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for "North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
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20442
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Fort Hatteras was captured by a joint expedition between Union Major General Butler and Commodore Stringham on August 31, 1861. Considered a great victory for the North and an unsettling development for the South and especially North Carolinians, the author looks at the consequences for the Confederate cause with the loss of Hatteras. The author also details the course of events leading up to the fall of Fort Hatteras.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 29 Issue 2, April 1952,
p204-219, f
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20447
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North Carolinians were divided on the issue of succession at the outbreak of war because of the state's growing industrial nature. The Whig Party or \"Unionists\" hesitated to secede without deliberation while the Democrats or \"Secessionists\" believed it was the state's honor and duty to join the Confederacy. Both parties argued their sides in Federal and Confederate Congresses without reaching compromise. The author reviews each side's ideals and attempts to define the objectives of each party which were sometimes blurred.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 29 Issue 3, July 1952,
p359-378, f
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20464
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Although North Carolina cast her fortunes with those of the Confederacy in 1861, it was not until February 1862 that the Civil War was seriously felt in the eastern region of the state. During that time, Winton, a village on the Chowan River, was burned by Union troops. This event resulted in the disgrace of an entire regiment as an object in the futility of war.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 39 Issue 1, Jan 1962,
p18-31, f
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20908
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The North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust Fund approved, in February 2012, a grant of $355,000 to acquire 120 acres to add to the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site. The Civil War Trust will match the grant dollar-for-dollar with funds from the American Battlefield Protection Program. Each of the nine properties covered by the grant is adjacent to previously preserved land.
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20925
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Rebellion against Spanish rule in Cuba persisted from 1868-1898 and during this period America was urged to support the Cuban uprising. The South, and especially North Carolina opposed military involvement because suffered so greatly from the recently ended Civil War and was in the midst of Reconstruction. Looking at newspaper accounts, the author analyzes the state's response to escalating military actions and Cuba and North Carolinians' reluctance to back a war with Spain.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1966,
p43-65, f
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20930
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Union elections were held in four Confederate states in an attempt to reestablish Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Louisiana into the Union. One election took place in the state's first and second districts in 1863. The article summarizes the events and political maneuvering necessary for these elections to occur and for North Carolinians to realign themselves with the Union by electing congressmen.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 43 Issue 4, Oct 1966,
p381-400, f
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20972
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This article looks at the United States Supreme Court case of \"United States v. Anderson\" that sought to determine a precise, legal end to the American Civil War.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Oct 1967,
p321-341, il, f
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21076
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Broadsides were a cheap and easy way to circulate songs and poetry amongst large groups of people during and after the American Civil War. This was the case of the broadside ballad, Shelling of Fort Anderson, March 14th, 1863 by Dr. Sutherland, a 46-year-old physician and private in the 92nd New York Volunteer Regiment which occupied Fort Anderson in New Bern, North Carolina. The ballad poetically describes the assault on the fort by Confederate besiegers and the Union defense. The broadside also provides a unique perspective on a well-known military action during the Civil War.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 5, 1996,
p178-188, por, map
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21192
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This article examines a failed attempt by Union forces to capture Fort Fisher which protected Wilmington, one of the last Confederate open ports. In December 1861, Union General Benjamin F. Butler attempted to explode a powder ship on a sandbar in front on the fort. After the explosion, Butler sent infantry divisions to storm the fort, who failed in their attempt.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 47 Issue 1, Jan 1970,
p24-39, il, por, f
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21251
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Stephen Barton, Jr. moved to Hertford County, North Carolina in 1856 to establish a mill village based on the lumber trade with Norfolk and Northern ports. The brother of lauded humanitarian Clara Barton, Stephen's mill thrived until commercial insecurity in 1860 caused by looming conflict and Barton's neutrality during the American Civil War.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Jan 1974,
p22-40 , il, por, f
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21339
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The Battle of Bentonville was fought on March 19-22, 1865. The battle can be divided into three parts, and this article focuses on the opening phase fought March 19 and the Union generals involved. The officers were William Passmore Carlin, James Dale Morgan, and Alphesus S. William. General Joseph E. Johnston was the overall commander of Confederate forces.
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21435
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During the Civil War in Randolph County and adjacent areas, conflict between pro-Union residents and Confederate supporters occurred on a regular basis. The Randolph County area was populated by pacifists, abolitionists, Quakers, Wesleyans, Moravians, and Dunkards. The anti-Confederate sentiment appealed to army deserters and lower-class residents who were unaffected by the Confederacy's pro-planter and upper class policies. Local leaders John Hilton, Bryan Tyson, and William Owens utilized public appeals and guerrilla warfare to gain supporters and disrupt local affairs. The conflict between the two sides did not end with the Civil War but continued into the Reconstruction era.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Jan 1984,
p59-92 , il, por, map, f
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21534
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This article examines the diary of Peter W. Hairston, a wealthy planter in North Carolina before the Civil War and Volunteer Aide to Confederate general Jubal A. Early. During the period of the diary, 7 November to 4 December 1863, Early and Hairston were a part of two major operations in Virginia. These operations were the Rappahannock Bridge and Mine Run campaigns. The diary illuminates the fading Confederate cause in 1863 and challenges to state and national authority in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 67 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p59-86 , por, map, f
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21560
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This article quantitatively analyses voter turnout and voting patterns in North Carolina from the 1850s to 1864. There was increased tension between the slaveholding elite and the smaller farmer class which was exacerbated by the wartime burdens the average North Carolinian suffered. Increased political competition also deepened the divide between the classes. This resulted in a transformation of the political landscape of North Carolina and the formation of a frustrated class of voters who had no ties to antebellum political machines and were determined to be heard.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 2, Apr 1992,
p148-178 , il, por, f
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21568
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This article re-examines and alters Henry T. Shanks's thesis in 'Disloyalty to the Confederacy in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865,' in the 1944 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review. In his article, Shanks relies exclusively on Confederate War Department findings regarding whether a majority of the region's residents openly opposed the Confederate States of America. Confederate agents used flawed investigative practices and overestimated the extent of disloyalty, especially membership in the Heroes of America. In post-war southwestern Virginia and in disagreement of Confederate reports and predictions, no Republican Party developed in the region and the Southern Claims Commission showed little evidence of rampant membership in the Heroes of America.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 3, July 1992,
p301-322 , il, por, map, f
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