Record #:

30908

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

A map found by an Department of Archives and History assistant archaeologist, while researching a project site, led to the discovery of two undocumented Civil War gun emplacements. These Emplacements, part on the earthworks created to protect the Old Georgetown Road, were excavated and recorded prior to their destruction in order to create a discharge canal for the newly constructed nuclear power plant.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 18 Issue 5, Sep 1970, p125-126, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Division of Archives and History; Maps, Early--North Carolina; Archaeology and history--Brunswick County; Southport--History; Civil War

Record #:

22012

Author(s):

Sprunt, James

Abstract:

An account of the Cape Fear blockade during the Civil War written by James Sprunt, former purser of the confederate steamer LILLIAN. The essay contains stories about the blockade including blockader runners, the rescue of Madame DeRosset, the Confederate Navy, a description of Smithville (Southport), an account of the blockade runner KATE, and more.

Source:

The North Carolina Booklet (NoCar F 251 .N86), Vol. 1 Issue 10, Feb 1902, p2-112, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Southport--History; Blockade running; Sprunt, James, 1846-1924; LILLIAN (Confederate Steamer); ADVANCE (Confederate Steamer)

Record #:

10870

Author(s):

Price, James Erastus

Abstract:

Price describes events in Southport while a young boy growing up there during the Civil War.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 14, Dec 1967, p8-10, 26-27, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Southport--History