Record #:

20299

Author(s):

Chambers, William N.

Abstract:

This biographical essay examines the life, family, and career of North Carolina Senator Thomas Hart Benton.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 26 Issue 4, Oct 1949, p385-416, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Record #:

20301

Author(s):

Davis, Curtis Carroll

Abstract:

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the writing of \"Orta-undis, and Other Poems\" by James Mathewes Legare, with a particular focus on Legare's discussion of muses with critics of his work.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 26 Issue 4, Oct 1949, p417-438, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Legare, James Mathewes, 1823-1859

Record #:

20302

Author(s):

Blades, Thomas E.; Wike, John W.

Abstract:

This article provides the history of an American flag carried by Company G, 12th infantry (North Carolinians) commanded by Capt. C.R. Jones during the Mexican-American War and was the first American flag to wave over the fort at the National Bridge. The article provides information on the formation and activities of the regiment, at the outset of the war, their involvement in the battle at the National Bridge (Puente de la Nacional), the flags presentation to the Wilmington Light Infantry after the war, and its subsequent donation to the National Archives in Washington, DC sometime after the Civil War. A 1946 black and white photograph of two unnamed men holding the flag in the Archives is included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 26 Issue 4, Oct 1949, p439-445, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Mexican-American War, 1846-1848--Soldiers--12th Infantry, Company G

Record #:

20358

Author(s):

Keith, Alice Barnwell

Abstract:

This is a reprint of the travel diary of Karl Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, commonly referred to as Prince Bernhard, during an 1825 tour of North America taken while on a break from the Army of the Netherlands. The diary was only written for family and friends, but was published due to popular demand. The entries included here deal only with his writings on the Carolinas, however, the introduction includes information on the diary as written, the publication or the diary and its contents as a whole.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 26 Issue 4, Oct 1949, p446-459, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bernhard, Karl (Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Prince Bernhard), 1792-1862