, the Foys' progressive opinions concerning Southern secession and slavery, and the state's legislation concerning slaves and ownership.
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20980
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William Shepperd Ashe became president of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in 1854. Shepperd's personal opinions about the Civil War and his efforts to connect the Confederacy throughout North Carolina are outlined in this article. Gerard frames the history of disorganized rail lines throughout the Confederate states by looking at the railroads of North Carolina during the Civil War era.
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21426
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Many couples wrote letters to each other covering a myriad of subjects during the Civil War. One of them was Francis Marion Poteet, a farmer, miller, and carpenter from Dysartsville in McDowell County, who was conscripted in 1863 at age 36. Left on the home front was his wife, Martha Hendley Poteet, who was pregnant, and ten children. Their letters describe the conflicts they faced--Francis staying alive and Martha keeping the family together and feeding them while fighting the landlord over eviction from their property. They survived and lived together for fifty-four years. Both died on the same day--April 2, 1902.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 4, Sept 2013,
p200-2002, 204, 206, 208, il
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21438
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The lives of two men--Gilbert Elliott, the builder of the C.S.S. Albemarle, an Ironclad, and Union Lt. William Barker Cushing, seeking revenge on the ship that killed one of his oldest friends in combat, will intersect on the Roanoke River at Plymouth on the night of October 27, 1864.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 7, Dec 2013,
p208-210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, il
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21626
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Gerard recounts how soldiers deserting from North Carolina and other state regiments tried to survive while hiding out from Home Guards and other groups who sought them. Some were successful, some were not. A number escaped into Tennessee where they often enlisted in Northern units.
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21679
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Philip Gerard, author and chairman of the creative writing department at UNC-Wilmington, moved to the city in 1989. He describes what it's like living among movie stars and movie-making on a daily basis.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 10, Mar 2014,
p130-132, 134, 136-138, 140, 142-144, il
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21691
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Gerard recounts how North Carolinians living in the western mountains waged their own civil war against each other between 1861 and 1865 and in some cases even later. They would feud over land boundaries, politics, and personal insults--often with deadly results. The Blalocks and the Pritchards had been feuding for over 150 years; yet in April 1861 William Blalock married Malinda Pritchard. They were not Confederate supporters. Gerard describes their exploits fighting against the Home Guards, conscription guards, and Confederate soldiers.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 10, Mar 2014,
p190-192, 194-198, 200, il, por
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22110
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In his ongoing series of the Civil War in North Carolina, Gerard recounts how Eastern NC became a battleground in the Federal plans of capturing areas including Roanoke Island, Washington, New Bern and Ft. Macon and occupying them in order to diminish the Confederacy in the state.
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Greenville Times / Pitt's Past
(NC Microforms), Vol. 28 Issue 2, January 20 2010,
p214-216, 218-222, 224, il
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22145
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Gerard recounts moonshining in North Carolina's past and present. While illegal distilling still goes on, the state now has thirteen legally approved distilleries. Gerard talks with two distillers--Troy Ball, who owns the distillery Troy & Sons in Asheville, and Scott Maitland, whose TOPO Distillery operates in Chapel Hill.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 2, Jul 2014,
p110-116, 118-119, il, por
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22164
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During the fighting at Petersburg, the Union Army hatched a plan used in medieval siege warfare. Using Pennsylvania miners, engineers dug a tunnel under the nearest Confederate installation, Elliott's Salient--a battery of four 12-pounders manned by 20 gunners and supported by 300 infantrymen. The tunnel was packed with four tons of black powder. On July 30, 1864 the mine exploded, wiping out the Salient and opening a path for the Union attack. Gerard describes what happened when Union regiments charged into the Crater instead of around it and how the Confederate army responded.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 2, Jul 2014,
p144-146, 148, 150-152, 154, il
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22175
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The American Civil War was a brutal, bloody event in our history, but there is a period when most of the fighting ceases--the four-month winter period of bad weather and terrible roads. Soldiers on both sides do many activities to pass the time. One activity that helps soldiers on both sides, even those held in prisons, escape the horrors of war throughout the year is baseball. Gerard explains baseball's popularity and how Salisbury Prison in Western NC became a center for its playing.
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22254
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In his ongoing series on North Carolina and the Civil War, Gerard describes how the dead were remembered prior to the outbreak of hostilities and how the deaths of Southern soldiers changed the way those at home mourned for them.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 3, Aug 2014,
p162-164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, il
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22792
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As part one of the North Carolina in the Civil War series, this article describes the battles leading up to the Union occupation of Wilmington.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 8, January 2015,
p166-174, il, por, map
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23317
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Gerard discusses history and documentary filmmaking with a childhood friend, Ken Burns. Burns is a filmmaker who seeks to excite an interest in the history behind the fiction in his documentary films.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 24, 2015,
p115-125, il, por
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