New Bern And The Civil War

Author : James Edward White III
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625859921

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New Bern and the Civil War by James Edward White III Pdf

New Bern was a valuable port city during the Civil War and the Confederates made many attempts to reclaim it. On March 14, 1862, Federal forces under the command of General Ambrose Burnside overwhelmed Confederate forces in the Battle of New Bern, capturing the town and its important seaport. From that time on, Confederates planned to retake the city. D.H. Hill and James J. Pettigrew made the first attempt but failed miserably. General George Pickett tried in February 1864. He nearly succeeded but called the attack off on the edge of victory. The Confederates made another charge in May led by General Robert Hoke. They had the city surrounded with superior forces when Lee called Hoke back to Richmond and ended the expedition. Author Jim White details the chaotic history of New Bern in the Civil War.

Author : Vincent Colyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Freed persons
ISBN : MINN:31951001789661R

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Report of the Services Rendered by the Freed People to the United States Army by Vincent Colyer Pdf

Author : David S. Cecelski
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807835661

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The Fire of Freedom by David S. Cecelski Pdf

Examines the life of a former slave who became a radical abolitionist and Union spy, recruiting black soldiers for the North, fighting racism within the Union Army and much more.

Author : Hampton Newsome
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700630370

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The Fight for the Old North State by Hampton Newsome Pdf

On a cold day in early January 1864, Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate president Jefferson Davis "The time is at hand when, if an attempt can be made to capture the enemy's forces at New Berne, it should be done." Over the next few months, Lee's dispatch would precipitate a momentous series of events as the Confederates, threatened by a supply crisis and an emerging peace movement, sought to seize Federal bases in eastern North Carolina. This book tells the story of these operations—the late war Confederate resurgence in the Old North State. Using rail lines to rapidly consolidate their forces, the Confederates would attack the main Federal position at New Bern in February, raid the northeastern counties in March, hit the Union garrisons at Plymouth and Washington in late April, and conclude with another attempt at New Bern in early May. The expeditions would involve joint-service operations, as the Confederates looked to support their attacks with powerful, homegrown ironclad gunboats. These offensives in early 1864 would witness the failures and successes of southern commanders including George Pickett, James Cooke, and a young, aggressive North Carolinian named Robert Hoke. Likewise they would challenge the leadership of Union army and naval officers such as Benjamin Butler, John Peck, and Charles Flusser. Newsome does not neglect the broader context, revealing how these military events related to a contested gubernatorial election; the social transformations in the state brought on by the war; the execution of Union prisoners at Kinston; and the activities of North Carolina Unionists. Lee's January proposal triggered one of the last successful Confederate offensives. The Fight for the Old North State captures the full scope, as well as the dramatic details of this struggle for North Carolina.

Author : Edward Barnes Ellis
Publisher : McBryde Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780975870099

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New Bern History 101 by Edward Barnes Ellis Pdf

“Entertaining, funny, highly readable..." Here's what you'll discover in New Bern History 101: -Why New Bern bears stick out their tongues.-Once and for all, what a Palatine is.-Where all the local Indians went.-The Richard Dobbs Spaight “autopsy.” -How New Bern and sideburns are connected.-The ghost Baron DeGraffenried saw.-The “explosive” cabbage of Tryon Palace.-How Pepsi's inventor lost his company.-Why and how the Yankees took New Bern.-The local treasures unearthed in Venezuela.

Author : Catherine W. Bishir
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781469608754

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Crafting Lives by Catherine W. Bishir Pdf

From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.

Author : James Wren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019004434

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From New Bern to Fredericksburg by James Wren Pdf

The author was a captain of the 48th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a three-year unit, during the period in which he kept this diary. The diary begins in February 1862 after the author's arrival on Hatteras Island as part of the North Carolina Expedition of 1862. There the narrative describes drill, social events with the local residents, and life in camp, all looking towards the forthcoming battles. After participating in the New Bern campaign and occupation, the author and his company returned to Washington. The Battles of Second Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, and Fredericksburg follow. On May 18, 1863, the author resigned his commission at Lexington, Kentucky, and returned to his home in Pennsylvania, where the diary concludes.

Author : Fred M. Mallison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0786404175

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The Civil War on the Outer Banks by Fred M. Mallison Pdf

The ports at Beaufort, Wilmington, New Bern and Ocracoke, part of the Outer Banks (a chain of barrier islands that sweeps down the North Carolina coast from the Virginia Capes to Oregon Inlet), were early involved in the chaos that grew into the Civil War. Though smaller than their counterparts in South Carolina, the small river ports were useful for the import of war materiel and the export of cash producing crops, through their use of the inlets that led from sounds to sea. Written from official records, contemporary newspaper accounts, personal journals of the soldiers, and many unpublished manuscripts and memoirs, this is a full accounting of the Civil War along the North Carolina coast.

Author : Neil Hunter Raiford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0786414685

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The 4th North Carolina Cavalry in the Civil War by Neil Hunter Raiford Pdf

In April 1862, the Civil War was entering its second year and North Carolina was rallying to supply more troops for the Confederacy. The Partisan Ranger Act, passed by the Confederate Congress on April 21, prompted local leaders to recruit companies of irregular soldiers for service in the Confederate Army. Seven such companies were banded together into a regiment to form the 4th North Carolina Cavalry: a true cross-section of North Carolina, it contained soldiers from the largest urban areas and smallest rural areas from fifteen counties. This history of the 4th North Carolina Cavalry is based largely on primary source material--the official records, letters, diaries and recollections of the soldiers. The 4th North Carolina saw action in North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and was a part of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The roster comprises a large part of the book and provides biographical, genealogical and military information about each soldier.

Author : Vina Hutchinson Farmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0738552720

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New Bern by Vina Hutchinson Farmer Pdf

Baron Christopher de Graffenried and his group of Swiss and German settlers founded the town of New Bern at the confluence of the Trent and Neuse Rivers in 1710 and named it after his Swiss hometown; at the time, they did not realize that this town, nearly 300 years later, would grow into one of the Southeast's most desired places to live. Through the 20th century, New Bern was transformed from a sleepy Southern town to a growing retirement community with a thriving tourism industry. Among the cards presented in New Bern are these cover images of two of the grandest homes in the area: one gone forever and the other preserved as part of a state historic site.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598843392

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The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia [2 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

Long overlooked in favor of land engagements, this is the first encyclopedia to analyze the naval aspects of the American Civil War. The brilliance of both sides' secretaries of the navy, Stephen Mallory and Gideon Welles. The Dahlgren guns of the Union forces and the Confederate Navy's Brooke guns that were essential in battles involving ironclad ships. The significant contributions of African Americans in the ship crews of the U.S. Navy during the Civic War. These are examples of the fascinating details contained in The Civil War Naval Encyclopedia that provide readers with a complete understanding of the naval aspects of the American Civil War. The entries in this sweeping text provide comprehensive treatment of overall strategies on each side, the role of diplomacy, leading naval officers and other personalities, battles and important engagements, ship types, well-known individual warships, naval ordnance and weapons systems, and new developments such as mines and submarines. Topics such as shipboard life, major waterways, prominent seaports, and the role of logistics in determining the outcome of the war are also covered.

Author : John G. Barrett
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807845205

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The Civil War in North Carolina by John G. Barrett Pdf

Eleven battles and seventy-three skirmishes were fought in North Carolina during the Civil War. Although the number of men involved in many of these engagements was comparatively small, the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strate

Author : Lee W. Sherrill, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786476268

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The 21st North Carolina Infantry by Lee W. Sherrill, Jr. Pdf

The 21st North Carolina Troops (11th North Carolina Volunteers) was one of only two Tar Heel Confederate regiments that in 1865 could boast "From Manassas to Appomattox." The 21st was the only North Carolina regiment with Stonewall Jackson during his 1862 Valley Campaign and remained with the same division throughout the war. It participated in every major battle fought by the Army of Northern Virginia except the 1864 Overland Campaign, when General Lee sent it to fight its own intense battles near New Bern and Plymouth. This book is written from the perspective of the 1,942 men who served in the regiment and is filled with anecdotal material gleaned from more than 700 letters and memoirs. In several cases it sheds new light on accepted but often incorrect interpretations of events. Names such as Lee, Jackson, Hoke, Trimble, Hill, Early, Ramseur and Gordon charge through the pages as the Carolina regiment gains a name for itself. Suffering a 50 percent casualty rate over the four years, only 67 of the 920 young men and boys who began the war surrendered to Grant at its end.

Author : William A. Liska,Kim L. Perlotto
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476690414

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The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War by William A. Liska,Kim L. Perlotto Pdf

The Eighth Connecticut Infantry was one of the longest-serving Union volunteer regiments in the Civil War and saw action throughout the Eastern Theater, from Burnside's expedition in North Carolina to the battles at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and campaigns throughout Virginia. Drawing on soldiers' letters and diaries, this first-ever regimental history of the Eighth chronicles four years of combat service, with maps newly created from historical accounts.

Author : Garold Cole
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1570033277

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Civil War Eyewitnesses by Garold Cole Pdf

A bibliographical guide to recently published Civil War diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs.