Record #:

41164

Author(s):

Marshall, R. Jackson, III

Abstract:

This examination of North Carolina’s role in combat the past one hundred and fifty years included citizens and their uniforms. Service members include a Colored Cavalry member who helped draft the state constitution, Parker D. Robbins, and one of the first World War II female American POWs, Evelyn Whitlow.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 57 Issue 1, Fall 2017, p26-27

Subject(s):

Civil War--Colored regiments--Parker D. Robbins; Robbins, Parker D., 1834-1917; 1868 constitutional convention--North Carolina--Parker D. Robbins; Whitlow, Evelyn Barbara, 1916-1994; Civil War--14th Regiment North Carolina troops--Quentin Busbee; Spanish-American War--Lieutenant William E. Shipp; Shipp, William E., 1861-1898; Civil War--North Carolina ; Spanish-American War--North Carolina ; Revolutionary War--North Carolina ; American Revolution--see also Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; World War I--North Carolina--Wilmington Light Infantry