Record #:

43229

Author(s):

Harrison, Fred W., Jr.

Abstract:

Perhaps no county in North Carolina suffered more intense devastation during the Civil War than Martin County. Foster's Raid occurred on November 2, 1862. According to a contemporary, personal property losses amounted to nearly two million dollars. A battle initiating at Rawles Mill carried on into Williamston with severe wreckage and plunder and the burning of a portion of the town of Hamilton.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 4 Issue 2, Winter 2012, p79-80 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Foster, John G., 1823-1874; Foster's Raid; Civil War--Williamston; Hamilton (NC)--Foster's Raid