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Harrison, Fred W., Jr.

Harrison recounts several incidents in the Union occupation of Eastern North Carolina during 1862 and provides several primary sources for further reading.

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 44 Issue 8, Aug 2012, p16, il Periodical Website

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Eastern--Occupation, 1862

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In the late 19th century tugboat-pulled barges carried train cars two-at-time across the Albemarle Sound. This was a slow, all-day process that improved in 1899 when John W. Garrett steamer came into service. This train ferry could carry twenty-three loaded freight cars at a time. However, by 1906, railroad officials concluded that building a second railroad ferry was not practical. The solution--build a bridge. Built at a cost of $1 million and completed in 1910, the Norfolk & Southern Railroad Bridge stretched five miles over the sound and was the longest one of its kind in the world. It would last seventy-six years.

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 43 Issue 0, Mar 2011, p30-31, il Periodical Website

Railroads--History--Albemarle Sound; Bridges, railroad--Albemarle Sound; Norfolk & Southern Railroad

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Harrison, Fred W., Jr.

Purchased and passed down by various family members, the Asa Biggs house was sold by its final owners to the Martin County Historical Society. Its size and architectural style reflect Biggs’ growing family and experience with buildings in the New Orleans area. From efforts of citizens and groups, the house reflecting 1840s life is open for public tours. It contains artifacts related to Asa Biggs, Williamston, and Martin County, as well as the Francis M. Manning History and Research Room.

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018, p34-36

Biggs, Asa, 1811-1878; Historic houses--Martin County; Asa Biggs House ; Asa Biggs House (Williamston); Civil War--Williamston; Architecture--Martin County; Architecture--Hall and parlor style; Crawford, Martha Cotton Biggs; National Register of Historic Places--North Carolina; Manning, Francis; Martin County Historical Society

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Perhaps no county in North Carolina suffered more intense devastation during the Civil War than Martin County. Foster's Raid occurred on November 2, 1862. According to a contemporary, personal property losses amounted to nearly two million dollars. A battle initiating at Rawles Mill carried on into Williamston with severe wreckage and plunder and the burning of a portion of the town of Hamilton.

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p79-80

Foster, John G., 1823-1874; Foster's Raid; Civil War--Williamston; Hamilton (NC)--Foster's Raid