| Abstract |
Items concerning Civil War activities in North Carolina, including a letter (April 1862) written by a Union soldier describing the successful bombardment of Fort Macon, a circular (July 1863) issued by Brigadier General B.H. Robertson and intended for regimental commanders, an oath of allegiance taken at U.S. Forces Headquarters, Gunthersville, Alabama, May 16, 1865, a statement (1862) of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company, watercolored lithographs from Harper's Weekly (1862), an 1862 $1000 Civil War bond from North Carolina, and photocopies of a memoir written by Laura Augusta Jordan Applewhite about fifty years after the war and transcribed in 1978 entitled "My Experiences in the Civil War." |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Civil War collection (#505), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Gift of Mr. William C. Hatcher. |
| Acquisitions source |
Gift of Mr. Maury C. York. |
| Acquisitions source |
Gift of James O. Roebuck. |
| Acquisitions source |
Gift of Frank E. Grayiel III. |
| Acquisitions source |
Gift of David R. Pruette. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Other title |
Harper's weekly. |
