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Author : William R. Trotter
Publisher : Blair
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015024782057
A history of the Civil War in the mountains of NC.
Author : Christopher M. Watford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476605630
“You will perceive by this I am at least in the Confederate service.... Since I have been here I have had a severe sickness but am glad to say at present I am well though I fear my sickness would have incapacitated me for active service.... In all probability our regiment will be stationed here permanently for the winter to guard the bridge across the Watauga River...”—Private John H. Phillips, Company E, 62nd Regiment NC Troops, Camp Carter, Tennessee, October 13, 1862 This work presents letters and diary entries (and a few other documents) that tell the Civil War experiences of soldiers and civilians from the mountain counties of North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. The book is arranged chronologically, 1861 through 1865. Before each letter or diary entry, background information is provided about the writer.
Author : William R. Trotter
Publisher : John F. Blair, Publisher
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Guerrillas
ISBN : 0895875519
A history of the Civil War in the mountains of NC.
Author : John C. Inscoe,Gordon B. McKinney
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807855030
In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relatively minor strategically, incursions by both Confederate and Union troops disrupted life and threatened the
Author : Christopher M. Watford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0786445955
"You will perceive by this I am at least in the Confederate service.... Since I have been here I have had a severe sickness but am glad to say at present I am well though I fear my sickness would have incapacitated me for active service.... In all probability our regiment will be stationed here permanently for the winter to guard the bridge across the Watauga River..."--Private John H. Phillips, Company E, 62nd Regiment NC Troops, Camp Carter, Tennessee, October 13, 1862 This work presents letters and diary entries (and a few other documents) that tell the Civil War experiences of soldiers and civilians from the mountain counties of North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. The book is arranged chronologically, 1861 through 1865. Before each letter or diary entry, background information is provided about the writer.
Author : John G. Barrett
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469639666
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 strategy of the conflict and involved some of the most famous generals of the war. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state, including the classical pitched battle of Bentonville, the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious campaigns on the coast, and cavalry sweeps such as Stoneman's raid. From and through North Carolina, men and supplies went to Lee's army in Virginia, making the Tar Heel state critical to Lee's ability to remain in the field during the closing months of the war, when the Union had cut off the West and Gulf South. This dependence upon North Carolina led to Stoneman's cavalry raid and Sherman's march through the state in 1865, the latter of which brought the horrors of total war and eventual defeat.
Author : Robert C. Carpenter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476623306
Civil War histories typically center on the deeds of generals and sweeping depictions of battle. This unique study of one Southern county's war experience tells of ordinary soldiers and their wives, mothers and children, slaves, farmers, merchants, Unionists and deserters--through an examination of tax records. The recently discovered 1863 Gaston County, North Carolina, tax list provides a detailed economic and social picture of a war-weary community, recording what taxpayers owned, cataloging slaves by name, age and monetary value, and assessing luxury items. Contemporary diaries, letters and other previously unpublished documents complete the picture, describing cotton mill operations, the lives of slaves, political disagreements, rationales for soldiers' enlistments and desertions, and economic struggles on the home front.
Author : Betty Jamerson Reed
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786487080
Although African Americans make up a small portion of the population of western North Carolina, they have contributed much to the area's physical and cultural landscape. This enlightening study surveys the region's segregated black schools from Reconstruction through integration and reveals the struggles, achievements, and ultimate victory of a unified community intent on achieving an adequate education for its children. The book documents the events that initially brought blacks into Appalachia, early efforts to educate black children, the movement to acquire and improve schools, and the long process of desegregation. Personnel issues, curriculum, extracurricular activities, sports, consolidation, and construction also receive attention. Featuring commentary from former students, teachers and parents, this work weighs the value and achievement of rural segregated black schools as well as their significance for educators today.
Author : Scotti Cohn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762761708
A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Tar Heel State, It Happened in North Carolina describes everything from one of the first incidences of American resistance against British rule to a courageous milestone in the civil rights movement.
Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439664087
In the Southern Appalachian Mountains, no character was more loved or despised than George W. Kirk. This inured Union officer led a group of deserters on numerous raids between Tennessee and North Carolina in 1863, terrorizing Confederate soldiers and civilians alike. At Camp Vance in Morganton, Kirk's mounted raiders showcased guerrilla warfare penetrating deep within Confederate territory. As Home Guards struggled to keep Western North Carolina communities safe, Kirk's men brought fear and violence throughout the region for their ability to strike and create havoc without warning. Civil War historian Michael C. Hardy examines the infamous history of George W. Kirk and the Civil War along the Blue Ridge.
Author : Mark A. Weitz
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803247970
"Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a pervasive focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. Fostered by a military culture that treated absenteeism leniently early in the war, desertion steadily increased and by 1863 reached epidemic proportions. A Union policy that permitted Confederate deserters to swear allegiance to the Union and then return home encouraged desertion. Equally important in persuading men to desert was the direct appeal from loved ones on the home front - letters from wives begging soldiers to come home for harvests, births, and other events.".
Author : Noel C. Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89082482522
Prize-winning author Noel Fisher eloquently describes the violence and derpredations of the Civil War on the people who lived in and near the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina. The book describes hard fought battles, the actions of bushwackers, guerrillas, deserters, and home guards, and the devastating impacts on mountain families. Includes extensive index and notes.
Author : David Williams
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595585950
The little-known history of anti-secession Southerners: “Absolutely essential Civil War reading.” —Booklist, starred review Bitterly Divided reveals that the South was in fact fighting two civil wars—the external one that we know so much about, and an internal one about which there is scant literature and virtually no public awareness. In this fascinating look at a hidden side of the South’s history, David Williams shows the powerful and little-understood impact of the thousands of draft resisters, Southern Unionists, fugitive slaves, and other Southerners who opposed the Confederate cause. “This fast-paced book will be a revelation even to professional historians. . . . His astonishing story details the deep, often murderous divisions in Southern society. Southerners took up arms against each other, engaged in massacres, guerrilla warfare, vigilante justice and lynchings, and deserted in droves from the Confederate army . . . Some counties and regions even seceded from the secessionists . . . With this book, the history of the Civil War will never be the same again.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Most Southerners looked on the conflict with the North as ‘a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight,’ especially because owners of 20 or more slaves and all planters and public officials were exempt from military service . . . The Confederacy lost, it seems, because it was precisely the kind of house divided against itself that Lincoln famously said could not stand.” —Booklist, starred review
Author : John Gilchrist Barrett
Publisher : Division of Archives and History North Carolina Department Tural
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : UIUC:30112047578890
Author : Ruth Kross
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781449738884
The congregation of Meadow Creek enjoys dinner on the grounds in the shade of a massive red oak tree. Many of the people seated around the tables are descendants of Revolutionary War veterans and have lived on the south side of the Nolichucky River all their lives. Most of them are farmers. They love this place. Theyre very good at what they do. And they treasure their church. For two hundred years, the congregation has met here, and it hasnt always been easy. The Christian life never is.