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for "North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
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16711
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The Civil War cannon made in 1862 from the bell of the oldest public building in North Carolina has returned home 141 years after its surrender to Edenton's Colonial Park in Edenton Bay.
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16718
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North Carolinians are aware of the indelible marks that the Civil War left on the State. But few realize that Union soldiers capture much of Eastern North Carolina in the early years of the war or that North Carolina provided 150,000 men to help fight for the Confederate cause. Now a path of this conflict is being put across the State on small monuments and new historical markers.
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16728
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Chowan County dedicated the Cannon's Ferry Civil War Marker, one of many memorials being erected at campaign sites over the southeast through the Civil War Trails project.
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17019
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In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, the little known battle of Averasboro is examined in terms of physical geography and military considerations.
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17782
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Fort Ocracoke was built to protect the inlet which connected the Pamlico Sound with the Atlantic. Designed by Colonel Ellwood Morris, construction started on May 1861. Five companies supported the 20 gun fort until an attack on Fort Hatteras drew four of these five companies away. Orders soon followed that if Fort Hatteras fell Fort Ocracoke should be abandoned, which it was with Confederate troops spiking its guns and burning the fort.
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18520
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Gerard presents the breadth of practiced religions during this period and how prayer influenced everyday events both for soldiers and citizens. Also discussed is the era's dilemma of being a devote Christian and practicing slavery and how this shaped the religious and philosophical debate during the war.
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18920
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Noffke examines the impact of the American Civil War on the Bellamy family of Wilmington and how regional divisions may have affected the family and their historic home.
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19359
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In December of 1864 Union soldiers headed for New Inlet in an attempt to seize one of the last Confederate forts that protected the thriving port of Wilmington, but Fort Fisher stood in their way. Peters discusses the construction of Fort Fisher and why it stands today to tell the story of the last major stronghold of the Confederacy.
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19645
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A collection of letters reprinted in full and written by Luther Rice Mills, who was born August 17, 1840 in Halifax County, VA and died at Wake Forest, NC on August 18, 1920. Mills was from a large slave-holding household, educated at Wake Forest, and he served for four years in the Confederate army, spending the winter of 1864-1865 at Petersburg.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 4 Issue 3, July 1927,
p284-310, f
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19728
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This article looks at General William T. Sherman's actions in the South during the American Civil War. It includes a description of his personality, and character, his maneuvers, and the perceptions of him in the South.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 8 Issue 1, Jan 1931,
p41-54, f
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19771
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George V. Strong became the Confederate States attorney for the District of North Carolina on June 17, 1861. His first task was to go to New Bern and deal with three admiralty cases. Admiralty cases were not Strong's specialty and, in general, presented a convoluted area of the law for any practicing lawyer of the time. The article reviews how Strong called upon those more experienced to deal with specific admiralty cases in the state at the opening of the Civil War.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 17 Issue 2, April 1940,
p132-138, f
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19965
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George Davis' entire political career began and ended with the Civil War. During this period though he attended the Virginia Peace Convention, was a Confederate Senator, and served as Attorney General in President Davis' Cabinet. The author looks at the Wilmington native's career closely to understand why Davis was so revered by his contemporaries.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 23 Issue 4, Oct 1946,
p449-470, f
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20200
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North Carolinian Mary Bayard Clarke was an avid writer who published several poems and wrote editorial columns for North Carolina newspapers before the American Civil War. After the fall of Fort Fischer, Clarke was in Raleigh when General Sherman and his troops captured and occupied the city. Instead of fleeing, Clarke stayed in Raleigh and wrote many articles regarding the occupation of Raleigh for the New York serial The Old Guard. During the course of her research for the articles, Clarke had to interact much with the Union army and its soldiers. This interaction with enemy troops led to her estrangement with her sister and ostracized Clarke from several social circles.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 8, 1999,
p29-38
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20383
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Charles Henry Foster was a minor controversial figure of the American Civil War. To the Confederates of North Carolina, Foster was a turncoat who denounced the South during the war, but returned to the state as a champion of the North Carolina Unionists.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 3, Jul 1960,
p348-366, f
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20402
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William T. Sherman believed in the concept of total war, which would conflict terrible enough that Southern opposition would exhaust all possible remedies before commencing struggle. Sherman applied this theory to his campaigns through the South, including Goldsboro and Fayetteville.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 37 Issue 3, Jul 1960,
p367-381, f
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