Record #:

19456

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

The article follows William Augustus Parvin, a Yankee by birth who moves to North Carolina and fights for the Confederacy during the war. Parvin's war career began with defending Fort Hatteras on the Outer Banks where he was captured and sent north. The author retells Parvin's daring and successful escape from Boston back home to Little Washington.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 11, Apr 2013, p62-68, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons