Record #:

5407

Author(s):

Smith, Everard H.

Abstract:

The impact of World War II on Wilmington between 1941 and 1945 is discussed by Smith. Military construction was in high gear and included the following projects: a coastal artillery base; Camp Davis, which housed 20,000 soldiers; Army Air Force fields in New Hanover County; and naval and coast guard centers in Brunswick County. Housing was a great need, as were eating and entertainment places. However, the great prosperity also bought a rise in crime and related social problems.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p1-7, il, f

Subject(s):

Wilmington--History; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Wilmington

Record #:

28685

Author(s):

Smith, Everard H.

Abstract:

During World War II, North Carolina had a strong military and industrial presence. The state also became a major combat zone, with more Allied ships and German submarines sunk off its coast than anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere. Naval operations at the Coast Artillery in Holly Ridge made a dramatic contribution to national defense.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p1-7, il, por, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Wilmington

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 #:

3930

Author(s):

Block, Susan

Abstract:

In 1835, Thomas Henry Wright gave land on Wrightsville Sound to St. James Church in Wilmington on which to build Mt. Lebanon. Services were held on a regular basis starting in 1836. The chapel has been used and closed several times over the past 160 years. In 1974, it was restored and reopened on a regular basis.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 42 Issue 2, June 1998, p1-8, il, f

Subject(s):

Churches--New Hanover County; Historic buildings--New Hanover County; Mount Lebanon Chapel (New Hanover County); New Hanover County--Church history

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 #:

3235

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

Colonial travel in the lower Cape Fear region was by water and often slow and hazardous. As the population spread inland, a system of roads, bridges, ferries, and taverns developed. Since counties provided the upkeep, some routes were better than others.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 41 Issue 2, Feb 1997, p1-8, il, bibl

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Record #:

3124

Author(s):

Ferguson, Emma Henry

Abstract:

Running the Union navy blockade outside the port of Wilmington during the Civil War was a dangerous undertaking. Emma Henry Ferguson endured a harrowing escape aboard the LYNX during May, 1864.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 41 Issue 1, Oct 1996, p1-10, il

Subject(s):

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

Record #:

5712

Author(s):

Earnhart, George N.

Abstract:

Like many Civil War soldiers who wrote home, General William D. Pender composed a number of letters to his wife, Fanny, up to the time of his death from wounds received at Gettysburg. A representative selection is included.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Apr 1996, punnumbered

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate

Record #:

28684

Author(s):

Block, Susan Taylor

Abstract:

The Howard Loughlin Collection consists of photographs, postcards, letters, and documents describing life in the Lower Cape Fear, North Carolina during the early 1900s. The collection tells stories about Wilmington residents and the steamships Wilmington and City of Southport.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 40 Issue 3, June 1996, p1-4, il, por, f

Subject(s):

Archives--North Carolina; Personal narratives; Wilmington, Southport, and Carolina Beach Steamboat Line

Record #:

2380

Author(s):

Watson, Alan D.

Abstract:

In January, 1816, Wilmington merchant John Fanning Burgwyn wrote to an unidentified person a detailed prospectus describing the port, river navigation, and exports and imports. The document is in the New Hanover County Public Library in Wilmington.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 39 Issue 2, Apr 1995, p1-4, f

Subject(s):

Harbors--Wilmington; Wilmington--History; Burgwyn, John Fanning, 1783-1864; Commerce--History

Record #:

2709

Author(s):

Block, Susan

Abstract:

Prior to World War II, Alvin Johnson and Hugh MacRae rescued a small number of Jews from Nazi Germany and settled them on a farm in Pender County called Van Eeden. [Because this was a large article, it was catalogued as a book under this call number - NoCar HX 653 N8 B46 1995.]

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 40 Issue 1, Oct 1995, p3-72, il, f

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Pender County; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Jews

Record #:

1453

Author(s):

Block, Susan

Abstract:

Arthur Dobbs served as royal governor of North Carolina from 1754 until his death in 1765. Block summarizes Dobbs' life and offers a portrait of his native Ireland, which the author and her husband visited in 1993.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 38 Issue 2, Feb 1994, p1-8, por

Subject(s):

Dobbs, Arthur, 1689-1765; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Ireland--Description and travel

Record #:

1633

Author(s):

Beeler, Nancy N.

Abstract:

Solomon Nash was a free black builder who owned land and slaves in Wilmington during the early 19th-century.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 38 Issue 1, May 1994, p1-5, il, bibl, f

Subject(s):

African American slaveholders--Wilmington; Freedmen--Wilmington; Nash, Solomon; African Americans--History--Wilmington

Record #:

2506

Author(s):

Seapker, Janet K.

Abstract:

John Coffin Wood and Robert Barclay Wood, Wilmington builders and brick masons during the mid-19th Century, left their mark on the city with structures like the Grace Street Methodist Church and the City Hall-Thalian Hall.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 39 Issue 1, Dec 1994, punnumbered, il, por, f

Subject(s):

Wood, John Coffin, 1809-1873; Wood, Robert Barclay, 1815-1890; Wilmington--Buildings, structures, etc.; Contractors--Wilmington

Record #:

1099

Author(s):

Willcox, George W.

Abstract:

Bridgett Day Beatty was an interesting and prominent woman in 18th- and 19th-century Wilmington.

Source:

Lower Cape Fear Historical Society Bulletin (NoCar F 262 C2 L6x), Vol. 37 Issue 3, May 1993, p1-8, por, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Beatty, Bridgett Day, 1748-1804; Beatty family; Wilmington--History