North Carolina As a Civil War Battleground 1861-1865 [Paperback]

John Barrett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1984

This book presents a concise account of secession, preparation for war, battles fought in North Carolina, blockade-running, and the coming of peace.

Chapter titles include: "North Carolina Leaves the Union"; "Preparations for War"; "Hatteras" (August-December 1861); "The Burnside Expedition" (January-July 1862); "Eastern North Carolina Raids" (July-December 1862); "D. H. Hill Demonstrates against New Bern and Washington" (March-April 1863); "Federal Occupation in the East--Disaffection in the West" (1863); "Picket before New Bern" (January-February 1864); "Plymouth and the 'Albemarle' " (1864); "Western North Carolina" (1864); "Blockade-Running, Fort Fisher, Wilmington" (1864-1865); and "Sherman, Stoneman, and the War's End (1865).

Fifty-five illustrations and a fold-out map titled "North Carolina, 1861-1865" enhance the text. This revised edition includes an index not provided in earlier editions.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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John Gilchrist Barrett received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is emeritus professor of history at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: North Carolina Div of Archives (June 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865260885
• ISBN-13: 978-0865260887
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,779,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Brief overview, lots of pictures, May 30, 2004

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This review is from: North Carolina As a Civil War Battleground 1861-1865 (Paperback)

A few years after publishing "The Civil War in North Carolina," John Gilchrist Barrett prepared a much condensed version (about 100 pages versus roughly 500 for the larger book) for publication by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. "North Carolina as a Civil War Battleground, 1861-1865" hits the high points covered in the larger work, and contains a larger number of Civil War-era illustrations. It's a good beginning for the casual reader, but those strongly interested in the war in North Carolina should go to Barrett's full-length book, or start with William R. Trotters's three-volume series on the Civil War in North Carolina's coastal, Piedmont, and mountain regions.