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Miss Emeline Pigott: A Life of Service to the Confederacy

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34566
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Abstract:
Emeline Pigott was born and raised in Carteret County just outside Morehead City. Living near a Confederate encampment during her early twenties, Pigott served as a nurse and gathered information on Union movement for the Confederacy. Captured and imprisoned in 1864, Pigott was eventually released and moved to Morehead City following the Civil War. She became one of the founding members of the North Carolina chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy, established 1906.
Source:
The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 11 Issue 3, Summer 1995, p3-4, il, por