Record #:

21277

Author(s):

Gallagher, Gary W.

Abstract:

A look at the life, education, and military career of heralded North Carolina West Point graduate Major General Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Particular attention is given to the years between 1855 and 1860 when he was at West Point, but details on his family and his death in the battle of Cedar Creek in October of 1864 are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p1-28, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

West Point (Military academy)

Record #:

21278

Author(s):

Morris, Charles Edward

Abstract:

This article examines the circumstances surrounding the slave revolt led by Virginia slave Nat Turner on August 21, 1831, with a particular focus on North Carolinians' reactions to the revolt and the chaos that spread in the days and weeks following the event.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p29-52, il, por, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Southampton Insurrection, 1831

Record #:

21279

Author(s):

Hunt, James L.

Abstract:

Part one of a three part article examining the early life and political career of Populist leader Marion Butler up to his election to the US Senate in 1895. Particular attention is given to Butler's differences from Georgia Populist Tom Watson in Butler's service to the Farmer's Alliance, his persistence as a Democrat, and as a fusionist. Butler's life has been seen as influential not only because he was president of the Alliance and a Senator, but because his life demonstrates the path to political reform taken by thousands of farmers during the 1980s.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 62 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p53-77, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938; North Carolina Farmers' Alliance; Populism