Record #:

23500

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Mrs. Peyton Atkinson of Greenville wrote a letter to Governor Zebulon Vance describing the terror endured by the citizens of Greenville during a \"Yankee\" raid on the city. Mrs. Atkinson states that General Martin ordered Confederate troops to leave Greenville only a short time before the raid and expresses her dislike for this action telling Vance citizens would have been spared if General Martin had ordered his troops to protect the town of Greenville. She calls for an investigation into this matter. In addition, Mrs. Laura Dudley Griffin, widow of Confederate veteran Robert L. Griffin (d. 1915) tells of growing up in a house that sat on the line between Pitt and Craven Counties.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Oct 3-16 2001, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

Greenville--History; Greenville--History--Civil War, 1861-1865