Part 1: A Modest Estimate of His Own Abilities: Governor Henry Toole Clark and the Early Civil War Leadership of North Carolina

Record #:

21787

Author(s):

Poteat, R. Matthew

Abstract:

This article discusses the governorship of Henry Toole Clark during the Civil War. Assuming the governorship after the death of John Willis Ellis, Clark took office on the eve of the Civil War. With little support from the Confederate government, Clark was charged with raising troops and funds to properly defend North Carolina from Union assault.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 84 Issue 1, Jan 2007, p1-36 , il, por, f

Subject(s):

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