Cape Fear Confederates

Author : James Gillispie
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786486861

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Cape Fear Confederates by James Gillispie Pdf

The 18th North Carolina Regiment has the dubious distinction of firing the volley at Chancellorsville, Virginia, that mortally wounded General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. This tragic accident has overshadowed the regiment's otherwise valiant service during the Civil War. One of Robert E. Lee's "fighting regiments," the 18th North Carolina was a part of two famous Confederate military machines, A.P. Hill's Light Division and Jackson's foot cavalry. This revealing history chronicles the regiment's exploits from its origins through combat with the Army of Northern Virginia at Hanover Court House, the Seven Days' Battles, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and other battles to its surrender at Appomattox Court House as a battered, much smaller shell of its former self. A roster of those surrendering officers and enlisted men and brief biographical sketches of those who fought with the regiment for most of the war complete this enlightening account.

Author : Dawson Carr
Publisher : Blair
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004190744

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Gray Phantoms of the Cape Fear by Dawson Carr Pdf

Story of blockade runners, the captains, the crews, the cargoes, the opponents, and the unbelievable escapes.

Author : Chris Eugene Fonvielle
Publisher : HPN Books
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781893619685

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Historic Wilmington & the Lower Cape Fear by Chris Eugene Fonvielle Pdf

Author : Philip Hatfield, PhD
Publisher : 35th Star Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781737857594

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Treason on the Cape Fear by Philip Hatfield, PhD Pdf

Although rarely discussed by historians, events on North Carolina's southeastern coast during the months of January to April 1861 challenge the popular narrative that the Civil War began with President Abraham Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers following the attack on Fort Sumter. Treason on the Cape Fear demonstrates that hostilities were already in progress well before Lincoln's inauguration on March 4, 1861. Shortly after South Carolina's secession on December 20, 1860, President James Buchanan announced his intention to strengthen southern coastal forts. This agitated North Carolina's southeastern coastal residents' already tense mood, with fears of imminent invasion. However, when the Wilmington Journal falsely reported that Buchanan had sent two U.S. steamers carrying heavy artillery and soldiers to secure Fort Caswell, located south of the port city on the Cape Fear River, tensions escalated to the point of no return. On January 10, 1861, Wilmington city leaders ordered three hundred local militia deemed "The Cape Fear Minutemen" to capture Fort Caswell and Fort Johnston, without authorization from the Federal government, a blatant act of treason. Despite this, no legal action was taken as North Carolina Governor John W. Ellis simply apologized to President Buchanan and ordered the militia to immediately surrender the forts. Following the bombardment of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, however, Ellis ordered the militia to recapture the forts, and this time no apology was given.

Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614233282

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North Carolina in the Civil War by Michael C. Hardy Pdf

Civil War scholar Michael Hardy delves into the story of North Carolina's Confederate past, from civilians to soldiers, as these Tar Heels proved they were a force to be reckoned with. "First at Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga and last at Appomattox" is a phrase that is often used to encapsulate the role of North Carolina's Confederate soldiers. Tar Heels witnessed the pitched battles of New Bern, Averysboro and Bentonville, as well as incursions like Sherman's March and Stoneman's Raid. The state was one of the last to leave the Union but contributed more men and sustained more dead than any other Southern state. This inclusive history of the Old North State is a must-read for any Civil War buff!

Author : Robert M. Dunkerly
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786490240

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Redcoats on the Cape Fear by Robert M. Dunkerly Pdf

Nestled on the banks of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, North Carolina, remains famous as a blockade-running port during the Civil War. Not as renowned is the city's equally vital role during the Revolution. Through the port came news, essential supplies, and critical materials for the Continental Army. Both sides contended for the city and both sides occupied it at different times. Its merchant-based economy created a hotbed of dissension over issues of trade and taxes before the Revolution, and the presence of numerous Loyalists among Whigs vying for independence generated considerable tension among civilians. Based on more than 100 eyewitness accounts and other primary sources, this volume chronicles the fascinating story of Wilmington and the Lower Cape Fear during the Revolution.

Author : James Sprunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Cape Fear River Valley (N.C.)
ISBN : MSU:31293010277972

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Chronicles of the Cape Fear River by James Sprunt Pdf

Author : Philip Gerard
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469649573

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The Last Battleground by Philip Gerard Pdf

To understand the long march of events in North Carolina from secession to surrender is to understand the entire Civil War--a personal war waged by Confederates and Unionists, free blacks and the enslaved, farm women and plantation belles, Cherokees and mountaineers, conscripts and volunteers, gentleman officers and poor privates. In the state's complex loyalties, its sprawling and diverse geography, and its dual role as a home front and a battlefield, North Carolina embodies the essence of the whole epic struggle in all its terrible glory. Philip Gerard presents this dramatic convergence of events through the stories of the individuals who endured them--reporting the war as if it were happening in the present rather than with settled hindsight--to capture the dreadful suspense of lives caught up in a conflict whose ending had not yet been written. As Gerard reveals, whatever the grand political causes for war, whatever great battles decided its outcome, and however abstract it might seem to readers a century and a half later, the war was always personal.

Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738542970

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Remembering North Carolina's Confederates by Michael C. Hardy Pdf

The American Civil War was scarcely over when a group of ladies met in Raleigh and began to plan commemoration for the honored Confederate dead of North Carolina. In 1867, they held their first memorial service. Two years later in Fayetteville, the first monument to the state's fallen Confederate soldiers was erected. Over the next 14 decades, countless monuments were commissioned in cemeteries and courthouse squares across the state. Following Reconstruction, the veterans themselves began to gather in their local communities, and state and national reunions were held. For many of the Confederate veterans, honor for their previous service continued long after their deaths: accounts of their sacrifice were often chiseled on their grave markers. The images within this book--photographs of veterans and reunions, monuments, and tombstones--are but a sampling of the many ways that the old Confederate soldiers are commemorated across the Old North State.

Author : David W. Kummer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort)
ISBN : UCSD:31822038365425

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Fort Fisher, December 1864-January 1865 by David W. Kummer Pdf

Author : William N. Still Jr.,Richard A. Stephenson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780865264953

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Shipbuilding in North Carolina, 1688-1918 by William N. Still Jr.,Richard A. Stephenson Pdf

In their comprehensive and authoritative history of boat and shipbuilding in North Carolina through the early twentieth century, William Still and Richard Stephenson document for the first time a bygone era when maritime industries dotted the Tar Heel coast. The work of shipbuilding craftsmen and entrepreneurs contributed to the colony's and the state's economy from the era of exploration through the age of naval stores to World War I. The study includes an inventory of 3,300 ships and 270 shipwrights.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Buildings
ISBN : UOM:39015074934319

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National Register Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dave Dougherty
Publisher : Winged Hussar Publishing
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781945430381

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Making Georgia Howl! by Dave Dougherty Pdf

The 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment fought over three years, from March 1862 to General Johnson’s surrender in April 1865. It played a major role in Kilpatrick’s Cavalry Corps on Sherman’s March to the Sea; told as an overview of operations and through the diary of Sergeant William H. Harding. Confederate histories have often reported the regiment decimated and defeated in every battle, but this study presents the truth of the matter for the first time. Fighting in Judson Kilpatrick’s 3rd Cavalry Division during Sherman’s campaign through Georgia and the Carolina’s doing everything that could be expected of them and acquitted themselves honorably against the Confederate commanders – Joseph Wheeler and Wade Hampton. This volume is the definitive study of the 5th Ohio and Kilpatrick’s campaign in Sherman’s army from Atlanta to the end of the war. Bonuses include the diary and letters of Commissary Sergeant William H. Harding present in Company K of the 5th OVC from August 1862 to July 1865.

Author : Benson John Lossing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105048926468

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Harpers' Popular Cyclopædia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period by Benson John Lossing Pdf

Author : United States. Navy Dept
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015013101673

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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion by United States. Navy Dept Pdf