Record #:

13902

Author(s):

Carmichael, Billy, III

Abstract:

The Confederate Civil War prison at Salisbury wasn't exactly a striking demonstration of southern hospitality; disease, death and disorder all had their day.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 18 Issue 6, July 1950, p6, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bentonville

Record #:

13998

Author(s):

Thrift, Rev. C.T.

Abstract:

Leonidas Polk, who was born in Raleigh, had the unusual distinction of being a Bishop in the Episcopal Church and a General in the Confederate Army at the same time.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 18 Issue 45, Apr 1951, p7, 22, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bentonville

Record #:

14274

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

The Avery brothers from Burke County, were Confederate colonels, all of whom were killed in action and gave their name to Avery County.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 6, July 1947, p11

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bentonville

Record #:

28548

Author(s):

Markovich, Jeremy

Abstract:

The reemergence of the 1864 Agnes E. Fry shipwreck and its importance are detailed. The Agnes E. Fry was a blockade runner intended to be used to evade Union warships during the Civil War. The Fry’s history, the account of its final run as told by Bernard Roux Harding, and its place off the NC coast are described. Billy Ray Morris, director of the Underwater Archaeology Branch, rediscovered the ship and he describes the work being done to preserve and document the find.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 1, June 2017, p138-144 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--North Carolina; Shipwrecks--Anecdotes; Shipwrecks--Conservation; Blockade runners; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Bentonville; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockade runners