Record #:

3671

Author(s):

Chamberlain, Merle

Abstract:

Members of the Latimer and Savage families of Connecticut relocated to North Carolina and were prominent families in Wilmington in the years before and during the Civil War.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 42 Issue 1, Mar 1998, p1-8, il, por, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Latimer family; Savage family; Wilmington--History--19th Century

Record #:

3999

Author(s):

Fonvielle, Chris E.

Abstract:

Built in 1862, Fort Anderson was the last fortification against Union troops moving up the Cape Fear River to attack Wilmington. It fell to Union soldiers on February 17, 1865, leading to the capture of Wilmington and effectively shutting off the Confederacy's last supply line.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 42 Issue 3, Oct 1998, p1-8

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Wilmington--History--19th Century; Fort Anderson (Brunswick County)

Record #:

28663

Author(s):

Craig, William E.

Abstract:

Alexander Calizance Miller’s origin was an intriguing mystery to his contemporaries at the beginning of the nineteenth century as it has been to his descendants ever since. In 1797 he left France with the help of Captain Miller, whose name he bore. He became friends with prominent leaders of Wilmington, North Carolina, and married Mary Brown, a general’s daughter.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 29 Issue 1, Oct 1985, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History--19th Century

Record #:

28657

Author(s):

Rayburn, Richard H.

Abstract:

1865 began a period of political reconstruction in North Carolina, as well as improvements to Wilmington, the largest port in the state. The United States Army Corps of Engineers performed all major improvements on the Cape Fear River to enhance Wilmington’s commercial and economic position.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 27 Issue 3, May 1984, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History--19th Century; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Cape Fear River--History

Record #:

28658

Author(s):

Gerdes, John Henry

Abstract:

In the 1850s, several Jewish merchants established in Wilmington. While there were not enough Jews to form a congregation, by the middle of the 1850s enough had arrived to form a charitable society and to establish a burial ground for members of the faith.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 28 Issue 1, Oct 1984, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Jews--North Carolina; Wilmington--History--19th Century

Record #:

28655

Author(s):

Abstract:

Letters from the Lazarus-Calder records reveal the character of some of the first occupants of the Lazarus House, and provide a glimpse of Wilmington life in the nineteenth century. Aaron Marks Lazarus was a wealthy merchant who left no will when he died in 1841. This stimulated lively correspondence and Phila Cohen Lazarus Calder proved a faithful correspondent.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Oct 1983, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History--19th Century; Personal narratives

Record #:

28637

Author(s):

Wright, Thomas

Abstract:

Reverend Thomas Wright lived in Wilmington, North Carolina working in the mercantile business. During a business trip to New York, his ship wrecked, he lost all his possessions, and he almost died. Letters to his cousin, John Scott, describe his life before becoming ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1820.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 1980, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Personal narratives; Wilmington--History--19th Century

Record #:

28636

Author(s):

Wright, Thomas

Abstract:

Reverend Thomas Wright lived in Wilmington, North Carolina working in the mercantile business before becoming ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1820. During a business trip to New York, his ship wrecked, he lost all his possessions, and he almost died. Letters to his cousin, John Scott, describe his life following the event.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, Oct 1979, p1-6, f

Subject(s):

Personal narratives; Wilmington--History--19th Century

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 #:

28622

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

Throughout the colonial era, Wilmington town commissioners grappled with the constant threat of fire. Despite the absence of serious fires, a number of precautionary measures were taken to protect the town. Before the Revolution, Wilmington had the most advanced means of fire control of any town in North Carolina.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 18 Issue 3, May 1975, p1-5, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History--19th Century; Fires