Record #:

24511

Author(s):

Levin, Alexandra Lee

Abstract:

During the last months of 1864, Wilmington, North Carolina was the last porthole of the Confederacy to the outside world. This article describes how, though the town was blockaded by the Federal Blockading Squad, Brigadier General Edwin Grey Lee, C.S.A. managed to escape to Canada

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 11, April 1978, p26-28, por

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History; Wilmington--History--19th Century; Wilmington, NC--History; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockade runners; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades

Record #:

24525

Author(s):

Levin, Alexandra Lee

Abstract:

The second British Minister to the United States, Robert Liston, visited North Carolina with his wife in 1979 after the Revolutionary War. This article presents their experiences and opinion of North Carolina during their visit.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 45 Issue 4, September 1977, p10-12, il

Subject(s):

Ministers; North Carolina--History--American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783