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37894
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This battle's carnage is measured in more than Union and Confederate casualties. Included by the author were the destruction of the 26th North Carolina Regiment as a formidable force. Attesting to Gettysburg’s destruction included 28,000 Confederate dead or wounded, 2,935 of whom were buried in Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery. The large number of North Carolina soldiers killed, one in four of total forces, helped to usher in a peace movement yielding 100 rallies and increased division between the Secessionists and Unionists.
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Pa., 1863; Civil War--battles; Lee, Robert E, 1807-1870; Stuart, J.E.B., 1833-1864; Kenan, Thomas Stephen, 1838-1911; Burgwyn, Henry King, Jr., 1841-1863; Lane, John Randolph, 1835-1908; Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863; Vance, Zebulon Baird, 1830-1894; Weaver, Rufus B., 1841-1946; Secessionists; Unionists--North Carolina; Peace movements--North Carolina; Hollywood Cemetery--Virginia; Hollywood Cemetery--Gettysburg Hill
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37944
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By 1862, North Carolina was divided by more than region. In the Piedmont and mountains, secessionists had control of the government. In the Coastal Plain, there was vast Union troop occupation, from major battle losses in Washington, New Bern, Morehead City, Wilmington, Beaufort. All over the state, chaos was also the victor because of conditions such as diphtheria outbreaks; guerrilla forces called “buffaloes”; Confederate forces that were intermittently organized; military generals seizing governmental control in the void of political leadership.
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New Bern, Battle of, N.C., 1862; Secessionists; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893; Burnside, Ambrose; Fort Macon (N.C.)--Siege, 1862; Pickett, George; Hoke, Robert Frederick, 1837-1912; Stanly, Edward, 1810-1872; Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870; Foster, John G., 1823-1874; Roanoke Island--History; Winton--History; Breckinridge, John C., 1821-1875; Sigel, Franz, 1824-1902; Elizabeth City--Civil War; Washington--Civil War; Colored Troops--Civil War; Wild, Edward A., 1825-1891
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38064
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A major source of materials goods for the Confederacy and its troops, Fort Fisher’s attack challenged General Braxton Bragg’s boast of its impenetrability and the South’s victory. The Union armada of 64 ships such as the Colorado, Powhatan, and Wabash assures the defeat, despite the efforts of military leaders such as Fort Fisher’s commander, Colonel William Lamb.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 6, November 2014,
p201-202, 204, 206, 208, 201, 212
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Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)--Siege, 1864-1865; Whiting, William H.C., 1824-1865; Lamb, William, 1835-1909; Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893; Porter, David D., 1813-1891; Fisher, Charles Frederick, 1816-1861; Benson, George Washington, 1846-1948; Kirkland, William W., 1833-1915; Curtis, Newton Martin, 1835-1910; Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933; Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
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38151
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Childhood contact with government officials, along with marriage to a man with a post in the US State Department, made Rose O’Neal Greenhow apt for her role in the Civil War. As a slave owner and staunch anti-abolitionist, she was a natural fit as a Confederate spy. Even during her 1861 house arrest, she shared the Union Army’s secrets with top military brass in Richmond. Ranking within the Confederate government and a government post abroad, along with her memoir’s publication, assured that her death by sea would not sink Greenhow to obscurity.
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Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864; Civil War; Civil War--spies; Slavery; Anti-abolitionists; Greenhow, Maria Rosetta O'Neal, 1814-1864; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893; Jordan, Thomas, 1819-1895; Blockade runners; CONDOR (blockade runner); Oakdale Cemetery (Wilmington); Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, 1807-1891
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38267
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William Thomas is perhaps more widely known for being the captain of the last Confederate unit to surrender at the end of the Civil War and six term state senator. However, he may be remembered just as well for his advocacy of North Carolina’s eastern Cherokee. This can be perceived in support of the Oconaluftee of Washington’s fight for exemption from removal by the government in 1835, election as chief of the eastern Cherokee in 1838, and election in 1862 as captain of a Cherokee troop whom he inspired to enlist in the Confederate army.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p60-62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72
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Thomas, William Holland 1805-1893; Civil War; North Carolina--Eastern Cherokee; Oconaluftee; Yonaguska, ca. 1759-1839; Cherokee Indians--Relocation; Western North Carolina Railroad; Secessionists--North Carolina ; Cherokee Nations--Lufty Cherokees; Trail of Tears (1838-1839); Junaluska, ca. 1779-1858; Stoga, John Astooga, d. 1862; Astoogatogeh, d. 1862; Wil Usdi, 1805-1893
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38270
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Touted by the author as the only North Carolina river running within state borders and depositing directly into the ocean, it played a role in historical events such as the Civil War and the region’s more recent industrial development. Gerard’s personal value was created by a journey on this waterway with three friends that proved challenging, dangerous, and exciting.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 4, Sept 2012,
p186-188, 190, 192, 194, 196-197
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40418
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The nationally recognized Civil Rights Movement was represented locally by events such as the 1957 sit-in at Durham’s Royal Ice Cream Company, led by the Rev. Douglas Moore, and the 1960 Woolworth sit-in led by a quartet of AT&T students. Protests such as these planted seeds of justice that, decades later, is bearing fruit for both blacks and whites.
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Woolworth's 1960 sit in; Civil Rights Movement--sit ins--Royal Ice Cream Company (Durham); Civil Rights Movement--Marie Everett--Carolina Theatre (Wilson); Civil Rights Movement--Floyd McKissick--University of North Carolina School of Law; Umstead, William B., 1895-1954; Pearsall, Thomas J., 1903-1981; Santford Martin--editor--WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL ; Civil Rights Movement--Rev. Douglas Moore--Royal Ice Cream Company (Durham); Civil Rights Movement--Robert Patterson--Woolworth's (Greensboro); Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro
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40422
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A Native American tribe has endured racial and ethnic bias in Robeson since their arrival in the mid-eighteenth century. This enduring spirit could have contributed to their successful contention with the Klu Klux Klan in 1958, a nationally recognized that helped paved the way for their present national and local political prowess.
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Lumbee Indians--Robeson County; Hatteras Indians--see also Hattorask Indians; Tuscarora Indians--North Carolina; Saponi Indians--North Carolina; Cheraw Indians--North Carolina; Cape Fear Indians--Cape Fear River; Lowry (Lowrie), Henry Berry, 1845-1872; Pembroke State College for Indians (Pembroke); Battle of Hayes Pond--Klu Klux Klan--Lumbee Indians; Social justice--Native Americans--Helen Maynor Schreibeck; Battle of Hayes Pond--Lumbee Indians--Judge Lacy R. Maynor
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40463
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Hugh MacRae Morton, famed photographer, had an appreciation of the area around Grandfather Mountain perhaps more akin to individuals like John Muir, co-founder of the Sierra Club. As for Morton's grandfather and former owner of Grandfather Mountain, Hugh McRae, his appreciation of the region leaned more toward development than conservation, as demonstrated by his ownership of Linville Improvement Company.
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Morton family; Morton, Hugh MacRae, 1921-2006; MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951; Linville Improvement Company--Hugh MacRae; Muir, John, 1838-1914; Grandfather Mountain State Park--History; Grandfather Mountain--history; Grandfather Mountain Highland Games (Linville); Linville Gorge; Logging railroads--History; Sierra Club--North Carolina; MacRae Meadows (Avery County); Linville Company--see also Linville Improvement Company ; Highlands--Description and travel; Highlands--history
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41050
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W. Kerr Scott, building upon his family’s tradition of public service in Alamance County, initiated progress throughout his home state and in the world, some of which generated controversy. As governor and senator, his accomplishments included 150,000 new electric connections for rural areas and advocating for a world food bank. His appointments of the first woman to the Superior Court and black man to the State Board of Education reflected ideals considered radical by some political rivals.
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Scott, W. Kerr, 1896-1958; Scott, W. Kerr--see Scott, William Kerr; Alamance County--History; Aycock, Charles B., 1859-1912; Sharp, Susie Marshall, 1907-1996; State Board of Education--black board members--Harold L. Trigg; Alamance Community College--The Scott Family Collection ; Umstead, William B., 1895-1954; Rural development; Infrastructure--North Carolina; Telephone--North Carolina, Rural; Electric service--rural areas
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41284
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It was a dynamic decade, due to social and cultural forces encouraging progress and protest. The author observed that progress and protest were particularly manifest in higher education, government, sports, and entertainment.
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Civil rights movement; Community colleges--North Carolina--history ; Charlotte Motor Speedway; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Klu Klux Klan--North Carolina ; North Carolina Arts Council; Folk music; Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958; Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974; Cape Lookout National Seashore
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41327
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Blizzards in early 1960 left a part of North Carolina more than drifts up to ten feet. Fortunately, communities across the state moved to help were a boon to mountain towns immobilized by the weather winter anomaly.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 87 Issue 9, February 2020,
p132-134, 136, 138-139
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42647
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Author Phillip Gerard reflects on race car driver Robert Glenn "Junior" Johnson and the evolution of the North Wilkesboro Speedway.
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42703
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A music performance at East Carolina College (now University) almost didn't happen on the evening of February 5, 1958. The Dave Brubeck Quartet integrated the school for the first time that very night when school authorities were pressured to allow the Quartet's one African American musician, Eugene Wright to be on stage.
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42801
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The article is first in a series by Phillip Gerard to explore the Vietnam War, racial conflict and new roles for women during the decade of the 1970s. Gerard is the 2019 North Carolina Award for Literature recipient.
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