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20876
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This is a reprint of letters written by seventeen year old Union Navy surgeon's steward Sayers Odgen Nichols while serving aboard the 8-gun side-wheeler USS MIAMI stationed as part of the Civil War blockading squadron off of Plymouth, NC. The letters were written between April 17, 1864 and May 6th, 1864 and describe his experiences aboard ship during that time including interaction with the confederate ram CSS ALBEMARLE. Some additional biographical information on Nichols is included in the introduction.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Jan 1963,
p75-84, il
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20995
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This is a reprint of entries from the diary of Lt. James W. Chapin, Adjutant of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry Regiment. Chapin wrote it while riding with Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry on the left wing of Gen. William T. Sherman's army during the Carolinas Campaign. The entries provide an account of Chapin's experiences during Sherman's march through the Carolinas as well as details and key witness testimony about allegations concerning the shooting of Union prisoners by Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler's men.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Jan 1969,
p42-57, il, por, map, f
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21061
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This is a reprint of eight letters written by George Washington Whitman, younger brother of Walt Whitman, during the Civil War. The letters describe battles of Roanoke Island and New Bern in February and March of 1862.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Jan 1973,
p73-92, il, por, f
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21316
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John Wilson Crowell, who was the great-grandfather of Laura Winslow, was born in Union County in 1819. He was the fourth of eleven children, and the father of seven. At the age of forty-three he joined the 37th Regiment North Carolina Troops. Campbell's article consists of Crowell's genealogy and a series of letters he wrote home from Virginia in 1863-1864. He was killed in the fighting at Fussell's Mill, Virginia, August 18, 1864.
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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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21547
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This article follows the experiences of John Wesley Bone of Nash County who served through the Civil War with the 30th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, Company I. Bone later wrote of his wartime life in A Personal Memoir of the Civil War Service of John Wesley Bone: A Confederate Soldier from Nash County which was published in 1904.
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28094
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The Christ Church was established in New Bern in 1750. Newspapers and written accounts of soldiers tell the history of Christ Church during the Civil War. Despite a devastating fire, conflict, and different philosophies, Christ Church provided uninterrupted service to both northern and southern attendees.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 17 Issue 1, May 2004,
p3-20, il, bibl
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Record #:
28280
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This is a collection of primary source documentation regarding various episodes of the Civil War in Wilmington. The letters are of a familial nature, and document camp life and the early blockade of Wilmington.
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28616
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Letters between Alfred Gurganious and his wife Susan Jane (DeBose) Gurganious offer a personal account of the day to day anxieties and frustrations that separation brought during the Civil War. In 1861, Alfred enlisted in the North Carolina State Troops, leaving Susan with six children and a farm to manage in New Hanover.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 16 Issue 3, May 1973,
p1-6, f
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28619
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Albert Franklin Williams kept a diary during the Civil War from June through August, 1862. During this time, he marched from North Carolina into Virginia, was captured during the Seven Day’s Battles near Richmond, confined at Fort Delaware, and finally exchanged in Virginia.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 17 Issue 3, April 1974,
p1-6, f
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28627
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Joseph Warren Poland was a former warrant officer who served during the Civil War in the Union Forces. A letter written by Poland is presented. The letter describes his experience when Wilmington, North Carolina was under attack.
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Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin
(NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 1977,
p1-4, f
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