The Civil War on the Outer Banks: A History of the Late Rebellion Along the Coast of North Carolina from...
- ISBN-10
- 0786424184
- ISBN-13
- 9780786424184
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 251
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-08-23
- Publisher
- McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers
- Author
- Fred M. Mallison
Description
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 Written from official records, contemporary newspaper accounts, personal journals of the soldiers, and many unpublished manuscripts and memoirs, this is a full accounting of the Civil War along the North Carolina coast.
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