Record #:

39111

Author(s):

Abstract:

List of the Washington Grays Officers and men taken prisoner at Cape Hatteras; Dinner given by Washington Ladies for Capt. Leath’s tired and hungry soldiers; Mr. Sutton of Chocowinity District accidently shot his right arm and it was amputated; About Capts. Leath and Swindell’s troops at Hatteras and now stationed in Washington; Rev. Wood, Presbyterian minister appointed Chaplain of the 4th Regiment. Other ministers resigned due to low salary; Yankee blockades took several vessels, including S. R. Fowle & Son’s “Ocean Wave,” and Capt. Warner’s boat; Nathaniel Warren was killed by a falling tree; the three-year old daughter of Gilbert Hammond died; Runaway negro girl named Nancy Wiggins, age about 18, committed to jail; recipe to waterproof soldiers overcoats; New drug store opened on Main Street; Sale of Hyde County land for taxes.

Source:

Pamteco Tracings (NoCar F262.B37 P35), Vol. 6 Issue No. 1, June 1990, p36-37

Subject(s):

Beaufort County--Civil War